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Head of Finance | Creative Multi-Site Scaleup | London
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Head of Finance | Creative Multi-Site Scaleup | London / Hybrid
The Client
Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a fast-growing, founder-led membership and workspace business built for the creative industries, with multiple sites across London and further expansion underway. The business has just closed a landmark strategic partnership with a major institutional property investor, bringing a new shareholder onto the register alongside a significant long-term commitment to a new flagship site.
It is a genuine growth story: a scrappy, founder-built brand that has earned the backing of an established institutional partner and is now scaling with real momentum. Finance has been run lean to date; this is a newly created role reflecting a deliberate step-up in financial infrastructure to match the business's ambitions.
The Role
Reporting directly to the CEO and Co-Founder, the Head of Finance will take ownership of financial control and management reporting across the group, while also stepping into a genuinely strategic seat at the leadership table. This is an opportunity to help professionalise the finance function of a business - one that has just proven its model credible enough to attract institutional backing and is now investing in its next phase of growth.
The role is not purely transactional or purely strategic, it sits between the two: you will own the numbers day to day (month-end, cash flow, site-level reporting) while also building the tools and processes the business needs to manage a major new site investment, a new institutional shareholder relationship, and an ambitious expansion plan. There is a clear path to Finance Director as the business and the finance function mature.
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Key Responsibilities
- Own the month-end close and management accounts process across multiple trading sites, delivering clear, consolidated reporting to the CEO and board
- Build site-level P&L and unit economics reporting to give clear visibility of performance across the existing estate and new locations as the business expands
- Lead cash flow forecasting and scenario planning, including modelling the impact of significant new long-term site commitments
- Act as the primary point of contact for reporting to the company's institutional shareholder, including preparing materials for board meetings
- Partner with the CEO and Co-Founder on budgeting, capital allocation, and the financial planning behind an ambitious, high-profile expansion
- Put in place scalable finance processes and systems to match the pace of the business's growth
- Manage the relationship with external accountants/auditors and oversee statutory compliance
- Build out the finance function over time, including scoping when and where further hires are needed
Essential Experience
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Proven experience owning financial control and management reporting in a multi-site consumer or membership business (retail, hospitality, leisure, or flexible workspace)
- Comfortable operating both hands-on (month-end, cash flow) and strategically (board reporting, investor relations)
- Experience working with, or reporting into, an external investor or shareholder
- Strong Excel/financial modelling skills, including cash flow and scenario planning
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Desirable Experience
- Background in membership, subscription, or hospitality businesses with recurring revenue models
- Experience with a business going through a period of physical expansion, including site investment or capex planning
- Exposure to a founder-led or entrepreneurial environment, ideally within the creative or cultural sector
- Familiarity with Xero or similar cloud accounting platforms
Package
- Salary: £75,000-£95,000 (indicative, to be confirmed with the client)
- Location: London (hybrid, with regular presence required across sites)
- Start Date: Flexible
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.
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