Corporate Finance & Strategy, Strategic Transactions

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

7d•$190,000 - $240,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic’s Corporate Finance & Strategy team partners with leadership and drives data-informed decisions about the company’s future. The role supports Anthropic’s M&A and strategic transaction activity, leading financial due diligence and owning the Finance & Strategy perspective on each deal. This includes forecasting target businesses, testing deal assumptions, and translating transaction impacts into Anthropic’s forecast and plan. The role works with cross-functional stakeholders including Corporate Development, Accounting, R&D, People, and sponsoring business teams. The successful candidate will bring experience viewing transactions from multiple perspectives, such as investing, banking, or operating. They will communicate the financial implications of deals to leadership and develop models, frameworks, templates, and playbooks to make transaction work consistent and repeatable, using Claude as a core tool.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in M&A-related roles across investment banking, private equity, growth equity, venture capital, corporate development, or strategic finance.
Hands-on experience building acquisition models and pro forma forecasts from scratch.
Mastery of how a transaction flows through the three financial statements.
Ability to collaborate and build trust quickly across large, cross-functional deal teams.
Clear, proactive communication, including experience presenting to Finance leadership.
Ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments and navigate ambiguity confidently.
Track record of building new processes, templates, and playbooks.
Passion for Anthropic’s mission of building safe, beneficial AI.
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
A field of study relevant to the role, as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CFA, or CPA.
Experience on both the investing or advisory side and the operating side of transactions.
M&A experience at a public company and understanding of downstream reporting impacts.
Experience using Claude or similar AI tools to improve the quality and efficiency of work.

Responsibilities

Lead Finance & Strategy financial due diligence for M&A and other strategic transactions by assessing target historical performance and forecasts, pressure-testing deal assumptions, and identifying decision-relevant risks.
Build deal models and pro forma forecasts, and evaluate deal economics and structuring options.
Partner with Corporate Development on the deal case, Accounting on diligence findings and post-close integration, and the sponsoring business team on operating assumptions.
Incorporate findings from transaction partners into the deal model.
Translate each deal’s impact into Anthropic’s forecast and plan, and present analysis and recommendations to Finance leadership.
Build templates, playbooks, and processes that make transaction work repeatable.
Use Claude to improve the rigor and pace of transaction work.