About Yoto
Yoto is a screen-free interactive audio platform for kids. We make carefully connected audio players that kids control, with no microphones, cameras or ads. We have a catalogue of audio that inspires creative play and learning with 1,000+ titles in our card store from top creators, publishers and labels - think Disney, Marvel, Roald Dahl and Universal Music. We also create Yoto Originals like BrainBots.
•Voted the 14th fastest-growing private software technology company in Britain in The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025; and named the 94th fastest-growing company in Europe in the prestigious FT1000.
•Ranked 9th in Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2024; and featured in the Sifted 100 fastest-growing startups across the UK&I by revenue growth.
•Featured in Bloomberg's 25 UK startups to watch in 2023; and ranked second fastest growing tech company in the UK in the Deloitte Fast50.
•Named one of TIME Magazine's Top 100 Inventions of 2020.
•We're over 200 employees spread across the world... and growing!
About the role
Our Strategic Finance Business Partner will run financial forecasting, budgeting and in-year reforecasting for Yoto's central group functions, manage their investment cases, and be the Finance business partner for our S&OP process. This is a great opportunity for someone who loves turning numbers into clear insight for non-finance colleagues, and who wants to shape how a fast-scaling business plans and makes decisions.
Responsibilities
Financial Forecasting and Budgeting
•Run forecasting, budgeting and in-year reforecasting for our central group functions, working closely with department leads to build plans that link to Yoto's strategy and KPIs
•Deliver continuous improvements in our forecasting process and financial governance, leveraging our EPM (Pigment), ERP (NetSuite) and support from our Data team to increase accuracy through better data integrity, systemisation and AI
•Build and model hands-on in Pigment to unlock better reporting and forecasting for group functions
Investment Cases
•Manage investment cases for our central group functions, from framing the problem and building the business case to testing the ROI and supporting prioritisation and sign-off
•Partner our Content, Product and Operations teams on CAPEX spend to ensure it's supported by a healthy ROI and prioritised accordingly
Group Business Partnering
•Be the Finance business partner for our S&OP process, using commercial thinking to balance demand vs. supply side risk, maximising revenue and limiting overstocks
•Partner on non-staff overheads, leveraging Pigment to promote self-service for department leads so that this is more variance management than report generation
•Support cash planning and working capital optimisation across the business
Requirements
•Experience presenting forecasts and variance analysis to non-finance colleagues, including senior leaders, in writing and in person, in a way that supports business decisions
•A track record of improving finance processes, for example by automating manual reporting or planning steps with Excel, planning tools, data tools or AI tools
•2+ years' post-qualification experience (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent practical experience, in FP&A, Strategic Finance or Commercial Finance
•Experience running budgeting and forecasting cycles and building financial models in Excel or a financial planning tool
•Experience building investment or business cases, and testing the assumptions behind them with budget holders
•Experience in a subscription business, working with metrics such as LTV, churn and retention
•Hands-on experience with a financial planning or EPM tool such as Pigment, including helping to configure or improve it to reduce manual planning work
How we use AI at Yoto
We think using AI to work smarter is part of the job. At Yoto, we use AI to help us move faster and reduce manual work so we can focus our time on creativity, problem-solving and impact. We don't want to use AI to cut corners - it's about smart usage that makes space for the work that really matters. Our intention is to be thoughtful about how we use AI. We treat its outputs as a starting point, not the final answer, and we take care to use it responsibly - especially given the trust families place in Yoto. We don't expect everyone to be an AI expert, but we do expect people to be curious, to experiment, and to keep improving how they work. If you prefer to do everything manually, you might find our pace and expectations challenging. The magic at Yoto comes from people working here, not their prompts. AI should help us move faster, not change what makes working here great.
Conditions & Benefits
Flexibility
•Hybrid working - at least 1 day a week on average in our central London office. You are welcome and encouraged to come in more than this. How you meet the minimum expectation is up to you, to ensure you're happy and productive in your role whilst also getting that vital face time with your colleagues
•'Work from anywhere' policy to work from a different location for up to 6 weeks every year
•Summer Hours policy to use between the months of June and August
Financial
•Income Protection, covering long term sickness for up to 2 years and company sick pay that increases with length of service
•Life Assurance cover from day one of your service
•Workplace Pension offering up to 4% employer contributions, following probation
•Generous employee referral bonus scheme
Health & Wellness
•Private Medical Insurance via Aviva, or a Wellbeing Allowance to be used for memberships, subscriptions, treatment or therapy
•Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) through WeCare
•Bike to work scheme
Time Off
•25 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays
•Your birthday off, plus 1 extra day of holiday for every year worked after you hit your 2 year anniversary, up to 5 extra days
•After 4 years of service, eligible for sabbatical policy offering up to 3 months' unpaid sabbatical
Helping Families
•Variety of family-friendly leave, including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, pregnancy loss and carers leave
•Workplace nursery scheme savings for parents of preschool-aged children
People & Planet
•Up to 2 volunteer days a year
•Book Allowance of up to £50 a year for professional development
Fun Perks
•Your very own Yoto player and starter pack of cards
•Regular company socials and celebrations, including annual YotoFest
This is a 12 month fixed-term contract.
