Senior Financial Analyst

Lucid Consulting was established to offer a curated community of on-demand experts with broad professional skills and experience. We are a people-focused, customer-driven consulting firm that helps organizations drive growth, adapt to change, and create value. Our deep technical, financial, and marketing capabilities help to deliver transformative solutions and consulting capabilities for a broad list of clients.

We put your skills and expertise to work by pairing you with high-impact projects at highly competitive rates.

Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst

Location: Redmond, WA - onsite

Schedule: M-F, 40 HR, OT expected during June and July

Duration/Start Date: 3/24/2025 - yes expected to be a full 18 month contract (budget permitting)

Salary Range: $46 - $51/hourly

Candidates with previous experience working at Microsoft Corporation, either as a full-time employee (FTE) or contractor, are strongly preferred.

Summary:

• This role provides the opportunity to Drive programs/projects from project initiation through delivery. Interface with clients on technical and business issues. Create and/or review multiple functional specifications that will be used as tools in making decisions as to how the product or service will be implemented.

Candidate Requirements

• Years of Experience Required: 5-7 overall years of experience in the field.
• Degrees or certifications required: NO degree is required to be eligible for this role. Financial Planning and Analysis would be great.
• Disqualifiers: Candidates with no exposure to planning, budget and forecasting will not be eligible for the role.
• Best vs. Average: Hands on demand planning or forecasting experience, meets all hard skill requirements, PowerBI experience. MSFT experience nice to have. Data analysis experience. Large tech company experience helpful.
• Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on how they meet deadlines and quality of work, team feedback.

Key Responsibilities:

• Target & Quota Support
• Assist in building and maintaining financial models to support target-setting and revenue planning.
• Help execute the annual target-setting process, ensuring data accuracy and timely delivery.
• Support process improvements by refining growth assumptions and business rules.
• Global & Field Collaboration
• Prepare reports, presentations, and communication materials to support GPS finance and field teams.
• Maintain collaboration channels, such as Teams, to facilitate alignment across global and regional stakeholders.
• Provide responsive support to internal teams on target-setting questions and adjustments.
• Post-Planning & Ongoing Support
• Track actual performance against targets, conducting ad-hoc analyses as needed.
• Assist in processing target adjustments and restatements.
• Support post-mortem reviews and documentation of process improvement opportunities.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 5 years of finance modeling experience, preferably in revenue planning and forecasting.
• Strong analytical skills with a detail-oriented approach.
• Intellectual curiosity and advanced learning skills to quickly understand complex data and financial processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience supporting executive presentations is a plus.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and quickly adapting to changing business needs.
• Prior experience in Microsoft Finance and/or FP&A is preferred.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required; experience with Power Pivot and Power BI expected as a plus.
• If you thrive in a dynamic, high-paced finance environment and enjoy supporting strategic planning efforts, wed love to hear from you!

Top 3 Hard Skills Required Years of Experience

1. Minimum 5 years Experience with Exceptional Excel experience

2. Minimum 5 years experience working in Power BI

3. Minimum 5 years experience with finance modeling experience, preferably in revenue planning and forecasting.

NOTE: We seek applicants with prior experience as contractors or full-time employees (FTE) at Microsoft Corporation. Additionally, we welcome applications for entry-level or junior consultant roles, as well as from individuals with a strong industry background aligned with the listed requirements.

This opportunity is open to individuals authorized to work in the United States. Unfortunately, visa sponsorship and C2C opportunities are not available at this time.