Senior Director, Corporate Finance

We are hiring a Senior Director, Corporate Finance in London to support all of Kobalt’s business units. This high-impact, commercially focussed 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; Ability to work independently, and can efficiently manage tight deadlines in a fast paced environment and passion for working in music

Nice to have

Experience working in the music or creative industries