Director, Technical Accounting - M&A
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA
CHECKED 4H AGO
Frontier labonsitesenior$230k–$300k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead technical accounting for M&A, investments, JVs and complex capital deals.
- Partner with Corporate Dev to steer deal structures and GAAP outcomes.
- Build SOX-ready controls and close playbooks for a rapidly scaling AI firm.
What they offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Lovely office space for collaboration
Ideal candidate
Hands-on technical accounting leader who thrives in deal rooms and loves turning complex M&A economics into clean, defensible accounting. Builder mindset with Big 4 roots and high-growth tech experience, energized by AI's scale and ambiguity.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years owning complex M&A accounting end-to-end
- Active CPA license
- Significant Big 4 experience paired with in-house experience at high-growth or public tech company
- Deep command of US GAAP for business combinations, consolidation, equity method and fair value
- Fluent in valuation concepts and able to direct third-party specialists
- Proficient with accounting systems (Workday preferred) and advanced Excel/modeling
- remote policy
- Hybrid - in office at least 25% of the time
- visa sponsorship
- We sponsor visas on a case-by-case basis, with immigration lawyer support
Lab profile
About Anthropic
AI safety company building reliable, interpretable and steerable frontier AI systems.
What they build
- Claude
- Claude API
- Claude Code
Known for
- AI safety and alignment
- Model interpretability research
- Frontier LLM development
Key facts
- Founded in 2021
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Backed by Amazon and Google