Strategic Finance Business Partner, Americas

We’re looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our Strategic Finance team and own all things financial planning, partnering and decision making across our Americas region.

Working as part of a global Strategic Finance team, this role is a crucial addition for expanding local expertise through bringing greater financial clarity and direction to Yoto’s largest sales region. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual who’s driven by performance management, passionate about turning data into insights and well versed in linking Finance with Strategy to unlock sustainable growth in a diverse and scaling business.

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 Brain Bots.

• 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 Fast
  50.

• Named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Inventions of 2020.

• We’re over 200 employees spread across the world.. and growing!

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!

Performance Management

• Be the custodian of the Americas P&L, maximising delivery through effective reporting, reviews and challenge across Revenue and down to Contribution Margin

• Maximise working capital through being an integral part of the S&OP process, ensuring that demand is balanced against realistic growth expectations

• Partner with both local and group teams to identify opportunities for improving profitability and unlocking sustainable growth in customer LTV.

Financial Forecasting

• Own the annual Budget and Reforecast processes for the Americas region, partnering local teams to ensure that all inputs are appropriately captured, reviewed and that the plan is appropriately balanced for risks and opportunities

• Be the regional beacon for Yoto’s long range plan, partnering with the Americas leadership team to establish a 3-5 year plan which can boost the global plan and galvanise local stakeholders behind a longer term vision for the region.

Local Business Partnering and Controllership

• Partner with local eCommerce, Retail, Marketing, Content and Operations teams to increase financial understanding and accountability through:

  • Pricing decision involvement to protect margin integrity across all channels

  • Channel investment appraisal (DTC and Retail) to ensure that spend is allocated appropriately for overall return/performance

  • Content investment appraisal to balance payback with strategic importance

  • Driving the necessary reporting improvements to unlock better decision making, e.g. customer P&Ls, R&Os, margin analysis, cohort analysis

• Be the owner of the local Balance Sheet, supporting the Group Financial Control team on local controllership matters as required.

EPM Contributor

• Be a key contributor to our EPM system, Pigment, building and modelling within the tool to unlock reporting…