Finance Director PE Backed Music Tech Scale Up London

Finance Director | PE Backed Music Tech Scale Up | London

Harmonic are delighted to be working once again with one of the UK music industry's most exciting, tech adjacent scale ups, as they search for a Finance Director to join their ever-expanding team. Described as a role placed at the heart of the business to build, scale, and partner with the SLT, this is a newly created position in line with strong growth following a hugely successful fundraise in 2025.

The Business:

Led by a senior leadership team of fantastic, experienced music industry professionals, our client is backed by leading figures in the space. As a tech centric music rights platform, this business was born out of a desire to empower artists and producers regardless of their status or seniority in the industry. As such, there is a values first approach to their work which is replicated throughout the entire team of mission led individuals with a defined, common goal culture in place.

As they enter their next year of trading, this is a really exciting time to be involved in a fast growth start up, with revenue and headcount growth forecasted for the next 2/3 years. Based in a bustling office environment in central London with highly experienced music industry professionals, this role will suit driven candidates keen to progress within a scaling business.

The Role: Reporting into and working closely with two Co-Founders who have a goal to build one of the leading music rights scale ups, this role will offer huge amounts of autonomy and influence as the business continues to scale. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a crucial role in the next phase of our client's growth journey, with a fundraise in 2025 likely to be followed by more exciting investments later this year.

As the most senior person in finance, the role will be responsible for a blend of strategic duties while also managing and developing a finance manager in line with the company ethos of internal progression. Having benefited from a strong fractional CFO to this point, the team are now keen to bring in a full time senior figure who can continue to professionalise and scale the finance function, with other responsibilities focusing on managing debt finance, strengthening institutional reporting and providing strong FP&A insights and commercial guidance.

Duties:

• Lead the structuring, negotiation, and execution of debt financing facilities
• Act as primary financial interface with lenders, credit funds, banks, and rating / diligence counterparties
• Own covenant modelling, compliance, reporting, and liquidity planning
• Support equity fundraising as required.
• Own financial management and control processes
• Own and evolve the financial model across the different business structures
• Implement robust budgeting, forecasting, and cashflow management processes
• Strengthen financial controls, accounting policies, and governance in line with institutional expectations
• Oversee external accountants, fund administrators, and auditors
• Ensure timely, accurate, and credible reporting to institutional partners
• Partner with the CEO on investor communications, materials, and diligence.
• Support materials and investment decision processes with clear financial analysis
• Help design scalable reporting and data flows as the portfolio grows.
• Act as a senior thought partner to the founders on capital structure decisions and new product or platform initiatives
• Support evaluation of strategic partnerships and non-core opportunities

What we need to see (essential):

• ACCA / ACA / CIMA Qualified
• Comfortable operating in a hands-on, entrepreneurial environment
• Strong senior finance leadership experience

What we need to see (bonus):

• Experience in music, media, IP, royalties, or other yield-based asset classes
• Experience raising and managing debt facilities
• Exposure to asset management / credit & structured finance / private markets
• Background working with PE-backed or institutionally partnered businesses

Salary: up to £100k + equity

Location: Central London (flexible hybrid working patterns considered)

At Harmonic, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We actively welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assure you that every candidate will be thoughtfully considered for the roles we represent, without regard to race, religion, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation.