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Director, Technical Accounting - M&A

Anthropic· Finance
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (Seattle, WA)$230k - $300kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role overseeing technical accounting for M&A, investments, and complex capital transactions at Anthropic. Partners with Corporate Development, Legal, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, and leadership to ensure GAAP-compliant deal accounting, maintain robust controls, and support external audits and regulators.

Responsibilities

  • Execute technical accounting for business combinations, asset acquisitions, joint ventures, and related financing/equity structures
  • Partner with and influence Corporate Dev to steer deal structures toward preferred terms and outcomes
  • Perform accounting due diligence on prospective transactions, advising Corporate Development and leadership on GAAP, control, and earnings implications before terms are finalized
  • Execute end-to-end purchase accounting — acquirer and acquisition-date identification, consideration measurement (contingent consideration, rollover equity, replacement awards), and recognition/measurement of assets, liabilities, and goodwill
  • Execute post-close integration accounting — conforming accounting policies, system/ledger onboarding, working capital true-ups, earn-out remeasurement, and push-down considerations
  • Assess and monitor consolidation and investment classification for investees and structured arrangements — VIE/primary-beneficiary analysis, reconsideration events, equity method, measurement alternative, and fair value through earnings — and support impairment and observable-price-change reviews
  • Manage third-party valuation specialists; review PPA, intangible asset valuations, contingent consideration fair values, and impairment analyses
  • Author and defend technical accounting policies & memoranda; partner closely with external auditors on M&A, investment, and consolidation matters
  • Partner with Tax on deal structuring and ASC 740/basis-difference impacts; with Treasury and Legal on equity, SAFE/convertible, and other financing instruments
  • Help refine the deal-accounting operating model — diligence checklists, Day-1 close playbooks, opening balance sheet procedures, measurement-period tracking, integration workplans, and SOX-ready controls over non-routine transactions
  • Prepare and review transaction-related disclosures for quarterly and annual filings, including pro forma financial information and significance testing
  • Present transaction accounting conclusions and financial statement impacts to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders in clear, decision-ready terms
  • Monitor standard-setting and SEC developments affecting business combinations, consolidation, and investments; support adoption and cross-functional education

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years owning complex M&A and strategic investment accounting transactions end-to-end
  • Active CPA license
  • Big 4 experience — ideally in a National Office, Transaction/Deal Advisory, or Capital Markets/Accounting Advisory group — plus in-house experience at a high-growth or public technology company
  • Contributed to multiple closed acquisitions and minority/strategic investments, including at least one transaction of meaningful scale or complexity
  • Deep command of US GAAP for business combinations, consolidation, equity method, and fair value measurement, with a track record of positions that withstand auditor and regulator scrutiny
  • Fluent in valuation concepts and able to direct and challenge third-party specialists on PPA, contingent consideration, and impairment models
  • Experience in deal-accounting or investments-accounting functions, contributing to playbook and controls design
  • Effective communication with Corporate Development and Legal on structuring trade-offs, translating technical conclusions for cross-functional and senior stakeholders
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate complex deal accounting into clear business implications
  • Hands-on technical execution in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment; collaboration with Senior Director on strategic judgments
  • Proficient with accounting systems (Workday preferred), consolidation tools, and advanced Excel/modeling
  • Curious about and quick to adopt new AI tools, including Claude and Claude for Finance

Skills

Required:Mergers & Acquisitions accountingDue diligence and deal structuringFinancial statement disclosures (pro forma, significance testing)Interpersonal/leadership communicationValuation and external collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Office space for collaboration
  • Visa sponsorship support where possible
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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