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About the Role

This high-impact, commercially focused position will be part of the global Corporate Finance team and report to the EVP, Corporate Finance. You will help to drive the business through strategic FP&A – owning multi-year budgeting and strategic modelling, providing insight including revenue performance to C-Suite and Board and supporting capital markets initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the multi-year (5-year) financial models, incorporating multi-entity budgeting, capital structure planning and evaluation of strategic growth initiatives
• Lead the global budgeting and quarterly re-forecasting processes across all business units, ensuring seamless integration of revenue, margin, costs, and cash flows.
• Continuously drive improvement in modelling and forecasting, including refining model logic and assumptions while operating across multiple systems
• Drive the month-end close analysis, delivering comprehensive actuals vs. forecast comparisons, variance commentary, and reporting packs to the C-suite and Board.
• Improve and integrate data across multiple systems and departments to increase reliability, accuracy and usefulness of reporting
• Respond to ad-hoc requests for financial information/analysis and supporting strategic and operational decision-making as appropriate
• Liaise with banks and manage bank reporting deliverables, including covenant reporting

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA) with experience of independently managing forecasts and budgeting processes as well as owning complex models
• 8+ years experience in corporate development and/or budgeting role and experience preparing deliverables and presenting to C-Suite
• Proven experience or solid understanding of debt raising, capital structure optimization, or refinancing transactions, including banking arrangements and credit facilities.
• Extensive experience managing a team of both senior and junior reports across multiple offices or time zones
• Advanced level of Excel as well as financial modelling skills, having built models from scratch
• Experience designing, implementing and documenting FP&A processes, improving efficiency and delivering department goals
• Strong experience overseeing revenue forecasting, and comfortable defining specific deliverables and proposing solutions
• Experience querying and manipulating large volume complex datasets/databases and comfortable using systems and tools such as Adaptive, Hyperion and BI tools like Tableau
• Experience working in the music or creative industries
• Ability to work independently, and can efficiently manage tight deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Passion for working in music!
• Eligible to work in the United Kingdom.

Skills

• Excel
• Financial modelling
• FP&A processes
• Revenue forecasting
• Data querying
• Data manipulation
• Adaptive
• Hyperion
• Tableau

Location

• London, United Kingdom

Work Type

• Hybrid Working: 3 days in your local office
• Full-time
• Permanent

Experience Level

• Senior Director
• 8+ years experience

Education Level

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA)

About the Company

• At Kobalt, we’ve championed creators since 2000. Our technology and music services are built to make the industry more transparent, fair, and rewarding for artists, songwriters, and rights holders.
• We’re a company that thrives on creativity, collaboration, and progress. Our values Music First, Transparent, Tech Powered, and Transformative shape how we work and grow together.

Equal Opportunity

• Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in equitable access to opportunities and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to protected characteristics.