Toast is driven by building the all-in-one restaurant platform that helps restaurants operate their business, increase sales, engage guests, 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. This Senior Associate will analyze, influence, and present key Operating & Financial metrics to Go-To-Market (GTM) Finance and Business leaders, manage the Sales and Marketing budget and related metrics, and take on high-profile strategic projects that will inform our long-term GTM strategy. This role requires collaboration across our Finance & Strategy team and comes with high visibility to GTM business partners.
About this roll* (Responsibilities)
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to Finance and GTM leaders, helping to guide investment and resourcing decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Deliver monthly/quarterly quantitative and qualitative analysis of financial results, including variances to plan/forecast, ensuring key issues, risks, and business drivers are understood and highlighted, proactively identifying trends and opportunities
- Drive strategic initiatives through a combination of business partnering, analytical insight, and project management
- Support the annual planning and long-range planning processes for Sales and Marketing, incorporating a deep understanding of quota carrying headcount ratios, key metrics, org structures, and overall GTM strategy
- Build and improve upon complex financial models to meet the needs of a rapidly scaling business and GTM organization
- Collaborate across multiple levels of the organization by building strong cross-functional relationships and developing a deep understanding of Toast’s business model, including unit economics, competitive landscape, and internal processe
Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 5+ years experience in Strategic Finance or FP&A, Big 4 accounting, accounting at a public company, investment banking, or consulting
- Experience with financial modeling and analytical mindset
- Positive attitude with high aptitude to learn new things quickly. Team player eager to further develop and grow with us
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity, problem-solving skills, and hunger to continually up-level current approaches and processes
- Strong work ethic, reliability, and attention to detail - “get it done” attitude
- Effective communication and project management skills; highly organized, independent, and self-motivated, with ability to and present to all levels of management
- Highly adept in Excel and Google Workspace
Special Sauce* (Nice to Haves)
- Public company experience
- SaaS or Fintech industry experience
- Working knowledge of Adaptive, SQL, Netsuite, Salesforce, Hyperion, Anaplan, or other planning tools
*We love a good food/bread pun!
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 Rewards
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).
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 [email protected].
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