Tax Director, Provision & Compliance (AI)

Location: San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; or Seattle, WA. Hybrid policy requires staff to be in one of the offices at least 25% of the time; some roles may require more office time.

Annual salary: $230,000–$300,000 USD.

Company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems designed to be safe and beneficial.

What you will do

• Own the quarterly and annual worldwide income tax provision, including current and deferred tax computations, effective tax rate reconciliation, valuation allowances, stock-based compensation, uncertain tax positions, and return-to-provision true-ups.
• Manage tax journal entries, account reconciliations, income tax disclosures, supporting workpapers, SOX controls, and the financial statement audit relationship with Big 4 auditors.
• Lead the US federal and state income tax compliance program with co-sourced Big 4 providers, including returns, payments, extensions, elections, disclosures, and the compliance calendar.
• Own cash tax forecasting, tax authority notices, examinations, audit defense, and coordination of international provision activities with internal teams and outside advisors.
• Lead tax analysis for acquisitions, infrastructure arrangements, financing structures, joint ventures, and strategic investments; prepare technical memos and model cash tax and effective tax rate consequences for Corp Dev, Finance, and Legal.
• Drive automation and AI tooling adoption, mentor tax team members, build scalable processes and controls, and manage outside-advisor budgets and relationships.

Requirements

• Substantial experience managing a corporate tax function in the multinational software and technology industry, combining Big 4 public accounting and in-house tax department experience.
• Hands-on ownership of the full ASC 740 provision cycle at a multinational company, including deferred taxes, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, footnotes and disclosures, SOX controls, and auditor management.
• Experience managing a large-scale US federal and state income tax compliance program, including co-sourced arrangements with Big 4 providers.
• Hands-on experience with complex M&A transactions, including tax purchase price allocations, ASC 805 opening balance sheet accounting, tax diligence, and structuring; familiarity with infrastructure leases, build-outs, and related financing arrangements.
• Ability to write clear technical memos that withstand Big 4 auditor review and explain tax issues to non-tax partners.
• CPA required.
• Ability to work through novel fact patterns and ambiguity by building workpapers and documenting positions.
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience; relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
• Years of experience must align with the internal job-level requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s in Taxation or LLM.
• Experience with data center or other capital-intensive infrastructure transactions, including hyperscaler-scale compute, energy or telecom deals, project finance, or joint ventures.
• Experience analyzing warrants, convertible instruments, embedded equity components, and debt-equity characterization for intercompany and third-party financing.
• Interest in applying AI tools to tax workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on high-impact AI research and long-term safety, reliability, and interpretability.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours and office-based collaboration.
• Visa sponsorship may be available; Anthropic makes reasonable efforts to support visa applications and provides access to an immigration lawyer.

Hiring process

• Candidates may use AI in the application process subject to Anthropic’s candidate AI usage policy.