Associate of R&D Strategic Finance (FP&A)

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. Toast is driven by building a platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love. Our Finance team serves as a trusted advisor to the company, guiding critical business decisions through insightful analyses & thought partnership with executive leaders. We are seeking an R&D Finance associate to own key aspects of our financial reporting, monthly and quarterly processes, and support critical planning activities within our R&D Finance & Strategy team. In this role, you’ll contribute to the foundation of our finance operations as we advance as a public company, with a focus on enhancing efficiency through process improvements and automation. You’ll work closely with our R&D and Corporate Finance team, and collaborate across functions to deliver essential insights and drive strategic initiatives for our senior R&D leaders. A day in the life (Responsibilities) • Support Toast’s monthly and quarterly financial close processes for the R&D function, including reporting and analysis of budget vs. actual results, forecast updates, and preparation of standard financial packages that provide actionable insights for R&D leadership. • Own headcount tracking, reporting, and reconciliation activities for R&D, conducting trend analysis and collaborating closely with Finance, R&D leadership, and Talent Acquisition to align resource planning with strategic priorities. • Oversee the financial management for the R&D vendor portfolio, including PO and invoice reconciliation, variance analysis, and trend reporting to ensure alignment with budget and financial goals. • Leverage Toast’s financial systems, tools, and datasets to build and maintain standard reports and analyses, identifying opportunities to improve insight depth and forecast accuracy, specifically tailored to R&D’s unique needs and objectives. • Assess and refine existing financial processes for R&D, implementing automation and standardization initiatives to reduce manual workload and create efficiencies across the finance team. • Partner closely with cross-functional teams, to research, analyze, and advise on financial processes and reporting that directly support R&D’s innovation, operational, and financial goals. • Able to work 2 pm - 11 pm IST What you'll need to thrive (Requirements) • 4+ years of work experience in FP&A, investment banking, consulting, private equity, business operations or accounting • Strong analytical skills including financial modeling, data/trend analysis and manipulation of large datasets, 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, 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 office environment with a desire to contribute to a thriving culture AI at Toast …