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. We’re seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to partner with the Commerce Business Unit, which encompasses the products and services that power restaurants’ front-of-house experience- such as Toast’s Point of Sale (POS)- and to drive broader R&D FP&A initiatives. In this high-impact role, you'll partner closely with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver strategic insights, drive business planning, and support decision-making.
About this roll* (Responsibilities)
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior leaders across Commerce and R&D organizations, helping to guide investment and resourcing decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Facilitate executive leadership decision making by building and translating robust financial models into actionable operational recommendations.
- Drive strategic initiatives through a combination of business partnering, analytical insight, and project management.
- Deliver monthly/quarterly quantitative and qualitative analysis of financial results, including variances to plan, ensuring key issues, risks, and business drivers are understood and highlighted.
- Support the annual planning and long-range planning processes for R&D, incorporating a deep understanding of product roadmaps, team structures, and scaling needs.
- Proactively identify trends and areas of opportunity, surfacing insights that influence cross-functional strategic and operational decisions.
- Collaborate across all levels of the organization by building strong cross-functional relationships and developing a deep understanding of Toast’s business model, including unit economics, product and market strategies, competitive context, and internal processes
Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- 6+ years of experience in Strategic Finance or FP&A roles
- Comfortable working cross-functionally, communicating complex financial information to non-finance audiences
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills. Ability to distill complex analyses into structured outputs used by teams throughout the company to size opportunities and build business cases for pursuing new initiatives
- Effective communication and project management skills; highly organized, independent, and self-motivated, with ability to and present to all levels of management
- Ability to think creatively and critically, and thrive in a dynamic and often ambiguous work environment
Special Sauce* (Nice to Haves)
- Public company Strategic Finance background
- SaaS industry experience a plus
- Working knowledge of Adaptive, Netsuite and Zip
- Working Knowledge of SQL or experience with BI tools
*We love a great bread/food pun!
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), equity, and benefits.
Pay Range
$122,000—$195,000 USD
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.
Toast San Francisco, California, USA Office
Our first west coast office, opened in 2022, is just a few blocks from the water and the Bay Bridge. Surrounded by restaurants, shopping, and tech companies alike, San Francisco is the place to be!
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