About Beacon Software Beacon is building the essential technology infrastructure for the everyday economy: the businesses, organizations, and services that make real life work, and that mainstream tech has largely left behind. We acquire, operate, and grow vertical market software companies. They are niche, founder-built businesses serving industries that are often overlooked and too profitable to ignore. Our model is simple: we seek out founders who have built their business by spending years understanding their market and prioritizing their customers' specific needs. We buy great businesses, invest in their continued growth, and hold them permanently, accelerating that growth with an AI-native platform built specifically for vertical market software. We are not a financial firm. Beacon is backed by a diverse base of investors, with $550M+ raised to date, including General Catalyst, Lightspeed, D1 Capital, CPMG, the family offices of the founders of Stripe, DoorDash, and Ramp, and evergreen funds built for the long game. Beacon Software is making its first hire on the Strategic Finance team. This is a role where investing turns into building. The individual will report to Beacon’s VP, Strategic Finance and work closely with Beacon’s CEO, CTO, M&A; Directors, industry pod leaders, and the General Managers of Beacon’s portfolio companies. The Strategic Finance team’s mandate spans the financial decisions that shape Beacon: partnering with portfolio companies on growth and value creation, building AI-native systems that let functions scale non-linearly with the portfolio, owning Beacon’s capital allocation across organic and inorganic strategies, leading recent strategy extensions beyond core software M&A;, and building Beacon’s capital markets capability.



This is an asymmetric opportunity to build a company, with decision authority and velocity over process driving compounding equity. The playbook will be shaped by you with the goal of building Beacon into a $100B company. Teamwork and positivity are key foundations of this growing team’s culture and ethos. Finance partner to acquired companies Translate product, AI, and operator intuition into investment decisions: pricing changes, sales hires, direct marketing investments, engineering allocation, and tuck-in M&A.; Help own platform-level capital allocation: organic platform investment vs. inorganic M&A;, platform-level acquisitions vs. equity at the corporate level. Strategy extension beyond core software M&A; Own thesis through acquisition through ownership for new strategy extensions, starting with software-plus-services vertical integration in end markets where Beacon already owns software. Partner with the M&A; team for execution while driving the strategy, the diligence, and the post-close build. Lead Beacon’s debt strategy, support future equity raises, and prepare Beacon for an eventual IPO. Build best-in-class debt and equity investor relations and position Beacon as an institutional-grade capital allocator. Build AI-native finance systems Build the systems, dashboards, and decision frameworks that let sector leaders and GMs self-serve the financial answers they need,



allowing the finance function to scale non-linearly with the portfolio. 3-8 years of post-undergrad experience in strategy consulting, private equity, or other finance roles (e.g., investment banking, growth equity, corporate development, or strategic finance). ~ Strong academic record from a competitive institution with a degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field. ~ Investor mindset, analytical toolkit, and operator instinct: equally comfortable building a model and being in the room with a product leader or GM helping them make the call. ~ Expertise in building financial models, value creation plans, and analytical frameworks for capital allocation decisions. ~ Strong ability to synthesize complex systems and communicate clearly to senior stakeholders. ~ Familiarity with vertical market software, buy-and-build models, and the operating dynamics of small-to-mid-sized software businesses is a plus. ~ Demonstrated high agency: comfort building the playbook, not just running it. ~ A first-team seat on a small, high-leverage Strategic Finance group at the center of Beacon’s platform, with the opportunity to shape the playbook from day one. Direct exposure to M&A;, capital markets, AI-native systems, and IPO-grade operations. Network and learn from leading public and private equity investors who are Beacon LPs, including the founders of Stripe, DoorDash, and Ramp. Attend exclusive Beacon Speaker Series fireside chats with legendary venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund investors as well as eminent technology leaders. Work directly with Silicon Valley product and engineering teams on portfolio value creation and platform technology investments. Compounding equity in a company structured as a permanent capital ve

📌 Finance Director; Full-Time (Canada)
🏢 Beacon Holdings
📍 Canada