Strategic Finance Manager
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
We're on a mission to make video easy for everyone. Born in an AI lab, our AI video communications platform simplifies the entire video production process, making it easy for everyone, regardless of skill level, to create, collaborate, and share high-quality videos. Whether it's for delivering essential training to employees and customers or marketing products and services, Synthesia enables large organizations to communicate and share knowledge through video quickly and efficiently. We're trusted by leading brands such as Heineken, Zoom, Xerox, McDonald's and more. Read and what .In 2023, we were one of 7 European companies to reach unicorn status. In February 2024, G2 named us as the fastest growing company in the world. We've raised over $150M in funding from top-tier investors, including Accel, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, Google and top founders and operators including Stripe, Datadog, Miro, Webflow, and Facebook.About the role…Strategic Finance is a high-impact function focused on optimizing capital allocation across the organization and creating long-term business value. Synthesia is scaling at a rapid pace as we capture a huge market opportunity. With that, the requirements of the Strategic Finance function in supporting senior stakeholder decision-making continue to grow.We are seeking a highly analytical Strategic Finance Manager to join our dynamic team. This role sits at the intersection of finance, strategy, and operations. You'll partner directly with senior leaders across GTM, Product, and Operations to influence decision-making, ensure financial rigor, and support growth. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, brings structured problem-solving to complex challenges, and communicates effectively across all levels of the organization.What you'll be doing…
- Act as a key stakeholder in Financial planning: annual budgeting, near-term forecasting, and long-range planning.
- Develop and manage the organization's revenue model, aligning it with headcount, productivity, and quota planning.
- Collaborate with RevOps and Analytics teams in designing performance metrics and building accurate and accessible reporting tools.
- Monitor performance against long-term targets, identifying and quantifying deviations to inform opportunities or course corrections.
- Drive reporting, process, and discipline for finance routines across the organisation (budget, forecast, monthly reviews).
- Build and maintain in-depth revenue and cost analysis models, ensuring quality and accuracy.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to refine and maintain headcount, productivity, and quota models.
- Support CFO and leadership on special projects such as fundraising, M&A, or new product launches.
- 7+ years in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Investment Banking, or similar.
- Strong understanding of SaaS or subscription-based business models.
- Exceptional modeling skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear business narratives.
- Experience supporting GTM or revenue-generating teams (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success).
- Ability to independently extract, analyze, and evaluate information from various data sources.
- Expert proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets and familiarity with BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI or Looker; SQL experience is a strong plus.
- Excellent communication and senior stakeholder management skills, especially with non-finance audiences.
- Innate curiosity, proactive mindset, high attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
- In-depth understanding of the value and cost drivers in a hypergrowth SaaS environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced, high-growth, PE/VC-backed organizations.
- Proficiency in SQL.
- Experience with FP&A software.
- Put the Customer First
- Own it & Go Direct
- Be Fast & Experimental
- Make the Journey Fun