Associate, Integration at Beacon Software in Toronto, Ontario, CA

The Role

We're looking for an Associate to help build the Onboarding & Integration business at Beacon, owning how we successfully integrate newly acquired businesses into the portfolio at scale. This role sits at the centre of everything that happens before and after a new partnership closes; managing the onboarding process that serves our HQ teams, building trust with our new founders, and developing the scalable systems that make integration better with each repetition as our business evolves.

This role is positioned at the intersection of our Engineering, Product, Investment, Finance and Operations teams, interfacing daily with founders and Beacon’s functional leaders. You will be the right hand person building a mission critical function at a fast growing business, working directly alongside the Director of Integration with real input into how this business operates. You will become an expert on how software businesses are bought, sold and scaled across dozens of verticals, with a front-row seat to every Beacon deal from pre-close through integration and successful operation.

What You’ll Own

Integration Execution: Project tracking across various functional workstreams for multiple newly acquired businesses during onboarding and integration. Serve as the primary point of contact for incoming CEOs, managing the relationship from pre-close through integration and building the trust that makes a permanent partnership work.

Cross-Functional Leadership: Embody the connective tissue between Investment, Engineering, Product, Finance and Operations, managing the CEO relationship, resolving blockers, sharing context, and holding stakeholders accountable to integration timelines. Support deal teams in presenting Beacon’s integration approach to prospective acquisitions prior to close. Represent the integration function in cross-functional forums and escalate strategic priorities.

Function Building: Build and improve automation tools and AI-enabled workflows that make the integration process faster, more consistent, and more scalable across a growing portfolio. Develop and deploy integration playbooks, templates, and systems that reduce reliance on any single person. Identify patterns across integrations and translate them into structural improvements that raise the floor for every new acquisition.

Who You Are

There is no single background that defines this role. We care more about how you think, operate, and lead than where you came from. That being said, the team members who will be most successful, likely look something like this:

• The Corp Dev Doer: You’ve acquired and integrated businesses as a corporate development leader at a strategic business. You understand how acquisitions are consummated and you’re ready to be the person who ensures they succeed long-term. You understand what it’s like to contribute to a strategic business, work with a diverse set of functional leaders and build a culture of both founder and customer empathy.
• The Hungry Consultant: You’ve spent years advising on M&A transactions and/or integrations. You’ve run the workstreams, managed stakeholders, and built the decks, but you’ve evolved to desire more accountability for the outcome, rather than the recommendation. You likely started in investment banking or consulting and worked on enough projects to realize you wanted to be on the operating side.
• The Startup Operator: You’ve been an early employee or operator at your own business, worn every hat, and built things from scratch that worked, some that didn’t. You have a deep understanding of what it’s like to be in the operator's shoes at a small business, how to move quickly, how to manage change and how to speak to executives with confidence.

What We're Looking For

Must Have

• 2 to 4 years of experience in corporate development, investment banking, M&A integration, management consulting, and/or business operations
• Demonstrated ability to run complex, multi-stakeholder projects independently from start to finish
• Familiarity with the M&A process and genuine curiosity about how businesses are bought, integrated, and scaled
• Strong founder empathy and ability to communicate effectively with both executives and junior team members
• Comfortable with AI tools and automation platforms
• Self-starter who thrives in ambiguous, high-autonomy environments
• Can articulate why software isn’t dead

Nice to Have

• Experience with software businesses, and mid-market businesses
• Genuine interest in buy-and-build investment strategies