Finance Director

ABOUT BEACON AI

We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.

ROLE SUMMARY

We’re hiring a Finance Director to own finance end-to-end at a Series A startup. You’ll lead budgeting, forecasting, and multi-scenario financial modeling, while managing external partners for bookkeeping, accounting close, taxes, and compliance. You’ll work directly with the CEO and leadership team to translate strategy into clear financial plans, improve decision-making, and support pricing and market segmentation work as we scale.

This is a hands-on role. You will build the models, run the planning cadence, and create the financial tools and narrative we use internally and externally.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

Financial planning and modeling (core)

- Build and maintain multi-year, multi-scenario financial models (revenue, headcount, gross margin, cash, runway, balance sheet).

- Own annual planning and rolling forecasts, including a monthly forecast cadence.

- Define and track operating metrics and KPIs that actually drive the business.

- Turn assumptions into clear sensitivities, risks, and decision options for leadership.

Budgeting and spend management

- Own budgets, approvals, and variance reporting (plan vs actual, drivers, corrective actions).

- Partner with functional leads on headcount planning and project-based budgeting.

- Put lightweight controls in place that keep us disciplined without slowing the company down.

Pricing, packaging, and market segmentation support

- Partner with GTM and product leadership on market segmentation and pri...