Harmonic Group Ltd

Financial Controller (Maternity Cover) Global Music Management Group London / Hybrid Covering the Head of Finance's maternity leave, the Financial Controller will be the most senior finance person in the business, owning the group's month-end, year-end, and cash processes. You will lead a UK team of two (a Management Accountant and a Finance Assistant) and work alongside a two-person US team as one global function. This is a hands-on role: you will review the management accounts the team produces, while still posting in the accounting system and getting into the detail with them. The immediate priority is a full month end alongside the Head of Finance before the holiday shutdown, followed by year end and external audit. The accounting itself is not complex, as revenue is commission-based; the challenge is keeping many moving parts across multiple entities and currencies under control at once, while helping the team build more automated, AI-supported processes. The ideal...

Interim Finance Director Scaling Retail Brand London Harmonic is delighted to be working with a consumer brand that holds physical stock and is growing quickly. The business has carved out a niche in its market and grown fast on the back of it. This is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with a leading Founder on setting up the business to scale. The Role This is a full-time interim engagement with an initial of three to six months, reporting into the leadership team. You will own the finance function end to end: month end and management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cash and working capital, and the commercial support the leadership team needs as the business scales. It is a hands-on role in a small team, there are outsourced advisors who can also provide some additional support. Key Responsibilities Own the finance function end to end, from month end through to the board pack Produce the monthly management accounts and report on...

Management Accountant International Live Entertainment Business Harmonic are delighted to be working on an exclusive basis by a premium international live entertainment business, in the search for a Management Accountant to join their production finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a bright, ambitious, studying accountant with a solid management accounting background to take ownership of production accounts across a portfolio of high-profile theatre productions, with full study support on offer. The Business: Our client is a premium international live entertainment business, founded in 2017 and built on a passion for audiences, artistry and the live experience. In a relatively short space of time they have grown into a major force across the sector, with interests spanning new theatrical productions, venue ownership, performing arts education, theatre ticketing and the distribution of innovative live-streamed content. Home to a family of well-known...

Fractional Finance Director D2C E-Commerce Brand London / Hybrid The Client Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with a profitable, multi-million-pound D2C e-commerce business, with a loyal customer base across the UK, the US and beyond. With an established, AI-enabled finance function and a lean leadership team, the business is now repositioning for its next phase of growth, and this role sits at the centre of that. The Role Covering a 12-month maternity leave, the Fractional Finance Director will join the leadership team alongside the CEO and CTO, reporting to the CEO, two to three days a week. This is a strategic role rather than a hands-on one: a Senior Finance Manager leads day-to-day finance, management accounts and monthly reporting with support from external accountants, so your focus is senior challenge and judgement, testing commercial assumptions, sharpening the board narrative and keeping the leadership team focused on what drives commercial...

Contracts Manager Digital Media London The Role The Contracts Manager will work independently across the business affairs department initially, partnering with teams across the business, owning the day-to-day contracts function and partnering with the commercial and creative teams. You'll handle a wide range of agreements, from smaller individual contracts to significant commercial deals. The role is hands-on, and there's a lot of room to grow with the business. Progression depends on the quality of your work, your drive and your ownership, not on years of experience. The plan is to expand the department within 6 months of your start, so once you settle in, you'll have the opportunity to hire and mentor a junior team member to support you. New commercial ideas come up all the time, so you'll need to give clear, practical advice that keeps deals moving. The ideal candidate is a confident communicator who enjoys being part of a busy, social office. This is perfect a role...

Interim Financial Controller Family/Founders Office London Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a serial entrepreneur in their search for a Interim Financial Controller to sit across their business and wider interests. Alongside a portfolio of investments and property, the founder is building a number of new business ventures, the largest of which is a fast-growing tech business. These interests have grown over time and are closely tied together, and the founder now wants to put proper structure around them. The Role This is a full-time interim role, which is open to part-time fractional candidates. The brief is to bring the whole picture together: oversight of the operating businesses, the related entities, the property portfolio and the investments, and how capital moves between them. The role also involves being 'hands-on' in the new business venture, managing month-end, payroll, accounts and general bookkeeping. The founder is also thinking about a...

