Tax Director, Provision & Compliance

Location: Remote-friendly with travel required; staff are expected to work from one of the company’s offices at least 25% of the time. The role is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

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

• Own quarterly and annual worldwide income tax provision processes, including current and deferred taxes, effective tax rate reconciliation, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, and return-to-provision adjustments.
• Manage tax journal entries, reconciliations, disclosures, supporting workpapers, SOX controls, and the relationship with Big Four financial statement auditors.
• Lead US federal and state income tax compliance with co-sourced Big Four providers, including returns, payments, elections, extensions, and the compliance calendar.
• Oversee tax purchase price allocations, diligence, structuring, and integration for acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments.
• Analyze data center and compute infrastructure arrangements, including leases, sale-leasebacks, build-out cost recovery, debt-equity characterization, vendor financing, warrants, and joint ventures.
• Drive automation and AI tooling across tax provision and compliance, manage external advisors and budgets, and mentor tax team members.

Requirements

• Substantial experience managing a multinational corporate tax function in the software and technology industry, including Big Four and in-house experience.
• Hands-on ownership of the full ASC 740 provision cycle, including deferred taxes, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, disclosures, SOX controls, and auditor management.
• Experience managing US federal and state income tax compliance programs and co-sourced Big Four arrangements.
• Experience with complex M&A transactions, tax purchase price allocations, ASC 805 opening balance sheet accounting, diligence, and structuring.
• CPA required; a Master’s in Taxation or LLM is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or experience in a relevant field.

Nice to have

• Experience with data center or other capital-intensive infrastructure transactions, project finance, or joint ventures.
• Experience analyzing warrants, convertible instruments, embedded equity components, and debt-equity structures.
• Pre-IPO readiness or public company reporting experience.
• Interest in applying AI tools to tax workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on high-impact AI research and long-term AI safety goals.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours and an office environment designed for collaboration.
• Visa sponsorship may be available, with immigration-lawyer support, depending on the role and candidate.

Hiring process

• Applicants should follow Anthropic’s guidance on the use of AI during the application process.