Head of Business Controls

Anthropics 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.

We are looking for a Head of Business Controls to join our Internal Audit this role you will lead the organizations financial audit and SOX 404 compliance program with a primary focus on financial process controls business process risk assessments and end-to-end financial reporting integrity as we scale rapidly toward an IPO.

This is a unique opportunity to build financial audit controls at an AI-first company leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to create innovative automated and scalable compliance solutions. You will help define how AI can transform traditional financial audit processes from continuous monitoring of financial transactions to intelligent anomaly detection while maintaining the rigor required for public company compliance.

As the Head of Business Controls you will own audit planning scoping testing remediation and reporting partnering directly with Finance Accounting Operations and Business teams to design scalable controls oversee documentation and manage communication with external auditors. This role reports to the Head of Internal Audit and plays a critical part in strengthening internal control maturity through pre-IPO readiness and beyond.

• Lead and manage the organizations end-to-end financial audit and SOX compliance program
• Own financial audit planning scoping testing remediation and reporting activities
• Build scalable automated and sustainable controls to support growth through pre-IPO and post-IPO readiness
• Develop and maintain the financial audit compliance roadmap aligned with organizational growth
• Pioneer the use of AI and automation technologies to enhance control effectiveness continuous monitoring and anomaly detection across financial processes
• Drive financial controls rationalization initiatives to optimize the control environment and increase reliance on automated controls
• Design implement and monitor controls across key financial processes including revenue recognition financial close accounts payable/receivable and treasury operations
• Evaluate and test business process controls and automated controls to ensure proper functionality and compliance with US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements
• Conduct process and risk assessments to identify control gaps and remediation needs across financial workflows
• Oversee control documentation and ensure audit-ready evidence is maintained for all financial processes
• Assess and monitor controls over financial system implementations ERP migrations (e.g. Workday Financials) and related integrations
• Partner with Finance Accounting Operations and Business teams to implement scalable financial controls
• Work directly with the Controller CFO and Chief Accounting Officer to align audit priorities with business objectives
• Collaborate with process owners to identify control improvements and automation opportunities across financial workflows
• Support managements assessment of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and related disclosures
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors on financial audit and SOX matters
• Manage audit requests coordinate testing schedules and facilitate walkthroughs across all financial processes
• Track and report on financial audit compliance status to leadership the Board and Audit Committee
• Drive alignment with external auditors on testing approaches reliance strategies and deficiency evaluation

• Have 10 years of hands-on financial audit and SOX compliance experience preferably in both Big 4 and in-house internal audit/SOX leadership roles at a fast-paced technology company
• Have proven ability to establish or scale financial audit and SOX compliance programs at newly public or pre-IPO companies
• Possess deep understanding of business process controls financial reporting and US GAAP requirements
• Have strong project management analytical and communication skills
• Hold a Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business Administration or a related field
• Are passionate about building scalable processes that support organizational growth and Anthropics mission to create safe AI

• Have 10 years of hands-on financial audit and SOX compliance experience preferably in both Big 4 and in-house internal audit/SOX leadership roles at a fast-paced technology company
• CPA CIA CISA or similar certification
• Experience supporting rapid company growth and scaling financial compliance programs accordingly
• Interest in or experience applying AI/ML technologies to financial audit compliance or risk management processes
• Deep understanding of revenue recognition (ASC 606) lease accounting (ASC 842) or other complex accounting standards relevant to technology companies
• Experience working at a high-growth AI or technology company
• Familiarity with financial data governance internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) and SEC disclosure requirements

Minimum education: Bachelors 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 arent 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 youre interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones were 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.

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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. Were 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.

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 aboutour policy for using AI in our application process.