Finance Systems Lead, International

Details

Anthropic is seeking a Finance Systems Lead to join its Finance Systems team in Dublin. Dublin is the main international finance hub, and this role will lead finance systems for international entities while partnering with US-based leads and product owners for accounting, revenue, tax, and treasury. The role combines finance domain expertise with technical implementation and will help build a scalable global financial systems foundation as Anthropic expands internationally and prepares for public company readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the international finance systems agenda for the Dublin finance hub and other international teams, including EMEA and APAC.
• Shape the international vision, strategy, and rank-ordered roadmap in partnership with business owners and US product owners.
• Build trusted relationships with local finance, accounting, tax, and treasury leaders.
• Shape international systems design decisions and ensure alignment with the shared global platform.
• Drive delivery across multi-book and secondary ledgers, statutory reporting, intercompany, assets and leases, VAT, e-invoicing mandates, and international payment formats such as SEPA and ISO 20022.
• Lead business systems analysts, contractors, and implementation partners across time zones; coach team members and review their designs and configuration.
• Support international users through month-end and quarter-end close, with clear ownership of issues and work handed over from the US time zone.
• Plan systems scaling as Anthropic enters new countries and identify opportunities for process improvement and automation, including AI tooling.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in finance systems, ERP implementation, or finance transformation, including at least 3 years as the accountable lead for a program or region.
• Experience leading a multi-country ERP or finance systems program from requirements through go-live and operations as the owner rather than a workstream member.
• Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency, and multi-GAAP environments, including statutory reporting.
• Working depth across at least three of Record to Report, order to cash and revenue, Procure to Pay, tax, and treasury.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting under US GAAP and IFRS, including general ledger, consolidation, intercompany, and local statutory reporting.
• Strong systems design judgment, including the ability to build for reusable patterns, understand good architecture, and read and challenge configuration.
• Ability to initiate programs, establish roadmaps with limited direction, and present clear options to senior finance leaders.
• Experience leading business systems analysts, consultants, and implementation partners across time zones and partnering with controllers, tax leaders, and treasury leaders.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-growth environments with evolving requirements and tight timelines.

Preferred Requirements

• Deep Workday Financials experience; comparable Oracle Cloud or SAP S/4HANA experience is also welcome.
• Product practice experience, including PRDs, goals and success criteria, and rank-ordered roadmaps.
• Accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA.
• Experience with Workday Business Assets and lease accounting under IFRS 16 or ASC 842.
• Experience with Workday Accounting Center or Prism Analytics for journal automation and subledger accounting.
• Experience with VAT, e-invoicing mandates, international payment formats, or banking integrations such as SEPA and ISO 20022.
• Experience supporting Workday Procure to Pay functional areas, including Procurement, Supplier Accounts, and Banking and Settlement.
• Knowledge of SOX compliance requirements and internal controls for financial systems, including multi-country environments.
• Experience supporting entity setup or expansion into new countries.
• Technical proficiency with SQL, Python, or Workday reporting tools for data analysis and integration support.
• Big Four or Workday partner implementation experience, or prior experience at high-growth technology companies scaling toward IPO readiness.

Education and Logistics

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role, demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
• Staff are expected to work from one of Anthropic’s offices at least 25% of the time, although some roles may require more office time.
• Anthropic sponsors visas, although sponsorship may not be available for every role or candidate.

Benefits

Anthropic offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office space for collaboration.