Director, Corporate Accounting

Role Overview

The Director of Corporate Accounting is a highly visible senior leader reporting to the Corporate Controller and serving as a critical member of the Chief Accounting Officer organization. This role oversees the corporate accounting function and is responsible for managing a team of high potential accounting team, while ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and efficiency of the close and corporate accounting areas, including compensation, capital assets, operating expenses, and international statutory reporting, in accordance with GAAP and internal policies across a complex and multinational organization.

Blending hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, this leader partners closely with a large variety of cross-functional teams including but not limited to Finance & Strategy, Business Systems, Tax, Revenue, Procurement, HR/Benefit, and other cross-functional teams. The role is central to strengthening internal controls and advancing the adoption of AI, automation, and process improvements to enhance efficiency and scalability.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a leader who brings a balanced skill set across technical and operational accounting, thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, and enjoys building and evolving scalable accounting functions. The work directly supports accurate financial visibility and informed decision-making across the organization.

A Day In The Life (Responsibilities)

• Lead an accurate and timely month-end close process by driving solutions at scale that benefit cross-functional teams and our reporting goals.
• Perform thorough review for corporate accounting related processes and transactions, such as compensation/commissions, long-term assets, operating expenses, and consolidation to ensure accuracy and compliance with US GAAP, appropriate documentation for external reporting and audit/SOX requirements.
• Develop, motivate and manage a distributed high-potential accounting team across the U.S. and collaborate with offshore accounting teams in India, fostering high performance and accountability.
• Lead and inspire AI and automation transformation of corporate accounting processes, and collaborate closely with Business System to design and execute initiatives from roadmap to execution.
• Lead collaboration with our cross functional partners, such as Finance & Strategy, Revenue Accounting, Tax, Procurement, including but not limited to variance analysis, periodic business review results, and establish new processes when needed.
• Communicate the accounting implication to stakeholders across the organization.
• Streamline and enhance processes and SOX compliant controls.
• Create efficiencies and simplification by leveraging technology solutions and automation.
• Partner with accounting leadership to define key strategies, roadmap, and future operating model through alignment with business process owners.

What You'll Need To Thrive (Requirements)

• 12+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably with a combination of public accounting experience and progressive in-house accounting experiences at publicly-traded companies, with at least 5 years of people management experience.
• Balance between rolling up sleeves to execute results and leading a team with great leadership skills.
• Passionate about coaching and mentoring to team members.
• Netsuite experience is highly preferred.
• Strong operational accounting skills, including trouble shooting system errors, reviewing / approving journal entries, and compiling NetSuite reports.
• Strong ability to work cross functionally and proactively identify accounting issues, research applicable guidance and document accounting conclusions.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines, work independently, be detail-oriented, prioritize competing workloads, and manage the deliverables from business partners and team members in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work with multi-national subsidiaries and multi-cultural environments.
• Flexibility to adapt to multi-time zones.
• Eagerness to learn and willing to take on new challenges
• CPA preferred
• Experience with Alteryx, FloQast and/or AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) preferred

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.

Zone A: $186,000—$298,000 USD

Zone B: $162,000—$259,000 USD

Zone C: $145,000—$232,000 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. To learn more: https://careers.toasttab.com/ai-in-hiring

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.

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Key skills/competency

• Director of Corporate Accounting
• GAAP
• Month-end close
• Financial reporting
• SOX compliance
• Team management
• Process improvement
• AI/Automation
• Netsuite
• Cross-functional collaboration