The Role
Partner with the President to drive financial analysis, M&A, partnerships, and group strategy. Build financial models and valuations, lead transaction coordination and due diligence, track KPIs, produce investor and board materials, improve operational cadence, and identify automation opportunities across the music and media portfolio.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are looking for a Chief of Staff to provide strategic and financial support to the President at our parent company, Caldecott Music Group — a global ecosystem behind a portfolio of music companies spanning digital creation (BandLab Technologies), media (NME), and manufacturing, retail, and distribution (Vista Musical Instruments).
Why this roleThis role partners closely with the President & Co-Founder on strategic, financial, and operational priorities across the group, and is a high-speed apprenticeship in senior leadership. It offers direct exposure to high-impact decisions across M&A, partnerships, and global strategy, with the opportunity to work across multiple parts of the business rather than within a single function.
The Chief of Staff will act as a force multiplier to the President, helping structure decisions, drive key initiatives, and ensure alignment across teams. For the right person, this role provides a pathway into senior leadership positions within the group.
Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Analysis & Strategic Planning
- Financial Modeling: Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate acquisitions, partnerships, and capital allocation strategies across the group.
- Investment Analysis: Conduct valuation analysis, including DCF and comparable company analysis, for potential organic and inorganic growth opportunities.
- Performance Tracking: Develop and monitor KPIs and financial metrics for CMG’s business units.
- Group Strategy: Coordinate and contribute to strategic roadmap, budgeting and strategic planning processes, ensuring financial targets align with the group's long-term objectives.
- Transaction Coordination: Lead end-to-end M&A processes, including managing deal flow, overseeing due diligence workstreams with external advisors, and maintaining virtual data rooms.
- Business Development & Partnerships: Support the President in the commercial and financial structuring of global partnerships, joint ventures, and acquisition targets.
- Investor Relations & Market Intelligence: Produce data-driven research on market trends and competitor strategy to identify potential M&A targets, strategic partners and investors within the music and media sectors.
- External Engagement: Serve as a point of contact for corporate partners, investment banks, legal counsel.
- Strategic Proxy: Act as a thought partner to the President, helping structure priorities and decisions, and driving cross-functional initiatives to ensure teams keep momentum and hit their targets.
- Strategic Communication: Manage investor updates and draft materials for board-level discussions to ensure a unified voice across the group.
- Systems & Automation: Proactively identify inefficiencies and use AI tools to automate group-wide workflows (e.g., building a partner CRM or streamlining reporting).
- Operational Cadence: Improve meetings, follow-ups, and decision tracking to increase overall organizational effectiveness.
What we’re looking for
Experience & Background
- 5+ years in Management Consulting, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, or Private Equity.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
Technical & Analytical
- Advanced financial modelling and valuation (e.g. DCF, comps).
- Strong understanding of investment processes and M&A mechanics.
- Ability to translate complex financial concepts for non-financial stakeholders.
Ways of Working
- Strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail.
- Ability to structure ambiguous problems into clear, data-driven recommendations.
- Proactive approach — identifying inefficiencies and suggesting improvements, not just executing tasks.
- Sound judgment and prioritisation in fast-paced, high-context environments.
Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Clear and concise communicator, comfortable preparing board-level materials.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders.
Additional
- Interest in the intersection of music and technology is a significant plus.
Location & Benefits
This role is based at our headquarters in Singapore, and requires local presence.
Benefits:
Benefits:
- Healthcare, dental insurance
- Annual bonus
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Paid annual leave, sick leave, childcare leave, volunteer leave and maternity leave
- BandLab Technologies staff discount
About
BandLab Technologies is a suite of music companies building tools and services for the next generation of music creators. Its portfolio includes global social music creation platform BandLab, digital audio workstation Cakewalk, artist services platform ReverbNation, and beat marketplace Airbit.A division of Singapore-based Caldecott Music Group (CMG), which also owns Vista Musical Instruments and NME Networks, the company’s mission is to break down the technical, geographical, and creative barriers for musicians and fans worldwide.BandLab is the flagship product of BandLab Technologies, and the world’s fastest growing social music creation platform with a global community of over 100 million users. Its cross-platform ecosystem brings together a next-generation digital audio workstation, an advanced suite of music creation tools and features, and artist services in one place, giving everyone the ability to create music and share it with the world.In 2025, BandLab Technologies was named to Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators list, recognizing the company’s culture of experimentation, creator-first thinking, and real-world impact.BandLab Technologies commits to fostering diversity and inclusion in all that we do. Regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other status protected by law, we offer applicants the equal opportunity to join, belong and flourish in our company.
Skills Required
- 5+ years in Management Consulting, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, or Private Equity
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field
- Advanced financial modelling and valuation (DCF, comparable company analysis)
- Strong understanding of investment processes and M&A mechanics
- Experience leading M&A processes, managing deal flow and due diligence coordination
- Ability to translate complex financial concepts for non-financial stakeholders
- Experience preparing board-level materials and investor communications
- Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and ability to structure ambiguous problems
- Proactive approach to identifying inefficiencies and suggesting improvements
- Experience working with senior stakeholders and executive support
- Local presence in Singapore (role based at headquarters)
- Interest in the intersection of music and technology
- Experience using AI tools, CRM systems, or workflow automation
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The Company
What We Do
With a lineage of over 30 years of music software innovation, Cakewalk is a world leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, including award-winning digital audio workstations, innovative virtual instruments and plug-in's. Since BandLab Technologies' acquisition of Cakewalk in 2018, Cakewalk by BandLab is now completely free. Millions of musicians worldwide—including Grammy® and Emmy®-winning producers, composers, sound designers, and engineers—use Cakewalk products daily to produce audio for the professional music, film, broadcast, and video game industries.
