Corporate Finance & Strategy, Strategic Transactions

The role

This professional will support M&A and strategic transaction activity. You will lead financial due diligence, build deal models, and translate transaction impacts into the company forecast and plan.

What you will do

• Lead financial due diligence on M&A and other strategic transactions
• Assess target historical performance and forecast
• Build the deal model and pro forma forecast for each transaction
• Evaluate deal economics and structuring options
• Partner with Corporate Development, Accounting, and sponsoring business teams
• Translate deal impact into Anthropic's forecast and plan
• Present analysis and recommendations to Finance leadership
• Build templates, playbooks, and processes to make deal work repeatable

Required qualifications

• 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
• Strong collaborator who builds trust quickly across large, cross-functional deal teams
• Clear, proactive communication
• Experience presenting to Finance leadership
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments and navigate ambiguity
• Track record of building new processes, templates, and playbooks
• 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

• MBA, CFA, or CPA
• Experience on both the investing / advisory and operating sides of transactions
• M&A experience at a public company, with an understanding of downstream reporting impacts
• Experience using Claude or similar AI tools to raise both the quality and the efficiency of your work

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, though we are not able to sponsor every role and candidate
• If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa

About the company

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