Director, Technical Accounting - M&A

Job summary

Responsibilities

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.

• 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)…
• Execute post-close integration accounting — conforming accounting policies, system/ledger onboarding, working capital true-ups, earn-out remeasurement, and push-down considerations