Anthropic
Tax Director, Provision & Compliance
$230K–$300K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position; no specific number stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; field relevant to the role. Master’s in Taxation or LLM is a plus.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; if an offer is made, Anthropic will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa and provides immigration-lawyer support.
About the job
Leads Anthropic’s global income tax provision and US income tax compliance, while building the processes, controls, and team to support company growth and complex transactions.
What you'll do
- Own the worldwide quarterly and annual ASC 740 provision, including close workpapers, disclosures, SOX controls, and auditor management.
- Manage US federal and state income tax compliance, cash tax forecasting, and support for tax notices and examinations.
- Lead tax work for acquisitions and infrastructure transactions, develop technical positions, and advance tax-process automation, including AI tooling.
What they ask for
- Substantial corporate tax leadership experience in multinational software and technology, combining Big 4 and in-house experience.
- Hands-on ownership of a multinational company’s full ASC 740 provision cycle and scaled US federal and state compliance program, including co-sourced Big 4 providers.
- Hands-on experience with complex M&A tax work, including purchase price allocations, ASC 805 opening balance sheet accounting, diligence, and structuring.
- CPA; able to write clear technical memos and explain tax issues to non-tax partners.
Nice to have
- Experience with data center or similar capital-intensive infrastructure transactions, project finance, or joint ventures.
- Experience with warrants, convertible instruments, debt-equity analysis, or an interest in applying AI tools to tax workflows.
Pay
$230,000 — $300,000 USD (annual base salary)
Tools
ASC 740, ASC 805, SOX
AI focus
Drive adoption of AI tooling across tax provision and compliance workflows; an interest in applying AI tools to tax workflows is preferred.
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