Toast
Director, UCC & Tax Lien Compliance
$149K–$304K
Remote, United States +1 · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- Remote, United States
Remote - USA - Experience
- 7+ years; posting also requires change and people leadership experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and lead Toast’s in-house liens, levies, and bankruptcy compliance function, managing daily operations, policy, team development, and the transition from a third-party partner.
What you'll do
- Own merchant lien and levy case operations, including intake, validation, customer communication, withholding, escalation, remittance, and release.
- Build state-by-state policies, governance, workflows, systems, and KPIs for a scalable, auditable compliance program.
- Lead the function’s insourcing and build a dedicated team in partnership with Legal, Risk, Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience with UCC and tax liens, levies, bankruptcies, garnishments, and associated compliance requirements, plus change and people leadership experience.
- Experience developing compliance management programs for regulated functions and handling sensitive escalations with customers, creditors, and attorneys.
- Deep expertise in lien, levy, garnishment, bankruptcy, lien priority, merchant organizational changes, and related compliance requirements; working knowledge of merchant-funds regulation and UCC Article 9.
- Demonstrated ability to build an operating model, team, and governance structure; lead cross-functionally; and manage a vendor or partner transition involving technical teams.
Nice to have
- Background in banking operations, legal/paralegal work, or compliance.
Pay
USD $190,000 — $304,000 base salary (Zone A); USD $165,000 — $264,000 base salary (Zone B); USD $149,000 — $238,000 base salary (Zone C)
AI focus
The role involves using AI tools as part of Toast’s general workplace culture. In hiring, Toast uses AI for interview note-taking, summarization, and documentation; hiring decisions are made by people.
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