Strategic Finance Business Partner, Group Functions (12 month FTC) in London

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.

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.

What you’ll be doing:

• 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.

What you’ll bring:

• 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.

Nice to have:

• 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.

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 based on experience

What you can expect from Yoto:

• 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. Take advantage of our ‘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: Receive 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 to promote healthier lifestyles.
• Time Off: 25 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays. On top of this, you also receive 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, you are also eligible for our sabbatical policy offering up to 3 months' of unpaid sabbatical.
• Helping Families: Variety of family-friendly leave, including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, pregnancy loss and carers leave. Unlock savings with our workplace nursery scheme, designed to support parents of preschool-aged children.
• People & Planet: Up to 2 volunteer days a year. A Book Allowance of up to £50 a year to contribute to your professional development.
• Fun Perks: You receive your very own Yoto player and starter pack of cards! Regular company socials and celebrations, including our annual YotoFest!

Equity and Diversity

At Yoto, we love creating a world where childhood is rich with discovery and joy. We’re also passionate about building a workplace where everyone can thrive - both professionally and personally. We value flexibility and give our team the freedom to balance life and work in ways that suit them. We're committed to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their background, feel valued and supported.