LucidLink is a fast-growing startup on a mission to make data instantly and securely accessible from everywhere. As remote and hybrid work has become the new normal, our cloud-based technology enables teams to instantly access files and collaborate from anywhere in a familiar format that works like a local hard drive.
LucidLink’s solution is designed for workflows involving huge files, massive data sets and real-time collaboration. Our customers include the world’s most creative companies like Paramount, Warner Brothers, Epic Games, Spotify, A+E and Netflix. We were founded in 2016 by storage industry experts and support over one billion customer files across more than 40+ countries. LucidLink is headquartered in San Francisco, California, has an engineering office in Sofia, Bulgaria, and remote employees across North America, Europe, and Australia.
Reasons to join LucidLink:Tackle big challenges: You’ll have the chance to solve complex, high-stakes problems that redefine how teams collaborate globally. By starting with the Media & Entertainment industry and expanding into data-intensive sectors, you’ll gain deep insight into cutting-edge technologies and play a role in shaping the future of global workflows.
Values-led culture: Our values don’t just exist on paper—they guide every decision and interaction. You’ll thrive in an environment where integrity, innovation, and empathy are at the core of how we operate, empowering you to grow personally and professionally.
Hypergrowth journey: Joining a company with rapid growth means unparalleled opportunities for advancement, learning, and being part of an exciting journey toward unicorn status. You’ll experience the adrenaline of startup speed combined with the satisfaction of building something truly impactful.
Immediate impact: At LucidLink, your work will matter—immediately. You’ll be part of a tight-knit team of 230+ builders working at startup speed, where your ideas and actions will create tangible, exponential results that contribute to our collective success.
Comprehensive benefits: We believe in investing in our people. With flexible PTO, a competitive salary, stock options, and full health coverage, you’ll feel supported both professionally and personally while enjoying a strong work-life balance.
Please note: applications for this role will close on March 30th at 11:59 pm Pacific. You do not need to be in the first 100 applications to be hired at LucidLink. A human will review all applications so please use this time to read the job description in full and craft a thoughtful application. Incomplete submissions or those from popular auto-applier services may be rejected.
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The Opportunity:LucidLink is hiring a Senior Director of FP&A to lead financial planning on our journey to $100M in ARR.
In short, the mission of this role is to ensure the Long-Range Plan and Annual Operating Plan are executed with precision while scaling LucidLink's financial systems to support a global, high-growth SaaS organization.
Key outcomes for success:Improve Finance team efficiency through the adoption of AI-enabled tools and workflows
Own the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Long-Range Plan (LRP), and rolling forecasts across all departments.
Lead the budgeting process, ensuring the creation of a high-quality budget that aligns with business goals
Improve the accuracy and reliability of financial forecasts
Develop and refine all the financial models while providing actionable insights
Streamline financial operations and processes, reducing manual efforts and increasing overall efficiency within the finance function
Help to build out the Quote-to-Cash system(s) implementation
Drive capacity planning, go-to-market analysis and budget planning for LucidLink's GTM organization
Partner with FinOps to support cloud cost optimization initiatives company-wide
Financial Acumen: Deep understanding of financial principles, budgeting, forecasting, and modeling, with the ability to create and manage complex financial processes effectively.
Business Acumen: Capacity to align financial strategies with the company’s long-term goals, ensuring that budgeting and forecasting processes support overall business objectives.
Technical Proficiency:
Strong command of financial systems and tools, (NetSuite, FloQast, SFDC, etc) with the ability to troubleshoot and optimize these systems.
Highly skilled in Excel (Pivots Tables, VLOOKUP, Advanced Formulas, Copilot, etc) with the ability to create, manage, and analyze complex financial models.
Initiative and Self-Reliance: Demonstrates a strong ability to independently manage and execute the budgeting process, taking full ownership of financial planning tasks without relying on a team.
Analytical Skills: Strong ability to analyze financial data, identify trends, and provide actionable insights that support strategic decision-making.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Skilled in working collaboratively with various departments to gather input and insights, ensuring that the budgeting process is informed by a comprehensive understanding of the organization’s needs and goals.
Initial interview w/ LucidLink recruiter
Hiring Manager interview
Cross-functional interviews:
Financial Controller
People and Culture
Go-To-Market
Top Skills
What We Do
The Cloud NAS LucidLink has reimagined the file system built for the cloud to provide a truly innovative alternative to today’s prevailing architectures. Engineered for enterprises seeking a scalable, reliable file service with best-in-class security and zero operational overhead, LucidLink revolutionizes the use of object storage for modern cloud-computing environments by transforming the cloud into a local storage tier. LucidLink Filespaces cloud-native NAS solution is ideal for organizations that would like to take advantage of cloud storage economics and utilize it for applications, file systems, and high-performance workloads. Built-in software, running on the endpoint, delivered as SaaS, with no middleware and no appliance, virtual or physical. LucidLink leverages cloud-based storage with the functionality you expect from an on-premises hardware NAS – only better. A Filespace is a shared global namespace that acts like any other high-performance network-attached storage (NAS) even though the data is hosted in the cloud. Designed to address the business needs around storing large data sets on and off-premise and accessing them over distance, distributed teams get secure, on-demand access to digital assets, and can collaborate on files, in the cloud, from anywhere. LucidLink’s SaaS approach improves scalability, reliability, and data durability while enhancing team collaboration and productivity. Customers benefit from time, cost savings, tighter control over data storage, security, and device and sovereignty mandates.