Interim Management Accountant VC-Backed Energy SaaS London 6 Months Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a high-growth, VC-backed SaaS business operating at the forefront of the energy transition, in the search for an Interim Finance Manager to join their finance team on a day rate contract basis. This is a hands-on, high-impact interim assignment for a meticulous, strong attention to detail finance professional who can take full ownership of cash, transactional finance and the month-end close. The Business: Our client is a fast-growing SaaS business delivering cutting-edge data solutions to the energy sector. Their platform provides efficient, reliable and flexible data processing and analysis, helping energy businesses drive digital transformation, maximise ROI and make better data-driven decisions, all in support of a lower-carbon, net-zero future. Having scaled through a Series B, the business operates across multiple entities and is investing in the...

Production Finance Assistant Award-Winning Production Company Central London Working with big-name directors across several mediums, our client has made a major name for themselves in the Entertainment Industry. They have earned the most recognized international awards, including Grammy's, Emmy's, and Tony's, for their work on culture-defining commercials and music videos. Their annual turnover is £25 million, supporting some of the biggest names in the creative and entertainment industries. Based in a beautiful and trendy area of Central London, you have the opportunity to join a small and close-knit finance team where culture is king. Company-wide lunches, pints after work, attending screenings and exciting events, and a lively and warm community-feel are regular benefits associated with working for our client. This role is fully in-person, with 5 days expected in the office. The Role Reporting to the Head of Finance, you'd be joining the finance team as a brand-new...

Interim Head of Finance Scaling Payments FinTech London (Hybrid) The Opportunity We are working with a fast-scaling FinTech that has grown quickly to serve a large customer base and is now at an important turning point. There is real momentum behind the business and ambitious plans ahead, and it needs a steady, capable pair of hands to lead its finance team through a busy period of change. For an interim finance leader who likes to roll up their sleeves and make a tangible difference quickly, this is a rare one, and the client is looking to move at pace. Your Remit Working closely with the CFO, you will take the reins of the day-to-day finance function at a demanding time. First and foremost this is a hands-on role: steadying and leading the team, keeping month-end, statutory and technical accounting clean and on time, and quickly getting to grips with a complex, sector-specific P&L. Beyond the day-to-day, you will take a hard look at how the team is...

Interim Accounts Assistant Consumer Products Brand London / Hybrid The Client Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with a well-known British consumer brand, whose products sell in high volumes through online and marketplace channels. The finance function is in the middle of a transformation: processes are being automated, systems are being improved, and a recently established offshore team is taking on more of the day-to-day transactional work. Getting the most out of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central sits at the centre of that change. The Role Reporting into the Head of Finance, this is a 3-month interim role with two clear purposes. First, you will take over a hands-on workload across accounts payable, accounts receivable and reconciliations. Second, you will become the team's Business Central expert, training two colleagues in the offshore team (who come from NetSuite and SAP backgrounds) and being their first point of contact when they get...

Finance Director Independent Music & Arts Charity Central London (Hybrid) Harmonic are delighted to working with a highly respected independent music and arts charity, in the search for a Finance Director to join their senior leadership team. This is a rare opportunity for a strategic, hands-on finance leader to shape the long-term financial sustainability of a much-loved cultural organisation, bringing finance to the heart of both organisational and creative decision-making. Our client is also happy to offer the role on a part-time, four-day week basis at the full-time salary. The Business: Our client is a not-for-profit music and arts organisation based in Central London, presenting a busy, year-round programme of concerts, performances and events alongside a wider range of charitable and commercial activity. Driven by a clear artistic vision and a strong sense of purpose, the organisation balances its charitable objectives and creative ambitions with the...

Interim Financial Controller VC-Backed Hardware Manufacturing Scale-Up London / Hybrid The Client Harmonic is partnering with a well-funded, VC-backed hardware technology business that combines its own software with a fast-growing physical manufacturing operation, making high-value components for demanding engineering customers. Two years after founding, and having raised significant capital, it has grown into an international group with entities across the UK, US and Europe. The business has scaled faster than its accounting. A Finance Director has recently joined to professionalise the function, a permanent Financial Controller is being recruited for early 2027, and in the meantime the accounts need putting right now. The Role Reporting to the Finance Director, the Interim Financial Controller will start immediately on a full-time basis to stabilise and rebuild the group's accounts ahead of the permanent hire. Day-to-day bookkeeping is...

