Director, Professional Services Finance & Operations
Kofax Inc, Irvine, CA; $500M Process Automation Software ProviderAcquired by Thoma Bravo as a portfolio company in July 2017.•Annual budget, monthly/quarterly forecasting, revenue; expense; burdened costs and margin variance analysis for a Professional Services division with $48M in revenue and 185 employees•Lead Operations Support team responsible for project set up, order fulfillment booking; time entry input/accuracy, and invoicing for 1,000+ corporate accounts/projects.•Month end close cycle including all accruals, journal entries, revenue recognition/reporting. (T&M/Fixed Price); Inter-company cost transfers, FX/Foreign Currency impact, Cash Flow Forecasting, GL review/audit, SOX compliance, overall P&L/Balance Sheet management•Lead reporting responsibilities for all KPI’s including backlog, bookings, utilization, headcount, effective hourly bill rates, book/bill ratio’s and Software license/bookings attach rates.•Responsible for quarter-end Board package along with all financial/operational metric related reporting for C-Level executive management team, Board, and Equity Partner owners.•Preparation of analytical commentary to explain actual vs expected results•Drafting of all divisional variable compensation/bonus plans along with models that have improved planning, forecasting, and accrual accuracy in addition to “on time” payouts.•Improved bottom line margin %/EBITDA 2x during my tenure managing financials.•Report directly to EVP of Customer Success Operations with 7 direct reports.