240K–325K USD / year
Machines FP&A Lead
OtherHybrid — San Francisco, CA
Published on 2026-09-29
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About this role
The Machines FP&A lead will oversee financial planning for hardware related to AI models, including budgeting, forecasting, and spend tracking. This position involves collaboration with various teams, ensuring leadership is informed about hardware costs and cash flow.
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
Machines finance team
What you'll do
- Own the hardware forecast including delivery volumes and expenses
- Run budget vs. actuals for machine spend
- Coordinate forecast inputs with capacity planning and compute deal team
- Track spend against multi-year hardware commitments
- Partner with accounting on lease agreements
- Support economics analyses for chips and accelerators
- Build reporting for leadership
What we're looking for
- End-to-end forecast or budget ownership in a hardware or infrastructure-heavy business
- Strong modeling skills and variance discipline
- Experience working with engineering teams under pressure
- Passion for AI safety and benefits
Nice to have
- 7+ years in FP&A or strategic finance
- Experience in capacity planning at a hyperscaler
- Building forecast infrastructure in a fast-changing area
- Fluency in lease and long-term-agreement accounting
- MBA, CFA, or equivalent