Harmonic Group Ltd

Finance Manager PE-Backed Marketing Agency London / Hybrid Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a fast-growth, PE Backed creative agency. This role sits within the fastest-moving part of the group and is a genuine opportunity for a developing finance professional to build broad commercial exposure in a business that is investing in its finance function. The Client Our client is a globally recognised specialist marketing and communications group, working across a portfolio of high-growth challenger brands. Operating across EMEA and the US, the business his highly specialised, and growing fast. The group has secured strategic growth investment from a UK private equity house, backing the existing leadership team through its next phase of growth. This follows several years of consistent double-digit growth, driven in large part by the group's rapidly expanding brand experience and events offering. The Role Reporting into the Financial...

Interim Finance Analyst International Media Entertainment Business Manchester Harmonic are delighted to be working with a highly recognisable and market-leading media business in their search for an Interim Finance Analyst to join their growing finance team. This will be a 3 month rolling contract, sitting Outside IR35. The Business: Our client is one of the UK's most successful digital-first media organisations, reaching hundreds of millions of consumers globally through engaging content across entertainment, sport, gaming and lifestyle. Having experienced significant growth over the last decade, the business has established itself as a leader within the digital publishing landscape, combining creativity, technology and data-driven insights to build highly engaged global audiences. Despite being well-established within the industry, the business has retained a 'start-up' feel which encourages collaboration and creativity. Culturally, the business is filled with...

Interim Accounts Assistant Creative Production & Events Business London (On-site) The Client Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with a well-established creative business that delivers high-quality projects and live brand experiences for a portfolio of well-known consumer brands. They operate at the premium end of their market, where craft and quality matter, and take pride in bespoke, made-to-order work. With the finance team evolving, they are looking for a reliable Accounts Assistant to come in and keep things running smoothly through a busy period. The Role Reporting to and working alongside the Management Accountant, this is a hands-on, transactional finance role supporting a small, close-knit team based on-site in South West London. You will take ownership of the day-to-day accounts payable and input work: posting purchase invoices, processing timesheets, and handling company credit card and expense reconciliations, keeping the finance...

Senior CRM Manager DTC Consumer Scaleup London The Client A fast-growing DTC consumer health and wellness business, built around high-quality, science-led products and a customer base that has grown quickly through a strong product proposition and word of mouth. The business is now around £5m and has its sights firmly set on £10m+, with significant investment behind the brand and the infrastructure needed to support the next stage of growth. They are also expanding internationally, giving the team the opportunity to build a genuinely global consumer business from its UK base. There is a lot of momentum behind the business, but it is still at a stage where the right people can have a real impact. As the customer base grows and the business enters new markets, there is a clear opportunity to become much more sophisticated in how customers are acquired, engaged and retained - particularly across subscription, repeat purchase and the wider customer lifecycle. A new...

Head of US Tax Tech-Led Accountancy for Startups London The Client Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a technology-led accountancy business built for the start-up ecosystem. A substantial in-house tech and product team sits directly alongside the accountants, using AI and software to automate compliance so its specialists spend their time on technical judgement and strategic input. Founded successful entrepreneurs who have previously built and exited technology companies before, the business is at an early but well-capitalised stage with a rapidly expanding client base. The culture is direct and meritocratic, and progression is tied to performance rather than tenure. The Role A newly created role to bring US tax capability in-house. Reporting directly to the CEO and co-founder in a flat structure, you will become the internal technical authority on US corporate tax, owning federal filings end to end and building the processes and quality...

Senior Finance Manager PE-Backed Multi-Site Scaleup London / Hybrid Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a PE-backed, founder-led membership scaleup built for the creative industries in their search for a Senior Finance Manager. The Client The business gives its members access to world-class creative and workspace facilities on flexible terms. It has grown from a single London site to a profitable multi-site estate with a fast-growing member base, and has recently completed a significant private equity investment alongside backing from a group of institutional investors and well-known operators from the workspace and creative worlds. Further openings are already in the pipeline, with a rollout plan behind them and a long-term plan to build towards an exit. Finance has been handled to date by an outsourced accounting team and a fractional CFO. This is the first senior finance hire the business has made in-house. The Role Reporting...

