Lead financial planning for hardware at Anthropic, focusing on chips and accelerators for AI systems.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 7 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Visa
- Sponsorship available
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Finance & Strategy lead for Machines at Anthropic, the individual will manage financial planning and budgeting for hardware components essential to AI model operations. This position requires strong skills in forecasting, variance analysis, and collaboration with engineering and commercial teams, particularly in high-pressure situations. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in FP&A within infrastructure-heavy sectors, such as semiconductors or hyperscalers, and a passion for advancing safe AI technologies.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze August 13, 2026. Last confirmed on Anthropic's careers page October 8, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$127,000).
- Starts above 90% of 240 comparable lead other roles in United States we track (median $149,830 across 81 companies).
- Finance appears in 0.5% of 604 comparable lead other roles in United States; FP&A appears in 0.2% of 604 comparable lead other roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Finance & Strategy, Machines role remote?
- It's hybrid — Anthropic expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA.
- What's the salary range?
- Anthropic lists $240,000–$325,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Finance & Strategy, Machines role.
- Where is the role based?
- Anthropic is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Budgeting, FP&A, Finance, Hardware, Semiconductors, forecasting.
- Does Anthropic sponsor work visas for this role?
- Yes — the posting indicates visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Anthropic targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Finance & Strategy, Machines role at Anthropic.
From the original posting
About Anthropic
About the role
We are seeking a Machines FP&A lead to own financial planning for the chips and accelerators that run our models. You will own the hardware forecast and budget, keep leadership's view of machine spend current, and be the single finance point of contact for machines into Accounting and consolidated FP&A.
In this role, you will be a key partner to our capacity planning and hardware teams, and work day to day with the Compute deal team, Accounting, and the consolidated FP&A team.
Key responsibilities
- Own the hardware forecast: delivery volumes, lease and financing expense, and cash flows
- Run budget vs. actuals for machine spend: one view of what the fleet costs and why it moved
- Serve as the single point of contact for machines in forecast and close cycles with Accounting and consolidated FP&A
- Coordinate forecast inputs with Capacity Planning and the Compute deal team
- Track spend and cash-flow phasing against multi-year hardware commitments
- Partner with Accounting on the treatment of leases and related agreements
- Support chip and accelerator economics analyses led by the Machines finance team
- Build the reporting that keeps leadership's machine spend picture current
Minimum qualifications
- Owned a forecast or budget end to end at a hardware, semiconductor, hyperscaler, or infrastructure-heavy business
- Strong driver-based modeling skills and budget-vs-actual / variance discipline
- Comfort partnering closely with engineering and commercial teams under deal-timeline pressure
- Passion for Anthropic's mission to build safe, transformative AI systems
Preferred qualifications
- 7+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, or capacity/infrastructure finance
- Capacity planning or infrastructure FP&A experience at a hyperscaler or major chip maker
- Experience building forecast infrastructure for a new or fast-changing spend area
- Lease and long-term-agreement accounting fluency
- MBA, CFA, or equivalent
The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
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