Head of Accounting AI & Innovation

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 building the world’s most capable and safest AI — and our accounting team has a front-row seat to deploy it. We are seeking a visionary and strategic Head of AI & Innovation to lead the transformation of Anthropic’s accounting function through pioneering Claude AI deployment. In this role, you will set the strategic vision, build and coach a high-performing team, and partner with Finance, Engineering, and Anthropic’s own product and research teams to create a Claude-powered Finance ecosystem that serves as an industry-defining model for AI-enabled operations. This is a rare opportunity to build at the intersection of cutting-edge AI and enterprise finance — not just adopting AI, but pioneering what Finance AI looks like at scale with unprecedented access to the teams that build the models. You will own the accounting AI program end-to-end: from roadmap to production deployment, from governance frameworks to community building, and from employee enablement to enterprise scale. The ideal candidate brings deep accounting and advisory experience and is a recognized thought leader in the industry — someone who shapes how the profession thinks about AI adoption, not just someone who follows it. Key Responsibilities: Vision & Strategic Leadership Define and own the multi-year vision for a Claude-enabled accounting ecosystem, translating Anthropic’s AI capabilities into measurable operational impact across all accounting business processes and systems Establish Finance Systems as the internal gold standard for AI-powered enterprise operations, positioning the team as a model for AI adoption across the broader organization Partner closely with Anthropic’s internal product and research teams to surface Finance use cases, influence model capabilities, and bring cutting-edge AI research into production finance workflows Represent accounting’s AI priorities in cross-functional forums and with executive leadership, communicating progress, risks, and strategic direction with clarity and conviction Serve as Anthropic’s external voice on accounting AI — engaging with various advisory networks, industry working groups, and peer communities to shape how the profession approaches AI-enabled transformation Team Leadership & Development Hire, mentor, and develop a small but high-impact team of Accounting AI Product Managers and Engineers, building a culture of experimentation, ownership, and continuous learning Establish clear roles, career paths, and operating rhythms for the AI & Innovation pod, ensuring team members grow into industry-leading accounting AI practitioners Partner across the department and Head of SOX/IT Controls to ensure AI initiatives are sequenced, governed, and delivered in alignment with the broader transformation portfolio Product Development & Roadmap Own the product roadmap — prioritizing use cases, managing the backlog, and driving features from ideation through production deployment Lead intake, triage, and routing of bug reports, defect tracking, and enhancement requests across the team, maintaining clear visibility into product health and velocity Oversee UX and design quality of Claude-powered tools, ensuring solutions are intuitive, delightful, and trusted by end-users Build and own an AI use case registry — a centralized portfolio strategy for all deployed agents across accounting systems, defining how agents are discovered, evaluated, scaled, and retired as the agent landscape matures Lead evaluation and selection of accounting-specific AI SaaS tools, partnering with internal technology and data infrastructure teams on architecture and integration decisions Data Foundation & Infrastructure Partner closely with data infrastructure and the finance analytics & BI team to define the structured data layer powering AI-driven reporting, anomaly detection, and decision support — ensuring accounting AI is built on a reliable, well-governed data foundation Ensure AI agents are built on reliable, audit-ready data foundations (SQL/deterministic retrieval layer) before applying AI synthesis and interpretation on top Collaborate with Finance Systems Engineers to design and maintain data pipelines, data lake environments, and integration architectures that support safe AI experimentation and production deployment Enablement, Governance & Community Design and lead accounting AI onboarding and employee journey programs — building the training curriculum, certification pathways, and ongoing education cadence that drives adoption across the organization Partner with the Internal Audit and Governance team to develop accounting-specific AI usage policies, responsible AI frameworks, and audit-ready documentation for deployed agents Enforce SOX-compliant AI governance frameworks in close partnership with the Head of SOX/IT Controls, ensuring AI deployments meet ITGC requirements and external audit standards Organize internal innovation events, creating space for experimentation, cross-functional collaboration, and identification of the next generation of AI use cases Build a peer community — hosting internal and external events, publishing learnings, and deepening Anthropic’s relationships with firm advisory networks and industry forums to advance the field and strengthen Anthropic’s brand as an AI-first organization Minumum Qualifications: Have led AI, automation, or digital transformation programs in a Finance or Enterprise context, with hands-on experience taking AI/LLM solutions from prototype to production Possess deep Finance domain knowledge across multiple functions (OTC, P2P, FP&A, accounting, close) and understand how A