Tax Director, Provision & Compliance

Anthropic
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 230,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Communication","Audit management","Process improvement"]

Own Anthropic’s global income tax provision and US tax compliance, including leading the quarterly/annual ASC 740 close and ASC 740-related workpapers and SOX controls. Manage co-sourced Big 4 compliance and auditor relationships, run tax forecasting and audit defense support, and drive continuous process improvements and tax technology adoption. Lead provision coordination across international components and manage complex M&A and infrastructure transaction tax accounting, including purchase price allocation and financing/lease analyses.

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Tax Director, Provision & Compliance

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Job Summary

Own Anthropic’s global income tax provision and US tax compliance, including leading the quarterly/annual ASC 740 close and ASC 740-related workpapers and SOX controls. Manage co-sourced Big 4 compliance and auditor relationships, run tax forecasting and audit defense support, and drive continuous process improvements and tax technology adoption. Lead provision coordination across international components and manage complex M&A and infrastructure transaction tax accounting, including purchase price allocation and financing/lease analyses.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the quarterly and annual worldwide income tax provision, including current/deferred computations, effective tax rate reconciliation, valuation allowance assessments, stock-based compensation, uncertain tax positions, and return-to-provision true-ups.
  • •Own tax journal entries, account reconciliations, income tax footnote and disclosures, supporting workpapers and SOX controls; manage the financial statement audit relationship with Big 4 auditors.
  • •Coordinate international provision components and drive continuous improvement in close speed and quality while managing co-sourced compliance work for US federal and state tax obligations.
  • •Own cash tax forecasting and support responses to tax authority notices, examinations, and audit defense.
  • •Drive automation and tax technology adoption across provision and compliance, and lead tax purchase price allocation workpapers for acquisitions plus technical memo writing for novel financing/lease structures.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 300,000 annually
Perks:Paid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Substantial experience managing a corporate tax function in a multinational software and technology industry, including hands-on operation of income tax provision and compliance processes.
  • •Owned the full ASC 740 provision cycle at a multinational company, including deferred taxes, valuation allowance judgments, uncertain tax positions, footnote/disclosures, SOX controls, and auditor management.
  • •Managed US federal and state income tax compliance at scale, including co-sourced arrangements with Big 4 providers.
  • •Hands-on familiarity with complex M&A tax work, including tax purchase price allocations (ASC 805), diligence/structuring, and experience with infrastructure leases/build-outs and related financing arrangements.
  • •Hold a CPA; a Master’s in Taxation or LLM is a plus, with strong ability to write technical memos for auditors and non-tax partners.
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipMentoringCommunicationAudit managementProcess improvement
Certifications:CPA
Tech Stack:ASC 740ASC 805SOXAI tooling

Company Brief

Anthropic
Develops large-scale AI systems and safety research to create reliable, steerable, and interpretable AI assistants and models for commercial and research applications.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2021
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