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. 

The Senior Total Rewards Analyst serves as the analytical engine of our Total Rewards team, translating complex data into clear, actionable insights that inform how we pay, reward, and retain talent. This role partners closely with Compensation, Benefits, Finance, Equity Administration, and Payroll to ensure our pay practices are competitive, equitable, and aligned with business strategy. You’ll go beyond reporting, using data to identify trends, generate insights, and influence decisions that drive business outcomes. If you have a passion for precision, a knack for storytelling through data, and a deep interest in the "why" behind employee pay, this is your playground.

Work Mode: Hybrid (2 days in office per week)

Work Hours: General timings (9 AM to 6 PM IST, but open to work few US overlap hours late evening (7:00 PM to 9:30 PM IST))

A day in the life (Responsibilities) 

• Market and Internal Benchmarking: Conduct comprehensive market pricing, participate in annual salary surveys (e.g., Radford, Compa, Pave), and perform internal compensation reviews to develop data-driven recommendations for compensation bands and individual roles.
• Advanced Compensation Analytics & Automation: Modernize compensation delivery by transforming raw HRIS data into actionable insights using AI, automation, and advanced data visualization. This includes building executive-level dashboards (tracking metrics like position in range, turnover, and promotion velocity) and modeling market trends to streamline reporting and enhance decision-making.
• Data Integration & Reporting Infrastructure: Build and maintain scalable datasets and dashboards (e.g., Workday, Sigma, Snowflake) to support compensation decision-making. Integrate data across Compensation, Equity, and Payroll systems to deliver a cohesive view of pay outcomes. Improve data quality, reporting efficiency, and accessibility of insights for stakeholders.
• AI Transformation: Transform workflows by putting AI at the center, building smarter systems and ways of working from the ground up. In this role, you'll blend analytical rigor with creative problem-solving — using tools like AI, automation, and advanced data visualization to modernize how we deliver compensation insights.
• Merit & Bonus Cycle Infrastructure: Build and manage the infrastructure for annual compensation reviews, including creating budget models, manager-facing tools, and cycle analytics.

What you'll need to thrive (Requirements)

• Bachelor’s Degree required, with a focus in Human Resources, Business Administration, or Finance preferred.
• 4 to 7 years of directly related experience, including compensation and/or data analytics.  Experience working in a multinational organization and/or in a technology industry, a plus.
• Ability to manage and analyze large volumes of data using a variety of systems and applications. Experience using Snowflake, Workday, Sigma, a plus. 
• Ability to perform regression analysis and predictive modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• In-depth understanding of regulations and requirements under FLSA, multi-state pay equity laws, and other areas of compensation compliance.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively within teams.

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.

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