Corporate Finance & Strategy, Strategic Transactions

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

Our Corporate Finance & Strategy team serves as a strategic partner to Anthropic's leadership, driving data-informed decisions that shape our company's future. We are seeking a professional to support Anthropic's M&A and strategic transaction activity. In this role, you will lead the financial due diligence of acquisition targets and own the Finance & Strategy view of each deal: forecasting the target's business, testing the assumptions behind the deal, and translating its impact into Anthropic's forecast and plan.

What it asks for · 7

• 7+ years of experience in M&A-related roles across investment banking, private equity, growth equity, venture capital, corporate development, or strategic finance
• Hands-on experience building acquisition models and pro forma forecasts from scratch, with mastery of how a transaction flows through the three financial statements
• Strong collaborator who builds trust quickly across large, cross-functional deal teams
• Clear, proactive communication, including experience presenting to Finance leadership
• Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments and navigates ambiguity with confidence
• Track record of building new processes, templates, and playbooks
• Passion for Anthropic's mission of building safe, beneficial AI

Also a plus

• MBA, CFA, or CPA
• Experience on both the investing / advisory and operating sides of transactions
• M&A experience at a public company, with an understanding of downstream reporting impacts
• Experience using Claude or similar AI tools to raise both the quality and the efficiency of your work

What the job covers

• Lead Finance & Strategy's financial due diligence on M&A and other strategic transactions: assess the target's historical performance and forecast, pressure-test the assumptions behind the deal, and surface the risks that matter for the decision
• Build the deal model and pro forma forecast for each transaction, and evaluate deal economics and structuring options
• Partner with Corporate Development on the deal case, Accounting on diligence findings and post-close integration, and the sponsoring business team on operating assumptions, carrying what you learn into the model
• Translate each deal's impact into Anthropic's forecast and plan, and present your analysis and recommendations to Finance leadership
• Build the templates, playbooks, and processes that make deal work repeatable, and use Claude to raise the rigor and pace of that work over time

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Words the posting leans on

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