Finance Manager (Payroll & Accounts) in London

We're looking for a Head of Strategic Finance to join our Finance team to lead capital strategy, FP&A, and commercial decision support at a critical stage of Yoto's growth.About YotoYoto 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. Voted the 14th fastest-growing private software technology company in Britain in The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025; We’re on a mission to be the soundtrack of childhood, and help families on their own unique adventures. By creating products that inspire independent play, we help families discover and grow with an inspiring world of audio - and we would like you to help us achieve it! Yoto’s Finance TeamYoto's Finance team is agile by design. We believe agile, well-structured teams move faster, build stronger relationships across the business, and make better decisions. The team supports significant revenue across hardware, content, subscriptions, and global operations, and is actively rebuilding its engine for an AI-enabled world, with a clear mandate to reduce processing time and invest that bandwidth in strategic work. This role sits at the heart of that ambition, working closely with the CFO and embedded across commercial, product, and engineering teams.Lead capital strategy, fundraise readiness, and board narrative - owning the numbers and the story that sits behind them for senior stakeholders and investorsDrive scenario modelling and commercial decision support across the business, partnering with commercial, growth, content, product, and engineering teamsOwn the unit economics of Yoto's content business - including royalty structures, card library performance, and the P&L of Yoto Originals and Yoto SpaceLead and develop a small team of strategic finance business partners, each owning a defined slice of the commercial picture across market, growth, and internationalOwn Yoto's FP&A platform (Pigment), ensuring it delivers clean, decision-ready outputs; partnering with Finance Platform on the systems underneath itDefine and lead the development of departmental roadmaps and initiatives that support Yoto's long-term financial strategy, working alongside the CFO and senior leadership.Proven experience in FP&A or strategic finance at a senior level, with a track record of building models and forecasts that have directly informed business decisionsExperience presenting to boards or senior investors, with the ability to translate financial complexity into clear, compelling narrativeA working understanding of content economics — royalty structures, IP ownership models, or subscription unit economics — or the commercial curiosity to develop it quicklyExperience managing and developing finance professionals, with a clear approach to setting expectations, developing capability, and maintaining high standardsStrong command of FP&A tooling (experience with Pigment or a comparable platform is an advantage) and confidence working alongside ERP systems such as NetSuite.Experience working in a consumer hardware or media/content businessExposure to fundraising processes and investor relations at a scale-up or growth-stage company.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. AI should help us move faster, not change what makes working here great.What you can expect from Yoto:Flexibility: Hybrid working - At least1 day a week on average in our central London office. 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 to 3% 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 and unlimited access to Dental advice and guidance via Toothfairy. 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.A Book Allowance of up to 50 a year to contribute to your professional development.We’re also passionate about building a workplace where everyone can thrive - both professionally and personally. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group holds bi-monthly forums to elevate diverse voices and perspectives, ensuring everyone at Yoto feels heard, respected, and appreciated.We share audio content from a vibrant and diverse community of creators (check out our DEI selection), and we are building a team that reflects that same diversity. We invite candidates from all walks of life to explore opportunities with us and join a company that champions flexibility, equity, and inclusion. Take a look at our website for more information on our approach to People and Planet.All correspondence from our Talent team will only come through Teamtailor, our application tracking system.