elasticStage

Technology

FinanceOperationsandStrategyManager

£75–110k ~AI est. Kings Cross, England, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“Finance Operations and Strategy Manager at elasticStage. Skills: Finance operations, Strategy, Financial modeling, AI infrastructure. Set up finance operating model. Design finance for 10x scale”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive company's top priority strategic projects; Build financial backbone; Build capital deployment processes; Build decentralised financial visibility

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Translating ambiguous business questions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience, Foundation in top-tier strategy consulting, Foundation in finance, Top-tier financial modelling skills, Track record of building driver-based models, Ability to run value creation projects, Comfort with operational side of finance, Comfort owning data and metrics infrastructure, Analytical capability, Experience translating ambiguous business questions, Comfort operating in ambiguity, Bias toward action, Communicator

Nice to Have

SQL familiarity is a plus, Curiosity to increase technical leverage, Using AI tools to accelerate prototyping, Building AI workflows yourself

What You'll Do.

Set up finance operating model

Design finance for 10x scale

Build driver-based financial models

Connect unit production to outcomes

Build and execute funding strategy

Design and run budgeting process

Build finance strategy for ecommerce

Build investment deployment process

Put in place inventory models

Build working capital discipline

Build structured procurement process

Make finance AI-native

Build AI infrastructure and guardrails

Decentralise financial data interaction

Automate repetitive finance processes

Take on strategic finance projects

Drive pricing strategy

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with commercial; Partnering with product; Partnering with factory operations; Partnering with engineering; Mobilise technical stakeholders; Mobilise non-technical stakeholders

Communication Scope

Lead without authority

Process & Methodology

Opportunity generation, Sizing, Prioritisation, Plan design, Execution

Full Job Description

### **Cutting Edge Music Tech - On-Demand Vinyl Records** We are seeking a **Finance Operations and Strategy Manager** to help us redefine the physical and digital music industry. elasticStage is building the world’s first on-demand vinyl and CD platform, unlocking physical music for the Digital Creator era. By 2030, there will be over 250 million music creators globally, most locked out of physical formats due to high minimum runs and operational complexity. elasticStage solves this through patented on-demand vinyl and CD manufacturing technology, powering a free-to-use platform where creators can produce and sell physical releases worldwide with no upfront costs or minimum quantities. And we are scaling fast: * 100,000+ creators are using the product within our first year of commercialisation. * Aiming for 20X growth by 2027. * Partnerships with SoundCloud and Amuse (with more major partners to come!). * Shipped to over 90 countries. * 4.7★ on Trustpilot and Google. * Recently raised new funding, bringing the total capital raised to £30M. * Just moved to a new office in Kings Cross. As **Finance Operations and Strategy Manager,** you will set up how elasticStage runs financially end-to-end in a future-back, AI-native way. You will design backwards from how the finance function should operate at 10x scale, then build what is needed to get us there. elasticStage is building the future of on-demand physical music manufacturing and fulfilment, scaling through a capital-intensive model that deploys over £15M annually in state-of-the-art facilities, automation, manufacturing machines and R&D to bring our factory of the future to life. This will be driven by a strong finance function. This role is an opportunity to drive the company's top priority strategic projects, partnering closely with commercial, product, factory operations and engineering. The role builds the financial backbone, capital deployment processes and decentralised financial visibility that allow every a

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