Head of Finance

About us

We are Orbital, an AI company on a mission to automate the legal segment of every property transaction in the world. We iterate rapidly to build products that utilise the bleeding-edge of Generative AI. Products that are powered by the latest foundation LLMs (Large Language Models) including OpenAI’s GPT-4o and o1 along with Anthropic’s Claude models. This places us at the forefront of the most advanced technological advancements of our generation. We’re spearheading an unprecedented shift in how the world’s #1 asset class is transacted globally.

Legal reasoning is a hard problem and requires some of the smartest and most experienced professionals to solve legal challenges for their clients. Because of this, we will continue to push ahead and use the most intelligent and the fastest foundational models to build an AI Assistant that can provide accurate, efficient, and reliable support to legal professionals in the world of real estate.

Already the trusted ally of thousands of lawyers and commercial property professionals in the UK, across a diverse spectrum of blue-chip firms, our innovative solutions have earned accolades from the UK's magic circle law firms—Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Freshfields, and Slaughter & May—as well as renowned organisations like Tesla and Marks & Spencer. Now in the early stages of an international expansion, we're continuing to expand our talented team to support our growth.

Bolstered by the support of industry giants, including some of the world's largest real estate, insurance companies, and VCs such as LocalGlobe, Seedcamp, JLL, First American Financial, and Investec, and on the back of our recent £7.5 million Series A funding round led by Parker89, we’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented people to join us in shaping the future of property transactions under this new evolution of technological advancement.

Our vision

We believe that property transactions in this century shouldn't still rely on busy lawyers checking through documents and writing reports. We're building an automated AI solution for property diligence to make transactions more efficient and transparent for everyone.

Our mission

Our mission is to help any professional or individual involved in a property transaction to properly understand what they are getting into, from the outset, before incurring legal fees.

Our values

• We are Bold & Ambitious (changing an entire industry is hard!)
• We give Power to our People (we give exceptional people autonomy to succeed)
• We Question or Commit (we welcome debate, but love reaching quick decisions)
• … and we Eat that Frog! (we take on the hardest thing first)

Role Overview

Are you excited about building high-performing teams that drive the success of innovative AI technologies? As a Head of Finance at Orbital Witness, you'll play a critical role in leading our financial strategy and operations as we scale. Reporting to the COO, you will be a key business partner to the leadership team, helping drive informed decision-making and preparing the company for its next phase of growth.

This is a unique opportunity to have a meaningful impact at a Series-A, GenAI LegalTech startup with ambitious plans to reshape the $144 trillion global real estate industry. Join us in our mission to simplify and accelerate property transactions by automating legal processes with cutting-edge technology.

What to be excited by:

• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): Own and develop financial models that provide insight into business performance, growth opportunities, and funding strategies.
• Strategic Finance: Provide commercial insights and support strategic decisions, particularly around SaaS metrics, market expansion, and fundraising.
• Financial Controls & Operations: Oversee financial reporting, compliance, and risk management, ensuring solid practices in financial governance. Ensure accurate and timely preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements and monthly close of accounts.
• Team, Process, and AI Leadership: Deliver scale by pursuing automation and streamlining processes. Rethink finance with a desire to integrate AI into workflows. Grow, mentor, and build a finance team.
• Cash Flow & Capital Management: Manage cash flow forecasting and working capital, ensuring the business is well-positioned for growth.

Who are you?:

• Finance Leader with Growth Experience: Proven experience in a B2B SaaS, high-growth, or VC-backed business. Prior experience as a Head of Finance or FP&A Lead is ideal. Experience in US expansion or international is ideal.
• FP&A and Modeling Expertise: Deep understanding of financial modeling, forecasting, and strategic finance to support scaling and fundraising. Loves working with revenue operations.
• Strategic Thinker, Hands-On Operator: Ability to balance strategic thinking with execution of financial operations. Willing to dive into spreadsheets, review P&L statements, and solve operational finance issues.
• Overseeing Financial Control Responsibilities: You have a strong background in financial control, ensuring effective management of accounting, tax, and compliance functions while maintaining rigorous financial governance.
• U.S. Financial Expertise: You have a good understanding of U.S. tax regulations, compliance requirements, and financial structuring to support expansion in the region. You are well-versed in key considerations such as the pros and cons of storing cash in a parent company versus a subsidiary, transfer pricing, inter-company transactions, and international cash flow management.
• Strong Stakeholder Management: Able to partner effectively with leadership and external advisors. An ability to communicate with simplicity and enable others to track KPIs effectively.
• Qualified Accountant: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification (or equivalent)

As part of our commitment to information security, all employees are expected to adhere to company security policies and procedures, participate in mandatory security awareness training, and ensure the secure handling of sensitive data in line with ISO 27001 standards. Reporting potential risks or incidents is a key part of fostering our culture of security and compliance.

• Competitive starting salary of £90k - £100k
• Matched pension contributions and equity in the company
• Flexible hours and location
• Professional equipment and annual £1k personal development budget
• Generous parental leave and salary sacrifice nursery fee scheme through Yellownest
• Cycle-to-work scheme and bike storage at the office
• Friendly people, monthly socials, annual offsites, sports teams
• Office snacks and Deliveroo for lunch on Wednesdays
• Our office space is in Farringdon (equipped with a ping pong table!)
• 25 days paid holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Extra day off when you move house

We value diversity at Orbital and would particularly encourage applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. We’d love to hear from you even if you don’t match all of the above criteria or are seeking other opportunities that we’re not currently advertising.