Senior Director, Revenue Accounting

Toast is driven by building the all-in-one platform that helps restaurants operate, grow, and delight their guests. As we continue to expand globally and evolve our platform, we are looking for experienced finance leaders who thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy partnering across the business to solve complex problems. Toast is seeking a Senior Director of Revenue Accounting to lead our global revenue accounting organization. Reporting to the CAO, this leader will be responsible for the integrity of Toast's revenue accounting, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements. This role is highly cross-functional and requires a leader who can translate complex accounting requirements into scalable business processes while partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, Legal, FP&A, Internal Audit, and external auditors. The ideal candidate combines deep technical accounting expertise with operational leadership, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to influence across a rapidly evolving organization. While this role sits within Finance, success requires a customer-first mindset. This leader understands that accounting decisions, business processes, and system design ultimately impact the experience of Toast's restaurant customers. They proactively partner across the organization to develop solutions that balance accounting integrity, operational scalability, and an exceptional customer experience. This position owns revenue accounting globally, including period-end close, financial reporting, controls, and accounting support for new products and business initiatives. What you'll need to thrive (Requirements) A day in the life (Responsibilities) Lead the global Revenue Accounting organization, developing a high performing team that delivers accurate, timely, and scalable financial reporting. Own the accounting for all revenue streams, ensuring compliance with ASC 606 and other applicable accounting guidance. Direct the monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue close process, including account reconciliations, analytical reviews, and SEC reporting support. Partner with Product, Engineering, Pricing, Legal, Sales, and Finance leaders to evaluate new products, pricing models, contracts, partnerships, and international expansion initiatives, ensuring accounting considerations are incorporated early in the development process. Serve as the company's subject matter expert on revenue recognition, providing technical guidance to executive leadership and business partners. Drive continuous improvement of revenue accounting processes, systems, automation, and internal controls to support a growing global business. Identify and leverage AI and emerging technologies to simplify workflows, automate manual activities, improve decision making, and enable the revenue accounting organization to operate more efficiently and at greater scale.…