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 Finance, Strategy & Analytics team is responsible for providing data-driven insights to inform strategic, financial, and operational decision-making across the company. We’re seeking an Associate to work with the Financial Technology leadership team, generating insights for business planning and strategic projects. This is a high impact role that offers exposure to senior leadership and the chance to enhance shareholder value in a high-growth product line.
Ideal candidates have a history of delivering results, taking ownership, and exercising strong business judgment in an evolving environment. Key skills for this role include problem-solving, executive communication, cross-functional partnership, and attention to detail.
About this roll* (Responsibilities)
- Communicate clearly, knowledgeably, and transparently with cross-functional stakeholders to build trusted relationships and enhance business outcomes
- Be a thought partner to business stakeholders and drive strategic decision-making in a fast-paced environment
- Build sophisticated financial models, synthesize outputs into concise presentations, and analyze variances between actuals and forecasts to drive executive decision-making
- Define and build financial forecasts, dashboards, and metrics that track business performance
- Conduct ad-hoc analyses with data-driven investigations to identify and address risks and opportunities for the business
- Continuously look for opportunities to optimize processes and models that will provide timely and relevant insights across the business
- Use SQL and BI tools to automate reporting and generate insights that will allow business leaders to quickly and accurately see how our business is performing
Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)
- Bachelor's degree
- 2+ years of strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, private equity/credit, transaction advisory, or other related roles
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills. Ability to build robust financial models used by teams throughout the company to size opportunities and build business cases for pursuing new initiatives
- A data-driven mindset with experience in data visualization and analysis
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills amongst a range of audiences
- Positive attitude, high attention to detail, and collaborative
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, and evolving environment
- Effective project management skills; highly organized, independent, and self-motivated
Special Sauce* (Nice to Haves)
- Experience in unit economics and/or cohort analysis to drive data-informed strategic decision-making and operational efficiency across key business functions
- Proficient in SQL or experience with BI tools
- Background building interactive dashboards in a tool such as Hex, Looker, Snowflake, etc.
*We love a great food/bread 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.
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.
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 candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com.
