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 Toast Fintech Compliance Program provides a compliance by design embedded approach to compliance program management, with an emphasis on product lifecycle management, while enabling the business to innovate and deliver quality products and solutions to serve our customers. Toast, Inc. seeks a strategic, commercially oriented, forward thinking Director to lead the Compliance organization supporting the Fintech business.

Reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer, the Director is responsible for establishing, managing, and maintaining quality compliance programs for Fintech products, and directing the Fintech compliance team in the ongoing management of the product specific compliance management systems. Products in scope include: commercial lending program, leases, commercial deposit account, payment facilitation, debit cards, prepaid payroll cards, earned wage access, bill-pay, and stored value cards. This role is also responsible for the maintenance of state money transmitter licenses and compliance with associated requirements.

A day in the life (Responsibilities)

Compliance leader managing compliance team supporting Fintech products.

Oversee the development and maintenance of product-specific compliance management programs within Toast's Fintech Line of Business.

Direct the Fintech Compliance team on establishing best-in-class compliance management systems, mitigation of key compliance risks related to in-scope products, and the remediation of process and control gaps.

Serve as a compliance thought partner to Fintech business stakeholders in the design and implementation of products/product enhancements. Guide Fintech Compliance team in product reviews to ensure regulatory compliance requirements are met.

Serve as compliance sponsor on compliance committees. Escalate key compliance risks and issues to Chief Compliance Officer and governing bodies, such as the Enterprise Risk and Compliance Committee.

Review results from compliance testing programs to identify themes or trends in findings and gaps, and mature and enhance Fintech compliance program and/or framework to address them.

Ensure product specific regulatory changes are monitored and assessed, and communicated to business partners in a timely manner.

Oversee partner relationships and ensure obligations are met, including, but not limited to timely and accurate reporting and successful completion of partner reviews and required testing. Serve as an escalation point for concerns and issues raised by key partner contacts.

Maintain state money transmitter licenses and compliance with associated requirements.

What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)

Bachelor’s Degree required and CRCM preferred.

Strong knowledge of financial laws and regulations, including: CFPB regulations (most specifically Reg B, Reg E, Reg P, and Reg Z); federal and state consumer protection laws (most specifically UDA(A)P, CAN-SPAM, and TCPA); other laws and industry best practices related to commercial and consumer credit, prepaid debit cards, and electronic funds transactions; money transmitter laws, and card association and payment network rules.

Direct experience leading compliance programs for financial products and services, specifically payment processing, money transmission, and banking products which may include: commercial and consumer credit, purchase financing, deposit accounts, debit, credit, and stored-value cards, bill pay services, and earned wage access.

Typically requires 15+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, and 10+ years of experience in a compliance, risk, or audit role at a financial institution providing commercial and/or consumer non-investment banking products (Fintech or payments industry preferred).

Experience maintaining fintech-oriented frameworks, bank partnerships and third party vendors programs.

Familiarity with operational processes and regulations related to banking products. Ability to work well with ambiguity and synthesize large amounts of complex information.

Special Sauce (Nice-to-Have Skills):

CAMS

Our Legal & Compliance teams are primarily concentrated in Boston, New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco, and Chicago. Candidates residing in these areas will be prioritized, as they will benefit from closer proximity to colleagues and greater access to company resources and events.

AI at Toast

At Toast 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 Spread* of Total RewardsWe 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

$171,000—$274,000 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.

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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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Director of Fintech Compliance

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