Head of APAC Accounting

Anthropic

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role Anthropic is seeking an APAC Accounting Lead to build and run our regional Corporate Accounting function. This is the senior Controllership role for Asia Pacific, owning end-to-end accounting and finance operations for all APAC legal entities across Statutory Accounting and External Reporting, International Payroll, Procure to Pay, and regional Finance Systems. Reporting to the Head of International Accounting in Dublin, you will set the multi-year strategy for how we scale our financial control environment across the region, build and lead the team that delivers it, and act as the senior finance point of contact for APAC entity boards, external auditors, and outsourced service providers. This is a rare opportunity to define how a frontier AI company runs Controllership across one of its fastest-growing regions, with a mandate to use Claude and AI tooling to reimagine how regional accounting work gets done. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating as a hands-on regional controller in the near term while designing the organisation, processes, and systems required to support a rapidly expanding entity footprint. Responsibilities Regional Controllership and Operations - - Own the APAC Corporate Accounting function end to end and be accountable for the accuracy, timeliness, and control of all regional financial reporting - Own statutory financial statements, local audits, board reporting, and corporate secretarial filings for all APAC legal entities, acting as the primary relationship owner for external auditors - Be accountable for the APAC month-end close and consolidation into the global group, including journals, intercompany, reconciliations, and flux review - Own regional execution of the intercompany and transfer pricing operating model in partnership with global Tax - Own regional delivery of International Payroll and Procure to Pay in partnership with the global functional leads, and own the associated regional control framework - Own regional regulatory and statistical reporting obligations, acting as the regional finance point of contact for local statutory authorities in partnership with Legal and Compliance Team Building and Leadership - - Build, lead, and develop a high-performing regional accounting and finance operations team across multiple APAC locations - Define the regional organisation design and hiring plan as the entity footprint grows, and own the business case for incremental headcount - Manage the regional outsourced accounting, payroll, and Procure to Pay provider relationships, including the transition path between outsourced and in-house delivery Systems, Controls, and AI - - Partner with global Finance Systems on the regional deployment and continuous improvement of the core finance platform stack, owning regional requirements, data integrity, and user acceptance - Design and operate the regional internal control framework and prepare the region for evolving controls requirements. - Drive automation and the adoption of Claude and AI tooling across APAC accounting processes in a controlled, audit-ready manner Strategic Partnership - - Set the vision and multi-year roadmap for APAC accounting operations and partner with global Controllership and CAO leadership to align this with the global plan - Act as the senior APAC Controllership partner to regional General Managers, Country Managers, and functional leaders, and represent the function externally with Big 4 audit and advisory firms and regional finance networks - Partner with global Tax and Treasury on direct and indirect tax compliance (including GST and withholding taxes), regional cash management, funding, and capital repatriation - Lead accounting and finance operations readiness for new APAC entity launches, partnering with Legal, Tax, Treasury, People, and GTM You may be a good fit if you - Have 15+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including 5+ years as a regional or group controller in a US-headquartered or global multinational - Are a qualified accountant (CPA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent) with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent practical experience - Have a demonstrated track record of building and leading multi-country accounting teams, including hiring, developing, and managing managers - Have owned statutory accounting and external audit at a regional or group level, plus at least one of international payroll, procure to pay, or finance systems - Possess deep knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS and working knowledge of local statutory and regulatory frameworks across multiple APAC jurisdictions - Are experienced in designing and operating month-end close, consolidation, intercompany, and balance sheet reconciliation processes at scale - Are proficient in enterprise ERP and finance systems (for example NetSuite, Workday Financials, SAP, Oracle), with experience driving regional implementations - Communicate with clarity and credibility to senior leadership, audit committees, and local boards, and are comfortable representing Controllership externally - Operate with high ownership and sound judgement in ambiguous, fast-scaling environments, moving between strategic planning and hands-on execution as required Strong candidates may also - Have built a regional accounting or shared services function from an early stage at a high-growth technology company - Have experience standing up new legal entities and bringing them to operational and reporting readiness across multiple APAC markets - Have led or materially contributed to evolving controls requirements and internal controls transformation programmes - Bring experience with international payroll and equity compensation in APAC - Have led ERP or finance systems implementations as the regional business owner - Have an established Big 4 or advisory network in the region - Show passion for Anthropic’s mission and enthusiasm for using AI tools to drive automation and process improvement Logistics Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links—visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings. How we're different We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills. The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences. Come work with us! Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.