Senior Analyst, Internal Audit

Senior Analyst - Technology Audit

Are you bready for a change?

Now, more than ever, the Toast team is committed to our customers. We’re taking steps to help restaurants navigate these unprecedented times with technology, resources, and community. Our focus is on building the restaurant platform that helps restaurants adapt, take control, and get back to what they do best: building the businesses they love. And because our technology is purpose-built for restaurants, by restaurant people, restaurants can trust that we’ll deliver on their needs for today while investing in experiences that will power their restaurant of the future.

About this roll:   

We're expanding our Internal Audit Team and looking for a Sr Analyst, Systems and Technology Audits, with experience in the Tech industry and public accounting. This role, reporting to the Manager of Internal Audit, will primarily focus on execution of Toasts’ Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program, conducting operational audits, and closely collaborating with our systems, technology, finance, accounting, and compliance teams.

The Sr Analyst, Systems and Technology Audits should have extensive knowledge of SOX compliance and internal controls. They should demonstrate a risk-based approach to assessing and addressing significant SOX 404 compliance risks and operational risks. This role requires experience working in a high growth environment and ability to manage regular evolutions to processes and technology. Exceptional project management skills, the ability to multitask, and the ability to find solutions in ambiguous situations are key attributes for this role. The ideal candidate must be capable of conducting audits end-to-end independently and have the ability to acquire and maintain the appropriate technical skills required of the environment. 

Responsibilities for this role include;

• Contribute to internal team planning activities including identifying emerging risk and changes to the business,  risk assessments, scoping, resourcing and timelines, and coordination with external auditors. 
• Execution of audit plans in the areas of assigned responsibility and ad-hoc engagements focusing on appropriate risk identification and evaluation of controls against those risks.
• Provide oversight for remediation plan development and ensure remediation actions are implemented timely and adequately. 
• Communicate with external auditors and co-sourcing partners to coordinate audit requests, perform walkthroughs/testing, facilitate meetings, and evaluate deficiencies.
• Communicating status and results within the Internal Audit team and to Toast Management
• Serve as a risk and internal controls subject matter resource for assigned business process and IT areas during any process, system, or policy changes to ensure SOX compliance.
• Build strong relationships with our internal and external partners (process owners, co-sourcing partners, and external auditors)
• Contribute to special projects such as process improvements, system implementations, and control redesigns
• Stay updated on new technical literature relevant to the internal control process (e.g., PCAOB guidance, SEC, COSO), and keep abreast of emerging trends and best practices around internal controls.

Do you have the right ingredients:   

Do you have the right ingredients*? (Requirements)

• Bachelor's degree in AIS, MIS, Engineering, Accounting & Finance  or related field
• Professional certification preferred (CISA, CIA, CISSP other relevant professional certification)
• 2-5 years of experience in a technology audit role
• Subject matter expertise for enterprise/business and home-grown production systems
• Internal or External audit experience with the FinTech and SaaS industry preferred
• Comfortable and highly effective in a rapidly changing systems environment.
• Big 4 advisory / consulting experience preferable
• Experience in designing, monitoring, or evaluating internal controls and SOX compliance programs including knowledge of  Sarbanes Oxley Act and PCAOB Rules
• Ability to work on project teams with diverse skill sets and varying levels of SOX experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, project management and analytical skills
• Self-motivated and self-directed; must be comfortable and highly effective in an ambiguous, rapidly changing environment and can artfully distill complexity
• Bread puns encouraged but not required

At Toast, we believe that the success of our business and our customers comes only with the success of our employees.  

Our employees are our secret ingredient.  When they are empowered to succeed, Toast succeeds in achieving our mission to enable our community of restaurateurs to delight their guests, do what they love, and thrive.  The restaurant industry is one of the most diverse industries.  We embrace and are excited by this diversity, believing that only through authenticity, inclusivity, high standards of respect and trust, and leading with humility will we be able to achieve our goals.

At the heart of this is our hospitality mindset of ensuring everyone feels welcomed and included, and our Toast values and behaviours that best define who we are as Toasters.