230K–300K USD / year
Audit Operations Lead
OperationsHybrid — San Francisco, CA
Published on 2026-10-21
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About this role
Lead Anthropic’s SOX 404 audit operations as the company scales toward an IPO. Coordinate external auditors and internal control owners, manage scoping and reporting, and improve the program through GRC tooling and AI-enabled workflows.
About the company
Anthropic builds reliable and interpretable AI systems, including the Claude family of models, for businesses and developers. The company focuses on AI safety research and practical AI assistants for enterprise and consumer use.
The team
SOX and Internal Audit team; reports to the Head of Business Controls.
Stack
GRC platformClaudeSQL
What you'll do
- Own the annual SOX audit calendar and coordinate auditor requests, walkthroughs, fieldwork, and evidence delivery.
- Lead SOX scoping and risk assessment, including quarterly refreshes, and support the annual Fraud Risk Assessment.
- Track findings, deficiencies, management responses, and remediation status; report program metrics to leadership.
- Educate control and process owners and improve control documentation and evidence processes.
- Support the GRC platform rollout, including defining requirements and testing workflows and reports.
- Run quarterly sub-certifications and report status across the SOX lifecycle.
- Identify AI-enabled automation opportunities to reduce manual work and improve program efficiency.
What we're looking for
- Big Four SOX 404 or ICFR audit experience, including audit calendars, PBC requests, and fieldwork coordination.
- Hands-on SOX 404 experience across scoping, risk assessment, control documentation, testing, and deficiency evaluation.
- Experience working directly with external auditors from the company side.
- Working knowledge of COSO, ICFR, and PCAOB standards.
- Experience developing or maintaining Risk and Control Matrices and process documentation or flowcharts.
- Experience implementing or administering GRC systems and reporting program status to senior leadership.
- Able to coordinate deadlines and secure timely delivery from control owners without direct authority.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience; clear writing and calm coordination under deadline pressure.
Nice to have
- In-house SOX experience at a pre-IPO or newly public company.
- Experience running a fraud risk assessment.
- CPA, CISA, or similar certification.
- Comfort with SQL or data tools and experience building lightweight automations, including with Claude.
Benefits
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Optional equity donation matching