APAC Tax Lead

Join Anthropic as the APAC Tax Lead, responsible for direct tax compliance and advisory across Asia-Pacific. Be part of a team dedicated to building reliable AI systems.

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

• •Lead APAC direct tax compliance, working with external advisors (KPMG, PwC, Deloitte) to ensure timely and accurate filings across all jurisdictions
• •Support transfer pricing documentation and intercompany transactions for APAC entities, including cost-plus arrangements and intercompany service agreements
• •Manage withholding tax positions and treaty relief on cross-border flows, including customer receipts and vendor payments
• •Advise on permanent establishment risks, entity structuring, and operational tax considerations as Anthropic expands APAC commercial and infrastructure activities
• •Support the tax side of regional infrastructure expansion, including data center, colocation, and subsea cable arrangements and new entity formations
• •Partner with indirect tax personnel on VAT/GST and consumption tax matters to align on tax strategy and overall compliance requirements
• •Partner with Finance, Legal, and People teams on payroll taxes, equity compensation, and employee mobility matters
• •Build relationships with local tax authorities and manage any inquiries or audits
• •Contribute to global tax projects including public company readiness, SOX compliance, and tax technology implementations
• •Working with indirect tax team on advisory and compliance and audit assistance

• •Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• •Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• •Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• •Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
• •Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

• •Strong technical knowledge of corporate tax in one or more major APAC jurisdictions and cross-border tax issues across the region
• •Deep experience with transfer pricing documentation, intercompany agreements, and withholding tax and treaty analysis
• •CPA, CA, CTA, or equivalent professional qualification
• •Excellent communication skills and ability to work across time zones with US and European colleagues
• •Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and can build processes from the ground up

• •12+ years of international tax experience, ideally with a mix of Big 4/advisory and in-house roles
• •Exposure to technology or high-growth company tax matters
• •Experience with the tax aspects of data center or infrastructure buildouts
• •Knowledge of Pillar Two/global minimum tax rules and digital services taxes
• •Experience with Indian direct tax matters, including permanent establishment and withholding tax issues
• •Experience supporting IPO readiness or public company tax compliance
• •Regional language skills
• •Experience with systems buildout or automation