Interim Group Financial Controller VC-Backed Deep-Tech Infrastructure Scale-Up London The Client Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with a VC-backed deep-tech and infrastructure scale-up that runs a high-volume, asset-backed operating network for some of the UK's best-known e-commerce brands. Backed by leading venture investors, the business has grown revenue more than sevenfold in the last year and is targeting significant further growth next year, with a clear path to profitability. Finance now needs to match the pace and scale of the operation. The Role Reporting to the founder, the Interim Group Financial Controller will take ownership of financial control across the group, leading the existing Financial Controller and bringing the rigour that a business of this scale and pace needs. The immediate priorities are clear: tighten the month-end close and the controls behind it, give the C-suite numbers they can rely on, and make sure the business's...

Interim Assistant Accountant Mission-Led E-Commerce Brand London The Client Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with a mission-led, B Corp certified brand whose products have become popular across the UK and beyond. Selling in high volumes through its own e-commerce site, Amazon and wholesale partners, the business is midway through a finance transformation: processes are being automated, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is being pushed further, and a newly built offshore team is taking on more of the transactional workload. The Role Reporting into the Head of Finance, this is a hands-on, all-round 3-month interim role, with the potential to extend. You will run day-to-day finance across AP, AR, GL and fixed assets through to trial balance, support month-end and the upcoming external audit, and own the e-commerce, payment and stock reconciliations. You will also become the team's Business Central expert, training colleagues (including the...

Interim Financial Controller AI & Hardware Deep Tech Business Hybrid The Client Harmonic is partnering with a venture-backed deep tech business that pairs proprietary AI software with its own sensing hardware, already in use with UK government customers. Having recently closed a significant funding round and grown from under ten people to more than thirty in a year, the business is moving from R&D into production, with its first batch of units in build and large contracts in sight. Finance needs to be ready before those orders land. The Role This is a hands-on interim of around six months, working alongside the Chief of Staff and closely with the COO. You will take a finance function that has grown faster than its processes, get the ledger right, deliver the December year-end and leave clean foundations and processes. It is primarily a fixer's role rather than a management one, with real scope to shape how finance works. You will also coach a...

Transfer Pricing Director Tech-Led Accountancy Start-Up London / Remote (UK) The Client Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a well-funded, high-growth business that is changing how start-ups manage their finances. Pairing specialist accountants with its own in-house technology, it has built a large client base of venture-backed founders in a short space of time and has ambitious plans to scale significantly over the next year. Many of its clients operate across the US and UK. As they grow, open new entities and raise capital, demand for transfer pricing support has grown quickly, and the business is now launching a dedicated transfer pricing offering for this hire to build. The Role Working directly alongside the CEO and co-founder, the Transfer Pricing Director will build and lead the transfer pricing function from scratch and own it end to end. There is no existing TP team or framework in place, so you will shape the service itself: what is offered,...

Fractional Financial Controller VC-Backed Hardware Tech Scale-Up London / Hybrid The Client Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with a well-funded, VC-backed hardware technology business that combines its own software with physical manufacturing. The business has grown quickly into an international, multi-site operation and is now at the point where its accounting foundations need to catch up with the scale of its operations. The Role Reporting into the Finance Director, the Fractional Financial Controller will come in part-time between now and the end of January to own a focused set of manufacturing accounting work ahead of a permanent Financial Controller hire. The scope is narrow, specialist and high impact: designing a chart of accounts that fits a growing manufacturing business, and setting up the accounting policies and processes for work in progress, inventory, fixed assets and leases. This is a hands-on technical accounting role, not a general...

Interim VP Finance VC-Backed Deep-Tech Scale-Up London (4 days in office) Harmonic are partnering with a VC-backed deep-tech business in their search for an Interim to lead the finance function. The business uses optimisation and machine learning to rethink how urban transportation networks operate. Our client is engineering-led, has grown its revenue run rate more than fivefold in the last 12 months and is well funded for its next phase of growth. The Role As the business continues to scale, they're looking for an interim finance lead who can come in and make an immediate impact. The focus is cashflow forecasting, structural improvements to working capital across a base of large enterprise customers, and tightening the controls, governance and reporting around both. This is a hands-on, player-coach brief to bring control, visibility and commercial insight to the function. Working directly with the founders and leadership team, you will take ownership...