Senior Director, Revenue Accounting

Toast•San Francisco, CA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Toast is seeking a Senior Director of Revenue Accounting to lead its global revenue accounting organization. This role reports to the CAO and is 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. The position is highly cross-functional, requiring collaboration with Product, Engineering, Sales, Legal, FP&A, Internal Audit, and external auditors. The ideal candidate possesses deep technical accounting expertise, operational leadership, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to influence across a rapidly evolving organization. This leader must have a customer-first mindset, understanding how accounting decisions impact the customer experience, and proactively develop solutions that balance accounting integrity, operational scalability, and customer experience. The role owns global revenue accounting, including period-end close, financial reporting, controls, and accounting support for new products and business initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required.
Experience in revenue accounting under ASC 606.
Public company experience with SEC reporting requirements.
Experience leading large accounting organizations and developing high-performing teams through periods of significant growth and change.
Strong knowledge of internal controls and SOX compliance.
Demonstrated ability to partner effectively across Finance, Product, Engineering, Legal, Sales, and executive leadership.
Experience managing complex accounting issues involving multiple products, contractual arrangements, and evolving business models.
Demonstrated track record of driving process transformation through automation, data, and AI enabled solutions.
Excellent executive communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and execute in a fast paced environment.

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.
Oversee revenue-related SOX controls and partner with Internal Audit and external auditors to support audits and compliance activities.
Collaborate closely with FP&A and other finance teams on forecasting assumptions and other matters affecting revenue accounting.
Lead the accounting integration of acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and new business models as applicable.
Establish metrics and operational insights that improve the efficiency, quality, and scalability of the revenue revenue accounting function.
Build strong relationships across the organization, acting as a trusted advisor who balances technical accounting requirements with business objectives.
Build and inspire an inclusive, high performing global team.
Influence without direct authority across multiple business functions.
Anticipate business changes and proactively develop scalable accounting solutions.
Communicate complex accounting concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Balance strong governance with a practical, business-oriented mindset.
Champion continuous improvement through automation, AI, simplification, and operational excellence.
Foster curiosity and experimentation by encouraging the team to adopt AI and other emerging technologies to improve productivity and effectiveness.
Foster collaboration, accountability, and a culture of continuous learning.