Financial Control Lead

Orbital

Financial Control Lead establishing financial controls and scalable processes for commercial real estate AI SaaS company. Collaborating with finance team to design accounting policies and optimize workflows.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define, document, and implement accounting policies under UK GAAP (FRS 102), including revenue and cost recognition for our SaaS contracts, across our software products and services (with secondary alignment to US GAAP for our US entity where required)
Design and embed a rigorous internal control environment, including cost-accounting procedures and reconciliation workflows fit for higher transaction volumes
Map, optimise, and enforce an airtight, end-to-end B2B order-to-cash and billing process, from quote through to cash collection and reconciliation
Work in partnership with the rest of the finance team for the configuration and enhancement of the full quote-to-cash lifecycle (CRM, billing, revenue recognition, collections, and reporting across HubSpot, and Rillet) to support higher-volume data processing as we scale
Play a central role in our finance system migration from Xero to Rillet (an AI-native ERP), helping configure, embed, and get the most out of the new general ledger
Deploy and manage automated, multi-state US sales tax compliance tools (e.g. Avalara), ensuring seamless integration with core billing engines
Review existing workflows to identify operational bottlenecks, designing automated solutions to eliminate manual interventions across billing and reconciliation cycles
Help strengthen and accelerate the month-end close, including monthly group consolidations and variance analysis
Assist with cross-border statutory compliance, including US multi-state sales tax, the UK R&D tax credit application process, and US corporate tax requirements
Support year-end group and regional external audit processes
Partner with the People and RevOps teams to ensure the headcount, payroll, and billing data feeding finance is accurate and consistent

Requirements

What you’ll need

Qualifications: Qualified or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA), ideally with 1 to 3 years of post-qualification experience
Technical accounting expertise: Solid working knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS 102), particularly revenue and cost recognition for a SaaS based business
Cross-border exposure: Familiarity with US state-level compliance and operating across UK/US entities is a plus
Process improvement mindset: Some exposure to improving accounting processes, internal controls, or order-to-cash and month-end workflows, with a genuine appetite to build in a scaling environment
Systems experience: Comfortable working with cloud finance systems (experience with Xero, Rillet, NetSuite, or similar is a plus), with an appetite for process automation
Industry background: An interest in (or exposure to) a high-growth technology environment, ideally cross-border (UK/US) SaaS

Benefits

Comp & perks

Real ownership from day one: this is a builder role, not a maintenance one
Operate at the intersection of law, AI, and high-growth SaaS
Build on a modern, AI-native finance stack (Rillet & Ramp) rather than legacy tooling
Genuine momentum: $60m Series B, doubling headcount, expanding across two continents
Build the finance infrastructure that scales the company, so your work compounds for years
Join a smart, collaborative, and ambitious team that values impact over hierarchy

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Hard Skills & Tools

Accounting PoliciesCost RecognitionInternal Control DesignOrder-to-Cash ProcessMonth-End CloseVariance AnalysisStatutory ComplianceFinancial ReportingAutomated SolutionsReconciliation Workflows

Soft Skills

Process Improvement MindsetCollaborationAttention to DetailAnalytical Thinking

Certifications

ACAACCACIMA