M&A Tax Director (AI)

Location: Remote-friendly with travel required; staff are expected to work from one of the offices at least 25% of the time. San Francisco, California.

Annual salary: $230,000–$300,000 USD

Company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

What you will do

• Lead tax workstreams for acquisitions, mergers, acqui-hires, asset and stock purchases, reorganizations, financings, and minority investments.
• Perform tax due diligence, identify and quantify risks, and advise on deal structure and economics.
• Draft and review tax provisions in purchase agreements, merger agreements, and related transaction documents.
• Plan post-acquisition tax integration, including entity rationalization, intercompany restructuring, and tax attribute analysis.
• Advise on tax matters related to data centers, infrastructure transactions, leases, joint ventures, partnerships, REIT structures, and strategic investments.
• Build transaction tax playbooks, due diligence checklists, internal processes, and technical tax memoranda.

Requirements

• JD or CPA.
• M&A and transactional tax experience from a large law firm, Big 4 M&A tax practice, or in-house transactions tax team.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state tax rules for corporate transactions, including Section 338, Section 368 reorganizations, and asset and stock acquisitions.
• Experience leading tax due diligence, quantifying transaction exposures, and drafting or negotiating tax provisions.
• Experience supporting post-acquisition tax integration, entity rationalization, and intercompany restructuring.
• Ability to work from a company office at least 25% of the time; travel is required.

Nice to have

• 7–10 years of tax experience with significant M&A and transactional tax exposure.
• LL.M. in Taxation or MST.
• Experience with joint ventures, REITs, data centers, infrastructure, real estate tax, SALT, equity compensation, or cross-border acquisitions.
• Experience providing general tax advisory support at a high-growth technology company.
• Exceptional communication skills and comfort building processes in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on safe, trustworthy, and transformative AI research.
• Flexible working hours and a collaborative office environment.
• Competitive compensation, equity donation matching, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Visa sponsorship is available, although sponsorship cannot be guaranteed for every role or candidate.