
Finance Assistant
Orbital
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Take ownership of day-to-day Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Enable a smoother, faster and consistently structured month-end process
- Maintain reliable financial data to support strategic decision making
- Build scalable finance processes that are accurate and audit-ready
- Own the full AP process: invoice processing through to payment runs
- Check invoices for accuracy, approval, and correct coding
- Manage supplier records and respond confidently to supplier queries
- Process team reimbursements
- Improve AP workflows using tooling and automation where possible
- Support customer invoicing and ensure accurate billing
- Monitor incoming payments and reconcile cash receipts
- Help manage collections and overdue invoices
- Maintain AR ageing and flag risks early
- Work with Sales and Customer Success on billing questions
- Support month-end close with reconciliations and reporting
- Help maintain strong financial controls and documentation
- Support audits and ad-hoc finance projects
- Document and improve processes as the business scales
- Gain a deeper understanding of SaaS metrics, revenue models, and finance tooling
Requirements
- 1–3 years’ experience in finance, accounting, or bookkeeping
- Hands-on experience with Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable
- Excellent attention to detail, you care deeply about accuracy!
- Leveraging an AI-enabled finance stack & using it for Excel or Google Sheets
- A proactive, ownership-driven mindset
- Clear, professional communication with internal teams and suppliers
- Experience with tools like Xero, Ramp, or other frontier finance systems (Nice-to-haves)
- Exposure to SaaS, fintech, or tech environments (Nice-to-haves)
- Foundational understanding of subscription or recurring revenue models (Nice-to-haves)
Benefits
- Hybrid working with regular in-person collaboration in London
- Supportive, high-trust team that values ownership and integrity
- Learn directly from experienced finance leaders
- Get hands-on exposure to modern SaaS finance and tooling
- Make a visible impact at a critical growth stage
- Clear progression as the finance function scales
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
Accounts PayableAccounts Receivableinvoice processingfinancial data analysisreconciliationbillingcollections managementfinancial controlsprocess documentationSaaS metrics
Soft Skills
attention to detailproactive mindsetownership-drivenprofessional communication