The opportunity
We are seeking a Director, Technical Accounting – M&A to join our Finance team at Anthropic. In this role, you will support the company's accounting for mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, and other complex capital transactions.
What you'll do
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
What they're looking for
- 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
