The Financial Planning Analyst supports financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision-making, partnering cross-functionally to provide insights and analysis.
About SynMax:
Based in Houston, Texas, with offices in London and New York, SynMax is a pioneering data intelligence company specializing in maritime and energy intelligence. By integrating advanced satellite imagery and AI, SynMax delivers unparalleled insights into maritime operations, oil and gas development, coal inventory, and LNG flows, enabling businesses and organizations to make data-driven decisions with precision and confidence.
Job Description:
The Financial Planning Analyst will play a key role in supporting SynMax’s financial planning, forecasting, and strategic decision-making.
This is a mid-level FP&A role for a commercially minded, analytically strong finance professional with experience operating in fast-moving, technology or data-driven environments. The successful candidate will support forecasting, reporting, financial modelling, and cross-functional decision support as SynMax continues to scale.
This role combines financial rigour, systems thinking, and business partnering, and will work closely with senior stakeholders across the company.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Build and maintain driver-based financial models, including forecasts, scenario planning, cash flow models, and unit economics.
- Support rolling forecasts, annual budgeting, and long-term planning cycles.
- Develop and refine key financial and operational KPIs.
- Partner with leaders across Product, Sales, Engineering, and Operations to provide financial insight and decision support.
- Performance Analysis & Reporting
- Support preparation of monthly reporting packages for leadership and board-level review.
- Analyse financial and operational performance against plan, forecast, and prior periods.
- Identify and communicate key variances, trends, and underlying performance drivers.
- Strengthen the quality, consistency, and efficiency of financial reporting outputs.
- Systems & Financial Processes
- Support the implementation, improvement, or upgrade of finance systems and tools as SynMax scales.
- Work with data and engineering teams to improve integration of operational data into financial reporting and planning.
- Contribute to automation of reporting, forecasting, and analytics workflows.
- Support improvements to financial data quality, structure, and accessibility.
- Strategic Finance & Business Support
- Support pricing analysis, scenario modeling, and commercial decision-making.
- Contribute to financial analysis for new initiatives, investments, or expansion opportunities.
- Support analysis of revenue performance, customer metrics, and unit economics, as appropriate to SynMax’s business model.
- Assist with strategic finance activities including fundraising support and investor-related analysis when required.
- Cross-Functional Business Partnering
- Act as a finance partner to non-finance teams, helping them understand financial implications of decisions.
- Translate complex financial analysis into clear, actionable insight for stakeholders.
- Build strong working relationships across product, commercial, and operational functions.
Required Experience
- Around 5 years’ experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or closely related finance roles.
- Experience working in technology, SaaS, or data-driven environments.
- Strong experience building and using financial models for forecasting and scenario planning.
- Experience supporting company-wide budgeting and performance analysis.
- Experience working with modern finance systems, ERPs, or financial reporting tools.
Key Skills & Compentencies
- Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
- Ability to interpret financial and operational data and translate it into insight.
- Experience working cross-functionally with senior stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable Experience
- Experience supporting system implementation, transformation, or automation initiatives.
- Experience working with BI tools or advanced reporting platforms.
- Exposure to revenue analysis, unit economics, or subscription-based business models.
- Familiarity with financial data integration or operational systems.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
SynMax is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status.
Top Skills
Bi Tools
Budgeting
Erp Systems
Financial Modeling
Financial Reporting Tools
Forecasting
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