Tax Reporting & Compliance Lead

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

We are seeking a leader in Tax Compliance & Reporting to lead Anthropic's income tax provision and compliance operations. Reporting to the Head of Tax, you will oversee the execution of our domestic and international income tax compliance processes and manage our quarterly and annual tax provisions. This role combines deep technical expertise in tax accounting with strong operational leadership to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient tax reporting as we continue to scale globally.

Responsibilities:

Tax Provision & Accounting

• Own the quarterly and annual income tax provision process in accordance with ASC 740
• Maintain and review deferred tax asset and liability schedules
• Partner with external auditors on tax disclosures for financial statements
• Provide technical tax accounting guidance to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP requirements
• Document and maintain tax positions and technical accounting memos

Tax Compliance

• Lead the preparation and filing of federal, state, and international income tax returns
• Ensure compliance with evolving tax legislation including BEAT, GILTI, and international requirements
• Manage information gathering and reporting processes across multiple jurisdictions
• Coordinate responses to tax notices and support tax audits
• Review tax payments and manage compliance calendar to ensure timely filings

Process & Operations

• Develop and implement standardized processes for tax compliance and provision workflows
• Drive continuous improvement in tax operations through process optimization and automation
• Maintain strong internal controls and documentation for SOX compliance
• Collaborate with finance and accounting teams to ensure accurate and timely data for tax reporting
• Partner with tax technology teams to enhance tax reporting systems and tools

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have 10+ years of progressive corporate tax experience, including both Big 4 public accounting and industry experience
• Have direct experience managing income tax provisions and compliance for publicly traded SaaS companies
• Hold CPA certification; advanced degree in taxation or accounting is preferred
• Have deep technical knowledge of ASC 740 and experience managing full-cycle tax provisions for public companies
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of U.S. federal and state corporate income tax requirements
• Have experience with tax provision software (e.g., Corptax) and ERP systems
• Excel at managing multiple deadlines and coordinating complex processes
• Have strong attention to detail while maintaining big-picture awareness
• Thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments and can adapt quickly to evolving needs

Strong candidates may also have:

• Experience managing tax functions during periods of significant international expansion
• Background implementing and optimizing tax provision or compliance software
• Experience building and mentoring teams
• Knowledge of recent international tax developments (e.g., GILTI, BEAT, Pillar Two)
• Track record of improving tax department efficiency through process automation

Deadline to apply:

None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

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! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed.  Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.