M&A Tax Director

The role

The M&A Tax Director will lead tax workstreams for acquisitions, mergers, and strategic transactions. This person will support the deal lifecycle from evaluation through post-closing integration and advise on strategic tax matters.

What you will do

• Lead and manage tax workstreams for acquisitions, mergers, acqui-hires, asset and stock purchases, corporate reorganizations, financing transactions, and minority investments
• Partner with Corporate Development on deal pipeline evaluation
• Draft and review tax provisions in transaction documents
• Support post-acquisition tax integration planning
• Advise on tax considerations for data center investments, build-to-suit arrangements, leases, and related infrastructure transactions
• Advise on the tax structuring of joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and REIT-related investment structures
• Help build and maintain transactions tax playbooks, due diligence checklists, and internal processes
• Coordinate with the tax compliance and provision teams
• Prepare technical tax memoranda documenting transactions, material tax positions, and risk assessments

Required qualifications

• JD or CPA
• M&A and transactional tax experience gained at a large law firm, Big 4 M&A tax practice, or in-house transactions tax team
• Strong technical expertise in federal and state tax rules governing corporate transactions, including Section 338, Section 368 reorganizations, and asset and stock acquisitions
• Experience running tax due diligence workstreams and quantifying tax exposures in transaction contexts
• Experience drafting and negotiating tax provisions in M&A transaction documents
• Experience supporting post-acquisition integration from a tax perspective, including entity rationalization and intercompany restructuring
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Field of study relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Nice to have

• 7-10 years of tax experience, with significant M&A and transactional tax exposure
• LL.M. in Taxation or MST
• Experience providing general tax advisory support
• Experience with joint ventures, partnerships, minority investments, revenue-sharing arrangements and financing transactions
• Experience with REITs, including REIT qualification and tax considerations for REIT joint ventures and real estate investment structures
• Experience with data center acquisitions, infrastructure transactions, or real estate tax considerations
• Tax experience at a high-growth technology company
• 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

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.