Tax Director, Provision & Compliance

Anthropic's Tax team is hiring a Tax Director to own the company's global income tax provision and US income tax compliance function.

This is a core operational leadership role: you will run the quarterly and annual ASC 740 close, manage the co-sourced compliance program, and build the processes, controls, and team that keep both scaling with the company.

The ideal candidate will have substantial experience managing a corporate tax function in the multinational software and technology industry, including hands-on experience running the income tax provision and compliance processes, with a combination of Big 4 public accounting and in-house tax department experience.

Key responsibilities:

• Own the quarterly and annual worldwide income tax provision: current and deferred computations, effective tax rate reconciliation, deferred tax inventory and valuation allowance assessments, stock-based compensation, uncertain tax positions, and return-to-provision true-ups
• Own the tax journal entries, account reconciliations, income tax footnote and disclosures, and the supporting workpapers and SOX controls; manage the financial statement audit relationship with Big 4 auditors
• Coordinate the international components of the provision with the team and outside advisors, and drive continuous improvement in close speed and quality
• Manage the US federal and state income tax compliance program, working with co-sourced Big 4 providers: returns, estimated payments and extensions, elections and disclosures, and the compliance calendar
• Own cash tax forecasting and support tax authority notices, examinations, and audit defense
• Drive automation and tax technology adoption across the provision and compliance processes, including AI tooling
• Own tax purchase price allocation workpapers for acquisitions: taxable vs. nontaxable characterization, ASC 805 opening balance sheet deferred taxes, goodwill component analysis, and reconciliation to the tax basis balance sheet , plus tax diligence, structuring, and integration
• Analyze data center and compute infrastructure arrangements , lease classification, sale-leasebacks, Section 467 rent schedules, build-out cost recovery , and the financing structures around them: debt vs. equity characterization, prepayments, vendor financing, warrants and equity instruments in commercial agreements, and joint venture formations and buyouts
• Prepare and review technical memos documenting positions for auditors and leadership, and model the cash tax and effective tax rate consequences of proposed structures for Corp Dev, Finance, and Legal while deals are being negotiated
• Mentor and develop tax team members and help build the function as the company grows
• Manage outside advisors on opinions, studies, and valuations, and own those budgets and relationships

The annual compensation range for this role is $230,000-$300,000 USD.

Logistics:

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas!