Senior Associate, Strategic Finance at Toast in New York, NY

Job description

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’re seeking a Strategic Finance Senior Associate to support the General & Administrative (G&A) organization, partnering directly with our People, Legal, Finance, Real Estate, Recruiting, and Total Rewards teams, and to help drive corporate G&A FP&A across the company. In this high-impact role, you’ll work closely with executive business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver analytical insights, support long-term operational planning, and optimize our corporate resource allocation. A day in the life (Responsibilities) Serve as a day-to-day finance partner to leaders across the G&A organization, supporting investment, headcount, resource allocation, and other strategic and operational decisions. Build and maintain financial models across headcount, compensation, benefits, real estate, vendors, and strategic programs, translating complex data into clear insights and recommendations. Partner on workforce and organizational planning , including hiring, compensation, benefits, and other people-related investments, helping leaders understand both financial implications and longer-term tradeoffs. Deliver monthly and quarterly analysis of G&A financial performance , including variances to plan and evolving trends, ensuring key business drivers, risks, and opportunities are clearly understood. Support annual planning, forecasting, and long-range planning across G&A , connecting financial plans to organizational priorities, operating needs, and Toast’s broader growth strategy. Contribute to strategic initiatives through a combination of business partnership, financial analysis, scenario modeling, and project management . Proactively identify trends and opportunities across the G&A cost base, surfacing insights that improve resource allocation and influence cross-functional strategic and operational decisions. Build strong relationships across all levels of the organization and develop a deep understanding of Toast’s business model, operating strategy, and the G&A functions that enable the company to scale. What you'll need to thrive (Requirements) Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field 5+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, investment banking, consulting, or a similar analytical role Comfortable working cross-functionally, communicating complex financial information to non-finance audiences Strong 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 present to all levels of management Ability to think creatively and critically, and thrive in a dynamic and often ambiguous work environment What will help you stand out (Nonessential Skills/Nice to Haves) Experience supporting G&A functions 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 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 Rew