Tax Transactions and Advisory Director

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Tax Transactions and Advisory Director to join our Tax Team at Anthropic. As the company pursues an active and growing pipeline of acquisitions, acqui-hires, data center investments, and other strategic transactions, this role will be a key in-house expert for transactional and advisory tax matters. You will be the go-to transactions advisor for our Corporate Development, Legal, and Finance teams, bringing deep transactional tax expertise to complex deal structures from initial evaluation through post-closing integration. Beyond transactions, this role will serve as a key in-house tax resource across a wide range of strategic and operational tax matters. This is a high-impact, highly-visible role at Anthropic, offering significant ownership and a front-row seat to some of the most consequential transactions and tax planning work happening in AI today. If you're excited to build something meaningful from the ground up at a company working on one of the most important challenges of our time, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

10-12 years of tax experience, with significant M&A and transactional tax exposure, including law firm experience (Big Law tax group or Big 4 M&A tax practice)
JD required; LL.M. in Taxation preferred
Deep technical expertise in federal and state tax rules governing corporate transactions, including Section 338, Section 368 reorganizations, and asset and stock acquisitions
Working knowledge of the tax considerations applicable to partnerships, joint ventures, and other collaborative arrangements, including Section 721 contributions, partnership allocations, and the structuring of minority investments and revenue-sharing arrangements
Experience leading tax due diligence workstreams and quantifying tax exposures in transaction contexts
Track record of drafting and negotiating tax provisions in M&A transaction documents
Experience advising on post-acquisition integration from a tax perspective, including entity rationalization and intercompany restructuring
Experience providing general tax advisory support, including advising on commercial contracts, operational matters, and cross-functional tax questions
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex tax issues into clear, actionable guidance for Legal, Finance, and Corporate Development partners
Comfort with ambiguity and a track record of building processes from scratch in fast-paced environments
Passion for Anthropic's mission to build safe, transformative AI systems

Nice To Haves

Tax experience at a high-growth technology company
Experience with data center acquisitions, infrastructure transactions, or real estate tax considerations
Knowledge of state and local tax (SALT) implications of transactions
Experience with equity compensation tax issues in the context of acquisitions and acqui-hires
Exposure to international tax aspects of cross-border acquisitions
Experience supporting corporate development teams on deal pipeline evaluation and early-stage tax modeling

Responsibilities

Lead all tax workstreams for acquisitions, mergers, acqui-hires, asset and stock purchases, and corporate reorganizations, including tax due diligence, risk identification, and deal structuring recommendations
Serve as a trusted in-house tax advisor to Legal, Finance, and business teams on a broad range of tax matters arising outside of formal transactions, including commercial agreements and strategic partnerships
Act as a cross-functional tax resource for internal stakeholders navigating novel or complex tax questions, escalating to external advisors where appropriate and managing those relationships efficiently
Partner with Corporate Development on deal pipeline evaluation, providing early-stage tax input to inform go/no-go decisions and deal economics
Draft and review tax provisions in transaction documents, including purchase agreements, merger agreements, and ancillary deal documents
Lead post-acquisition tax integration planning, including entity rationalization, intercompany restructuring, and tax attribute analysis
Advise on tax considerations for data center acquisitions, build-to-suit arrangements, leases, and related infrastructure investments; partner with Finance and Deals teams on tax input to deal economics, including incentives, and credits review; coordinate on indirect tax and transaction tax incentives with relevant team members
Build and maintain transactions tax playbooks, due diligence checklists, and internal processes