Senior Associate, Strategic Finance at Toast

Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy.

The Strategic Finance team is responsible for providing data-driven insights to inform strategic, financial, and operational decision-making across the company. We are seeking a Senior Associate to partner with our International team to achieve their business goals, drive efficient growth, and take on high-profile strategic projects. This is a high-impact role supporting our fast-growing international expansion that will offer exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to drive long-term shareholder value.

A day in the life (Responsibilities)

Be a finance business partner to the International team, supporting Toast’s commercial expansion outside the U.S.

Collaborate with business partners to gather data and produce comprehensive financial projections and forecasts across each non-U.S. market, ensuring alignment with business goals

Deliver monthly/quarterly reporting and analysis for International financials and KPIs, ensuring key issues, risks, and business drivers are understood and highlighted

Develop a deep understanding of Toast’s business model for international commercial expansion, including unit economics, product and market strategies, and internal processes

Assist in ad-hoc analyses and deep dives into strategic issues to improve decision making

Communicate clearly, knowledgeably and transparently with cross functional stakeholders (including but not limited to Finance, Sales, Marketing, Onboarding) to build trusted relationships and enhance business outcomes

Continuously examine opportunities to optimize processes and models to provide more timely and relevant insights across Toast

What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)

Bachelor's degree

5+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, investment banking, or equivalent field

Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills

Self-starter capable of independently navigating ambiguity

Strong communication and interpersonal skills amongst a range of audiences

Positive attitude, high attention to detail, and comfort working in a matrix organization

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth and evolving environment

Preferred Qualifications

Working knowledge of SQL or experience with BI tools

Working knowledge of Adaptive, Netsuite and Zip

Experience working in a high growth SaaS company

Public company Strategic Finance background; partnership with a Go-to-market organization

AI at Toast

At Toast, one of our company values is that we're hungry to build and learn. We believe learning new AI tools empowers us to build for our customers faster, more independently, and with higher quality. We provide these tools across all disciplines, from Engineering and Product to Sales and Support, and are inspired by how our Toasters are already driving real value with them. The people who thrive here are those who embrace changes that let us build more for our customers; it’s a core part of our culture.

Our Total Rewards Philosophy

We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.

The base salary range for this role is listed below. The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience. In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions, if eligible), benefits, and equity (if eligible).

Pay Range

$102,000—$163,000 USD

How Toast Uses AI in its Hiring Process

Throughout the hiring process, our goal is to get to know you. We use AI tools to support our recruiters and interviewers with tasks like note-taking, summarization, and documentation of interviews to ensure they can be fully focused on your conversation. All hiring decisions are made by people.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is Baked into our Recipe for Success

At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse, and we embrace that diversity with authenticity, inclusivity, respect, and humility. By embedding these principles into our culture and design, we create equitable opportunities for all and raise the bar in delivering exceptional experiences.

We Thrive Together

We embrace a hybrid work model that fosters in-person collaboration while valuing individual needs. Our goal is to build a strong culture of connection as we work together to empower the restaurant community. To learn more about how we work globally and regionally, check out: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast.

Apply today!

Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process. As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process. If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com.

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Senior Associate, Strategic Finance

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