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Head of Finance | Creative Production Business | London / Hybrid
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Head of Finance | Creative Production Business | London / Hybrid
The Client
Harmonic is delighted to be partnering on a retained basis with a creatively driven, high-performing business at an important point in its growth. A small, tight-knit team is delivering a growing slate of work, and the business is attracting increasing attention from larger external partners and investors. As it scales, it is making its first dedicated finance hire to bring structure and commercial clarity to how the company runs.
The Role
This is a true first-hire opportunity, reporting directly to the senior leadership of the business. You will start by getting the foundations right: tightening controls, formalizing month end, and building internal infrastructure around a function that has so far relied on group support, external accountants, and freelance specialists. Those resources stay in place; your job is to pull them into one consistent picture. Once that base is secure, the role is designed to grow with you, from financial control into a genuinely strategic and commercial partnership with the business owner. This is a hands-on and strategic role, and you will be the most senior finance voice in the room, comfortable holding your own in conversations with creative colleagues.
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Key Responsibilities
- Build controls and processes from scratch
- Own the month-end close and management accounts, keeping numbers accurate, timely, and consistent.
- Design and implement forecasting processes, and refine them as the business evolves.
- Own budgeting, cashflow, and reporting across multiple high-value projects, giving leadership a clear, real-time view of overall financial health.
- Manage and coordinate external accountants and freelance specialists, setting standards so their work feeds into one accurate picture.
- Lead quarterly board reporting, turning the numbers into clear, commercially minded insight.
- Build the company's understanding of international reporting requirements, supporting credible reporting to external partners and investors.
- Partner closely with creative and production colleagues, helping them understand the financial implications of decisions as they happen.
- Act as the owner's trusted day-to-day finance partner, and over time help shape commercial decisions and identify new revenue streams.
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Essential Experience
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
- Previous experience in the screen industry, with a clear understanding of how productions operate.
- Strong communication skills, and confidence dealing with creative professionals.
Desirable Experience
- Experience building or formalizing a finance function, ideally in an SME environment.
Package
- Salary: £110,000-£120,000
- Location: Central London, hybrid working
- Start Date: October
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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