Senior Director of Corporate Finance

Summary

Join Toast's Finance, Strategy & Analytics team as a Corporate Finance leader! Oversee a high-performing team responsible for the company's financial planning processes, including monthly close, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting. Guide financial planning systems strategy and build a Finance & Strategy Center of Excellence in Chennai, India. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior leaders to execute key deliverables and strategic projects. Lead and mentor the FP&A team, driving actionable insights for strategic decision-making. Enhance internal processes and implement improvements for greater efficiency and predictability of financial results. This role reports directly to the VP, Corporate Finance & Strategy.

Requirements

• 10+ years of work experience in FP&A, Investor Relations, investment banking, consulting, or private equity; prior Corporate Finance experience with a CoE or shared services org a plus
• Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex analyses into structured outputs and present to all levels of management
• Effective project management skills; highly organized, independent, and self-motivated
• Ability to think creatively and critically, and thrive in a dynamic and often ambiguous work environment
• Strong analytical skills including financial modeling, data/trend analysis, with proven ability to summarize complex data into key takeaways
• Highly proficient in advanced Excel/Google Sheets and PowerPoint/Google Slides
• Experience working with financial systems, such as WorkDay, Adaptive, Greenhouse, NetSuite, Salesforce, or other similar products
• Positive attitude with high aptitude to learn new things quickly. Team player eager to further develop and grow with us
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity, problem-solving skills, and hunger to continually up-level current approaches and processes
• Strong ability to work in a collaborative, diverse, inclusive, and open-minded environment with a desire to contribute to a thriving culture
• Experience building strong teams through active development and recruitment of incredible talent
• History of building positive relationships with people and teams across a broad, diverse organization

Responsibilities

• Establish and enhance best-in-class forecasting and reporting processes
• Drive Toast’s monthly and quarterly financial processes, including analysis of budget vs. actual close results, forecast updates, standard financial and operational reporting, production of exec presentations and Earnings prep
• Understand and highlight key performance indicators and drivers of change within the financial results and present results to the senior management team to inform strategic decision making
• Develop a thorough understanding of Toast’s business and key metrics in order to synthesize trends and communicate risks & opportunities that influence business outcomes
• Own company-wide headcount tracking/reporting, trend analysis and reconciliation activities, partnering with Toast’s Finance and Talent Acquisition teams
• Be the central point of contact across the Finance and Accounting teams for all planning, financial execution, and investor reporting
• Be a thought leader and partner cross-functionally to drive operational efficiencies and strategic initiatives while scaling the company
• Develop analytical and reporting tools to seamlessly track and measure financial results, key operational metrics, and spend efficiency
• Partner with the broader Finance & Strategy team, key stakeholders and business leaders across the organization to provide strategic financial insights and recommendations
• Lead and mentor FP&A team by providing financial leadership and analytical support while also driving actionable insights that inform strategic decision making for senior management team
• Maintain and improve predictability of financial results through enhancements of internal processes and partnership across the organization
• Implement improvements & automation to streamline current processes. Proactively identify areas of opportunity and drive execution
• Build out our FP&A Center of Excellence function in India by supporting hiring, documenting & transitioning tasks, and centralizing work to streamline and drive efficiency across the Finance team

Benefits

• Toast offers hybrid and remote work flexibility
• Competitive compensation and benefits programs
• Cash compensation (overtime, bonus/commissions if eligible)
• Equity
• Benefits