Senior Associate, Strategic Finance (International)

• 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 support the go-to-market efforts of our International organization, which brings Toast's platform to restaurants outside the U.S.
• You'll partner directly with International sales, marketing, and onboarding leaders, building the topline and expense forecasts for each market and the reporting that tracks them against plan.
• The work is hands-on and close to the numbers, and it's also where the strategic questions get answered: how each market performs, what drives unit economics, and where the business can operate more efficiently.
• This is a high-impact role at the center of Toast's international expansion, with regular exposure to senior and cross-functional leadership.

A day in the life

(Responsibilities)

• Serve as a finance business partner to International go-to-market leadership, supporting market investment and resourcing decisions
• Run the budget and forecast cycle for International, partnering with budget owners to track spend against plan, refresh topline and expense projections through the quarter, and surface risks early
• Manage headcount planning and tracking across the International organization, spanning Sales, Onboarding, and Marketing, including capacity models, hiring plans, and reconciliation of actuals
• Deliver monthly and quarterly reporting and analysis for International financials and KPIs, ensuring key issues, risks, and business drivers are understood and highlighted
• Use unit economics such as LTV/CAC to pinpoint what's driving results and where there's room to improve
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses, modeling, and deep dives into strategic issues to improve decision-making
• Communicate clearly and transparently with cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, Sales, Onboarding, and Marketing to build trusted relationships

What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
• 4+ 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
• Comfortable communicating complex financial information to non-finance audiences and presenting to all levels of management
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving environment

What will help you stand out (Nonessential Skills/Nice to Haves)

• Working knowledge of SQL or experience with BI tools
• Working knowledge of Adaptive, Netsuite and Zip
• Public company Strategic Finance background
• Partnership with a Go-to-market organization
• Experience working in a high growth SaaS company

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, experience, and geographic location.
• In addition to base salary, our total rewards components include cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible), equity, and benefits.
• You can learn more about how we align pay with local labor markets in our Geographic Pay Zone Philosophy .

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.
• We ask that you complete interviews and assessments on your own, without real-time AI tools, recording, or transcription bots, unless we tell you otherwise in advance.

Our Approach to Hybrid Working

• 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 hospitality community, regardless of location.
• Please visit the Locations page on our career site to learn more about our in-office expectations by region: https://careers.toasttab.com/locations-toast
• People Are the Secret Ingredient in Our Recipe for Success
• At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive.
• The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast.
• We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.

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 [email protected] .

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