Director, US International Tax Planning (AI)

Location: San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; or Seattle, WA. Hybrid policy: staff are expected to work from one of the offices at least 25% of the time.

Annual salary: $230,000–$300,000 USD.

Company

Anthropic develops reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Lead US international tax planning projects from analysis through implementation and help prioritize the planning portfolio.
• Analyze the tax consequences of new entities, jurisdictions, intercompany arrangements, funding, repatriation, and cross-border commercial and compute agreements.
• Perform and review technical analysis involving subpart F, NCTI, BEAT, foreign tax credits, expense allocation, apportionment, and subchapter C.
• Define scenarios for tax and effective tax rate models, review model accuracy, and take accountability for conclusions.
• Support post-acquisition integration by developing step plans, reviewing alternatives, and leading follow-on planning.
• Draft technical memoranda, coordinate with compliance and transfer pricing, manage outside advisors, monitor legislative developments, and support tax authority inquiries.

Requirements

• Deep technical knowledge of US international tax provisions, including subpart F, NCTI, BEAT, and foreign tax credits, applied in planning contexts.
• Working knowledge of subchapter C for multinational groups, including earnings and profits, stock basis, distributions, and internal reorganizations.
• Experience leading tax planning projects end to end, including scoping, modeling, documentation, and implementation.
• Ability to research the Code, regulations, and administrative guidance and write well-supported technical memoranda.
• Ability to review tax models, identify incorrect assumptions or mechanics, manage outside advisors, and run multiple projects.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with Legal, Accounting, Treasury, Tax Compliance, and Transfer Pricing.

Nice to have

• CPA, JD, or LLM in taxation.
• 10–15 years of US international tax experience, including public accounting, law firm, or in-house multinational technology experience.
• Experience with post-acquisition integration, transfer pricing, Pillar Two, FDDEI, partnership tax, IRS examinations, or large cross-border commercial arrangements.
• Experience with infrastructure or capital-intensive investments and international structure development at a significantly scaling company.
• Experience using Claude or similar tools for tax research, modeling, or documentation, and mentoring tax professionals.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on building safe and beneficial AI systems.
• Competitive compensation with benefits and optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours and office-based collaboration.
• Visa sponsorship is available, although eligibility depends on the role and candidate.

Hiring process

• Applications may involve evaluation of technical experience and qualifications relevant to the role.
• Candidate AI usage is governed by Anthropic’s application policy.