Customer Care Specialist - Employee Cloud Payroll

At Toast, we're on a mission to empower the restaurant community with technology that helps them thrive. Our platform is designed to help restaurants take control, adapt, and focus on what they do best delivering great food and service.

We’re looking for motivated problem-solvers who thrive in dynamic environments and want to make an impact every single day. If you're customer-obsessed, tech-savvy, and love working with a team, you might be our next Customer Care Specialist.

• →1–3 years of customer support experience, preferably supporting Payroll, HRIS, Tax, Financial, Accounting, or SaaS products.
• →Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• →Top-notch verbal and written communication skills in English.
• →Experience supporting payroll, tax, financial, or related software products.
• →Strong understanding of U.S. payroll fundamentals, payroll processing, employee lifecycle, payroll taxes, deductions, earnings, direct deposits, and payroll compliance concepts.
• →Working knowledge of U.S. Federal, State, and Local payroll tax concepts, tax withholdings, W-2s, payroll adjustments, and year-end payroll activities.
• →Ability to explain payroll and tax concepts clearly, accurately, and empathetically to customers with varying levels of technical expertise.
• →Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to investigate payroll discrepancies, system behavior, and customer configuration issues.
• →Strong attention to detail and discretion when handling confidential payroll, tax, and employee information.
• →Ability to distinguish between product configuration issues, payroll processing errors, customer setup issues, and product defects to determine appropriate resolution paths.
• →Comfortable navigating multiple systems, CRM platforms, internal knowledge bases, diagnostic tools, and support applications simultaneously.
• →Ability to adapt quickly, multitask, and perform effectively under payroll deadlines and time-sensitive situations.
• →Customer-first mindset with empathy, accountability, and a collaborative attitude.
• →Fast typing skills and comfort using multiple tools and systems.
• →Willing to work in 24×7 rotational shifts and rotational week offs.
• →Flexible: Comfortable with night shifts &  rotating shifts and business changes.
• →Dexterity: Willing to support across multiple channels chat, voice, and tickets.
• →Adaptable: Open to learning new systems and evolving technologies.
• →Collaborative: Ready to work across teams and adjust to process shifts.
• →Committed: Focused on delivering consistent results that meet SLAs and KPIs.

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.

At Toast, our employees are our secret ingredient—when they thrive, we thrive. The restaurant industry brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we value that same breadth at Toast. We strive to build a culture grounded in authenticity, respect, and humility, where every Toaster has a real opportunity to grow, contribute, and do their best work—raising the bar in delivering exceptional experiences for our customers and each other.

Toast is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process. As part of this commitment, we strive to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities to enable them to access the hiring process. If you need an accommodation to access the job application or interview process, please contact candidateaccommodations@toasttab.com.

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