Head of Finance Platform & Controls

Yoto; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday off

Sabbatical after 4 years

Workplace Pension up to 3% employer

Private Medical Insurance

Employee referral bonus

Yoto player starter pack

Job summary

Yoto seeks a Head of Finance Platform and Control to lead financial control, audit, tax and operations, and redesign delivery for an AI-enabled world. You will own the full finance platform, drive an autonomous operating model, and lead a cross-functional team with close partnership to engineering and product.

The role requires a qualified accountant with experience in close, audits, and international tax, and a track record of turning processes into automated, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience owning month-end close, statutory audit, and international tax complexity.
• Experience redesigning finance processes, moving from manual to automated or system-embedded approaches.
• Proven ability to apply AI or automation tools within a finance function and determine where human judgement is required.
• Experience leading and developing finance teams, building capability over time.

Responsibilities

• Own the full finance platform: month-end close, statutory audit, compliance, balance sheet integrity, intercompany, and reconciliations, driving toward an autonomous operating model.
• Lead tax and treasury for the business, with judgement calls siting at this level.
• Oversee AP/AR operations, including Tipalti, virtual card coding, and bank reconciliation, alongside royalties.
• Design the controls framework as architecture embedded in workflows, ensuring audit-readiness as a by-product.
• Partner with Platform Integrations to define future-state processes and automation.
• Report directly to the CFO and collaborate with engineering/product to apply a product development approach to finance processes.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Close ownership

AI in finance

Team leadership

Cross-functional

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Tools

NetSuite

Tipalti

Job description

Yoto seeks a Head of Finance Platform and Control to lead financial control, audit, tax and operations, and redesign delivery for an AI-enabled world. You will own the full finance platform, drive an autonomous operating model, and lead a cross-functional team with close partnership to engineering and product.

The role requires a qualified accountant with experience in close, audits, and international tax, and a track record of turning processes into automated, scalable systems.