About Beacon
Small businesses form the backbone of our nation. Over half of these businesses are currently owned by baby boomers. In the next 10-15 years, more than $2 trillion worth of these small businesses need to find new owners.
Beacon is building a vertically integrated experience to help SMB owners sell to qualified buyers. Our mission is to enable the current generation of owners to retire and the next to unleash its entrepreneurial spirit.
Beacon is based in Austin, TX. The firm is well funded by leading venture capital investors. We offer competitive compensation and compelling equity packages.
About The Role
Beacon is looking to hire a Deal Desk Manager. As the first hire on our Revenue Operations team, you will be directly responsible for building out the systems, processes and infrastructure for scaling our transaction volume. This is a full-time position reporting to the CEO. This function is cross-functional and partners with sales, customer success, legal and finance teams to streamline our under-contract to closed won process.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as the directly responsible individual for driving listings under contract through the closing process
- Partner with our Transaction Advisors, lending partners, legal team, buyers and sellers to facilitate smooth, on-time closes
- Work with marketing and finance teams to ensure success of post-close operations
- Identify and drive implementation of new tools and process improvements to decrease time-to-close and increase close-rate
What You’ll Need
- 3-5 years in a related function (e.g., Deal Desk, loan closing and servicing, consulting)
- Ability to work on many deals simultaneously, handling adversarial conversations in a firm but calm manner
- This role is high visibility, involves multiple stakeholders, and requires negotiation and critical thinking skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Exceptional organizational and project management experience
Nice to Haves
- Strong grasp of finance and M&A transactions
- Experience working with small business entrepreneurs