Head of Business Controls

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

We are looking for a Head of Business Controls to join our Internal Audit team at Anthropic. In this role, you will lead the organization's 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.

Key responsibilities

Lead and manage the organization's 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 management's 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

Minimum qualifications

Have 10+ years of hands-on financial audit and SOX compliance experience, preferably in both Big 4 …