Interim Financial Controller World-Leading VC Fund Central London The Client Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with one of Europe's leading venture capital funds, a backer of some of the most recognisable technology companies of the last decade. Investing across the late-stage startup and scale-up market, they have built an exceptional reputation and a portfolio to match. This is a rare opportunity to sit inside the finance function of a world-class investor during a busy and high-profile period, on an initial 6-month basis covering a period of parental leave. The Role Reporting directly to the CFO, this is a genuine financial controller role running the day-to-day finance operations of the management company; this is not a fund accounting position. You will own the control environment and reporting for the group entities, working closely with investors, fund finance, compliance and the wider team. The CFO is deliberately hands-off on day-to-day...

Interim Finance Manager PE-backed Data Analytics SME London / Hybrid Up to £60k The Company Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with a growing and well-established insights business as they look to strengthen their finance team with a Finance Manager on a fixed-term basis. The business is backed by a major private equity investor and is entering an exciting phase of growth, with further investment in its technology, international operations and M&A strategy. The Role This is a fixed-term contract opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager who can take ownership of the core finance function and provide stability across the group during the assignment. You will take responsibility for group reporting, month-end and banking. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional to join a commercially focused business, take ownership across a broad finance remit and work closely with senior stakeholders throughout the assignment....

Management Accountant Digital Media Business Manchester Harmonic are delighted to be working with a highly recognisable and market-leading digital media business in their search for a Management Accountant to join their growing finance team. The Business: Our client is one of the UK's most successful digital-first media organisations, reaching hundreds of millions of consumers globally through engaging content across entertainment, sport, gaming and lifestyle. Having experienced significant growth over the last decade, the business has established itself as a leader within the digital publishing landscape, combining creativity, technology and data-driven insights to build highly engaged global audiences. As the business continues its growth journey, they are looking to strengthen their management accounting capability through the addition of a newly Management Accountant position. The Role: Reporting into an experienced Financial Controller, you will have full...

Head of Finance Transformation (AI & Automation) Hypergrowth Logistics Tech Scale-up Farringdon Harmonic have been retained by an exceptionally high-growth, VC-backed logistics-technology company on a mission to strip the hidden cost of delivery out of ecommerce, making it easier for more goods to move between more people. Backed by several tier-1 investors, this is one of the fastest-scaling venture-backed businesses in Europe, and finance is being built from scratch to keep pace. The Opportunity They're building a finance function that scales faster than the business, not by adding headcount, but by designing a system where AI, automation and clean architecture do the heavy lifting. They're looking for someone to build that system from scratch: the finance stack, the AI workflows, and the operating model that ties it all together. Reporting to the CFO, you'll work directly with founders and functional leaders to turn finance into a real-time decision...

Interim Group Financial Controller High-Growth Hardware Technology Business London / Hybrid The Client Harmonic is delighted to be partnering with a high-growth technology hardware business that designs and builds its own products and is scaling quickly across multiple entities and markets. Backed by institutional investors and growing fast, the business has outgrown its current finance systems and processes and is now investing in the infrastructure to support the next phase. It is a genuinely interesting time to join, with a live finance transformation at the centre of the plan. The Role Reporting to the CFO, the Interim Group Financial Controller will own the group finance function day to day and lead finance systems transformation from the front. This is a hands-on role with a clear project spine: alongside keeping group reporting, consolidation and month-end running cleanly, you will scope, implement and embed a new finance system, redesign the...

Finance Manager VC-Backed Social Commerce Agency London (Hybrid) Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with an extremely fast-growth, VC-backed social commerce agency, in the search for a Finance Manager to support during this growth phase. This is a rare, high-visibility opportunity for a hands-on, commercially-minded finance professional to become the face of finance in a business scaling at real pace, with a clear runway to grow into a Head of Finance remit as the company heads towards exit. The Business: Our client is a TikTok focused social commerce agency, scaling in the last 2 years into an already established partner for some of the world's largest household brands, running social commerce programmes for a roster of global enterprise clients (including a growing base of international accounts). The business has already grown from around 20 people to roughly 70 in the space of a year. Revenue is currently targeted at £8m by year-end, with £20m projected for the...