Head of Finance – Civilian and Defense Operations

US Citizen or Permanent Resident

In-Person

Starts Immediately

Join us in building the Worlds’s Humanitarian Air Force. Orb is turning autonomous aircraft into infrastructure. We’re a small mission-driven team where your initiative, creativity, and dedication will be used to reach every village on the planet with power, logistics, and communications.

Your Role at Orb: Orb needs a key player to assist on the operations side of finance, DoD contracts, partner relations, customer engagement and more. Scale a hardware business with us and learn to run a business with a world class team from the inside out.

If you’re ready to take ownership, embrace complexity, and thrive in a role where your work truly matters, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Leadership & Strategy
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cash-flow management.
• Develop long-term financial models to support growth strategy, capital planning, and program execution.
• Partner with the CEO and CFO on runway management, capital allocation, and board/investor communications.
• Support fundraising activities including diligence materials, financial models, and investor reporting.
• Accounting, Reporting & Compliance
• Oversee accounting operations, financial close, and GAAP-compliant reporting.
• Manage external accounting firms, auditors, and tax advisors.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations (e.g., government cost allowability, audit readiness, internal controls).
• Contracts & Commercial Management
• Own the full contract lifecycle including review, negotiation, execution, and administration.
• Support commercial, government, and strategic partnership contracts (e.g., NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, purchase orders, and government-funded agreements).
• Partner with business development and legal counsel to evaluate contract terms, financial exposure, and risk.
• Track contract performance, milestones, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
• Ensure alignment between contract obligations and financial forecasts.
• Operational Finance & Program Support
• Establish systems and processes for purchasing, vendor management, and program cost tracking.
• Monitor program margins, cost performance, and contract profitability.
• Support pricing strategy and proposal development for new customer and government opportunities.
• Team & Infrastructure Building
• Build scalable finance and contracts processes as the company grows.
• Hire and mentor finance and contracts team members over time.
• Implement financial systems and tools appropriate for a regulated aerospace environment.
• Represent the Orb brand, service to others through aviation, to customers and stakeholders.

What You'll Need

• Resilience, critical thinking, communication and a commitment to transparency.
• Exceptional organizational and project management abilities with a focus on execution.
• Advanced in Microsoft suite
• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Security Clearance.
• A genuine curiosity and desire for continuous learning and professional growth.
• Unwavering integrity and a commitment to serving others with empathy and purpose.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a knack for translating ideas into action.