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Financial Control Lead
Chief Financial Associate – Financial Control & Scalable Processes (Hybrid, London-Based)
🚀 Orbital Copilot: Redefining Commercial Real Estate Law
We’re on a mission to make real estate transactions smarter, faster, and friction-free. The world’s largest asset class—real estate—remains hindered by slow, manual, and outdated legal processes.
Orbital Copilot is the AI assistant built exclusively for commercial real estate law, developed by former real estate lawyers. We have just raised a $60 million Series B to accelerate our UK/US expansion and are trusted by leading firms like Goodwin and BCLP.
Joining Orbital means reimagining how real estate transactions are done. Our team moves fast, collaborates aggressively, and empowers people to create impact from day one.
⚡ The Role: Establish Scalable Financial Controls & Processes
This is a hands-on, build-first role to establish robust financial controls and scalable processes for our expanding UK and US growth. Positioned within a high-growth, cross-border SaaS business, your core focus will be on group reporting, compliance, and audit cycles, with emphasis on building scalable architecture rather than maintaining existing infrastructure.
This London-based, hybrid role requires close collaboration with the core finance team, reporting directly to the Finance Director.
📊 What You’ll Own
đź’° Financial Control & Technical Accounting
Define, document, and implement accounting policies under UK GAAP (FRS 102), including:
- Revenue recognition for SaaS contracts
- Cost recognition across products and services
- Secondary alignment with US GAAP where needed
You will:
- Design and embed a rigorous internal control environment
- Standardise cost accounting procedures and reconciliation workflows to improve efficiency
- Optimise and enforce an airtight B2B order-to-cash system (quote → billing → cash collection/reconciliation)
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🛠️ Systems, Process & Automation
Collaborate with the finance team to configure and enhance the full quote-to-cash lifecycle—including CRM, billing, revenue recognition, collections, and reporting across HubSpot and Rillet. Play a key role in our transition from Xero to Rillet, fully optimising an AI-native ERP.
You will:
- Automate multi-state US sales tax compliance using tools like Avalara
- Review workflows and identify bottlenecks, designing automated solutions for manual intervention reduction
đź“„ Group Reporting, Compliance & Support
Lead (month-end close, consolidations, variance analysis) and ensure cross-border compliance:
- Troubleshoot UK statutory compliance (R&D tax credit applications)
- Support multi-state US sales tax reporting
- Assist year-end audits (both group and regional)
- Partner with People and RevOps to ensure consistent billing/payroll-data alignment
🔍 What You’ll Bring
đź“ś Qualifications & Experience
- Qualified or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with 1-3 years post-qualification experience
- Strong technical accounting knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102), particularly revenue & cost recognition for SaaS businesses
- Experience navigating cross-border US compliance (multi-state tax, corporate requirements)
- Process-improvement background, particularly in internal controls, order-to-cash, and month-end workflows
- Hands-on experience with cloud finance systems (e.g., Xero, Rillet, NetSuite)
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⚙️ Technical & Industry Fit
- Interest/experience in high-growth, tech-driven SaaS (especially cross-border UK/US expansion)
- Strong comfort with automated workflows and scalable end-to-end processes
❌ Why This Might Not Suit You
- You prefer maintaining routine structures—this is a build-first role
- You thrive with detailed guidance—Orbital operates in an environment of flexible priorities and rapid change
- You favour stable, established companies—Orbital is a Series B startup—processes and priorities evolve rapidly
đź’ˇ Why Join Orbital?
- Building from day one—this is a role for Bootcamp Engineers/Growth Institut—impact over management
- Work at the intersection of law, AI, and SaaS in a high-growth scaleup
- Own modern, AI-native finance tech stack (Rillet, Ramp) rather than legacy systems
- Experience momentum and visibility with $60M Series B funding, doubling headcount, and continent-wide growth
- Build finite frameworks that scale the company for long-term value
- Join a collaborative, ambitious team—measured by impact, not politics
đź”’ Security & Compliance
We embrace accountability in security and data protection—every member completes ISO 27001 training and handles sensitive data with rigor. Reporting issues protects our bounty.
🌍 Diversity & Inclusion
At Orbital, we welcome perspectives from underrepresented tech backgrounds. Even if your experience isn’t a perfect match—we’d still love to talk to you.
Pay details are range-estimates, based on qualifications and local market factors.
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