VP of Finance

Sensat is a geospatial AI business that powers advanced and highly functional digital twins for the world's most critical infrastructure projects. We partner with the world's largest construction, engineering and critical infrastructure companies, including National Grid, Network Rail, Heathrow and Severn Trent Water. We enable our customers to fight the costly and high-risk "Status Quo" of siloed data, people and processes. Our AI-powered digital twins help teams digitally visualise, plan and manage projects, providing Project Confidence Through Clarity.

We are a high trust, high impact team, who offer purpose driven work. We operate with autonomy and flexibility in an agile, flat structure. We look for highly talented, adaptable and curious individuals who love solving meaningful problems and who share our resilient team spirit when facing challenges!

We are on track to more than double ARR in 2025, with a strong pipeline that positions us for another year of 100%+ ARR growth in 2026. Backed by over £25 million in funding from blue-chip investors like National Grid Partners and with imminent US market entry representing a significant value inflection point, this is an exciting time to join the Sensat team!

We are seeking a VP of Finance to own and lead Sensat's financial strategy during a critical growth phase. This is not a typical finance role - we need someone who will be deeply embedded in our leadership team, providing the strategic thinking and financial discipline needed as we scale internationally.

You'll join at a pivotal moment as we prepare for international expansion and our next funding round. This isn't just about managing finances - it's about being a strategic thought partner who brings the financial discipline and US market expertise we need to achieve our ambitious growth plans. You'll have significant decision-making authority and the opportunity to shape our financial future.

If you're a finance leader who has successfully navigated US fundraising and wants to be part of an exciting scale-up journey, we'd love to hear from you.

Financial Strategy & Leadership

• Lead annual budgeting and forecasting processes with full Leadership Team and Board alignment.

• Provide strategic financial analysis on major initiatives, including US market entry, pricing strategies, and investment decisions.

• Act as a key voice in the Leadership team, challenging decisions and ensuring sustainable growth.

• Manage capital structure and advise on fundraising timing, particularly for US investor engagement.

• Drive operational excellence through strategic cost optimisation, implementing best-in-class procurement practices and vendor management strategies to deliver consistent margin improvement.

• Partner with commercial teams to develop and optimise RevOps infrastructure and Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies, ensuring alignment between financial planning and revenue execution.

Fundraising & Investor Relations

• Partner with our Co-Founder, COO and Head of Legal to lead fundraising activities, likely in the US

• Prepare compelling financial models, due diligence materials and investor communications

• Lead Board reporting and deliver impactful presentations to directors and investors, translating complex financial data into strategic insights

Financial Operations & Control

• Oversee all financial operations, including accounting, compliance, tax, and audit(s)

• Deliver timely, actionable financial reporting to the Leadership Team, Board, and investors

• Establish robust controls and systems befitting a scaling international business

• Partner with Sales and Operations to optimise unit economics and drive efficiency

• Develop and execute treasury strategies, including FX risk management, hedging policies, and international cash management for multi-currency operations

Team Development

• Mentor and develop our finance team providing career progression opportunities

• Build financial acumen across the organisation

• Partner with the People team on compensation planning and sustainable growth strategies

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with 8+ years post-qualification experience

• Track record of raising capital at Series B and beyond. Experience of doing so in the US market would be an advantage

• Experience expanding a UK company into the US

• SaaS experience and a strong grasp of SaaS metrics is highly desirable, ideally in companies that have scaled from Series B onwards

• Someone who thrives being hands-on while thinking strategically

• A proactive leader who anticipates challenges rather than reacting to them

• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to influence without direct authority

• Track record of successful Board engagement and executive-level stakeholder management

The finer details:

• Reports to: Co-Founder

• Location: Hybrid (minimum 1 day per week in our Shoreditch office, though we encourage more for collaboration purposes)

• This role is full-time, but we are open to discussing part-time and flexible arrangements for the right candidate

• 📈 When Sensat succeeds, so will you, with significant equity share options

• 🌴 Take a break using your 30 days of annual leave (in addition to bank holidays)

• 🌍 A flexible working environment

• 🎓 Continue learning every day through your £500 personal development fund

• 🥳 Regular social events! We’ve been to the theatre, racing around the tracks go-karting, had movie nights, watched the London Symphony Orchestra, line dancing lessons and murder mystery...

• ❤️ We’ve got your back, be it immediate access to mental health support through Spill or enhanced Family Leave for those welcoming a new arrival, we support you throughout your journey here.

• 🩺 We care about our people and want to make essential healthcare accessible and affordable. That’s why we have an Opt-in Corporate health and wellbeing cash plan (offering up to £1700 in cash back annually) provided through BHSF.

• 💻 We want to enable you to do your best work without having to think about whether your tech will work, so we'll set you up with a MacBook, mouse & keyboard and £250 towards setting up your WFH environment.

• 💸 Pension: with Penfold. Employer contribution of 3%, employee contribution set at 5% but can be increased (relief at source or salary sacrifice).

• 🏋️ Access to the benefits of our Fora office membership, including access to their gyms and fitness classes, events and dog friendly office 🐶

• Other benefits including cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans, eye-care vouchers, payroll giving

At this time, we are only able to accept applications from those who have a right to work in the United Kingdom, are based in the United Kingdom and who do not require sponsorship, as this is not something we can offer at this time.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need, and our recruitment processes are conducted in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.