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| We believe that our financial success enables us to give back to our communities and empowers our FlyMates to build their careers of a lifetime |
| Within this massive B2B TAM, Flywire is gaining traction in various subsegments of the market, including insurance, software and tech, manufacturing and distribution, franchises, and others that include the public sector |
| We are pleased to share our Q4 and fiscal 2023 results with you all, showing strong performance across the business |
| And as you've seen the success in the insurance product, in a very short period of time, we think we're at a unique position without any marketing dollars really to be spent to put great solutions in front of the payer that can make their experience great |
| And so that's a very exciting opportunity for us |
| We have great conviction in the team |
| Q4 revenue less ancillary services outperformance compared to our expectations was driven by stronger than expected volumes from new U.K |
| Flywire's revenue less ancillary services grew by 43% year-on-year, and our adjusted EBITDA increased to $42 million, or 11% of revenue less ancillary services |
| Both results were well above our targets discussed at the beginning of the year |
| So we have great conviction in the platform |
| This growth reflects continued confidence in our go-to-market and ongoing penetration of the TAM across our verticals |
| Our revenue growth rate was driven by increases in total payment volume due to strong growth from our international cross-border payment volumes in our education vertical, particularly with our U.K |
| We also continue to see success in our land and expand strategy in the United States, increasing the footprint of our full suite solution, landing many blue chip clients |
| In travel, we experienced strong growth in terms of new clients signed, most notably with tour operators and destination management companies |
| In B2B, we continue to sign large enterprise deals and see success in our partner strategy |
| At the midpoint of our full year 2022 guidance range, we expect to generate approximately 320 basis point improvement in adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue-less ancillary services for the year |
| And so we had overall a great quarter in terms of deployments across all the verticals |
| Lastly, we continued our strong track record of strategic M&A with the acquisition of StudyLink, and our sizable cash position allows us to pursue additional M&A that fits our core thesis |
| Mike Ellis and Rob Orgel will talk about full year 2024 guidance in detail, but our plan anticipates strong growth numbers in a complex macro environment, further expansion of EBITDA in alignment with our multi-year expectations, and delivering positive net income |
| We are truly excited for what is ahead for Flywire |
| And in that way, we may be a bit boring, but we think we're delivering great results |
| We expect to achieve adjusted EBITDA margin expansion through strong revenue growth in discipline spending offset in part by the adjusted gross margin impact from our ongoing shift in revenue mix |
| For example, in fiscal year 2023, we improved our sales ramp time from higher date to first deal close by more than 30% |
| And we feel really good about those results, too |
| So they are delivering well over their a nice multiple of their salary in terms of contract value wins in that first period |
| We have a very favorable ratio in terms of their contract value |
| We have seen significant success with partners like Ellucian and Bank of America, and we strongly believe further investment in channel partners can be a significant driver of future revenue |
| And the thing that we are very bullish on is that we are seeing very good efficiency as we invest and go to market |
| We're also feeling really good about our investments in the go to market |
| We expect to continue this focusing on managing all expenses, including personnel expense, in 2024 to produce additional improvement in run rate and personnel expense relative to revenue and to improve adjusted EBITDA margin |
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| This guidance reflects a reduction of Q1 revenue in the mid-single-digit millions due to changes in Canada |
| Our guidance reflects a net reduction of low-teens millions of dollars to revenue related to recent announcements that the Canadian government will reduce applications for international study permits |
| And we do expect Q1 to be our slowest growth quarter |
| Our technology and client service teams are obsessed with meeting our clients' needs |
| We're not satisfied with the results that we saw in 2023 and neither is the team |
| This is reducing applications, admissions decisions, and payments for many international students so far in Q1 |
| So just beat out travel by a little bit |
| And given the growth of our revenue amounts, we thought it'd be reasonable given the uncertainty specifically around the Canadian regulatory challenges |
| And then Rob, maybe just on the healthcare, Mike, healthcare down 1% |
| On the deal size, the average deal size just slightly lower than what you've seen across our sort of historical average, but only just slightly |
| In closing, I could not be more proud of the progress we made in 2023 |
| Stepping out of the verticals and moving to our efforts towards efficiency and scale, I would highlight that in 2023, while we grew revenue less ancillary services by 43%, we reduced our hiring by almost 50% in terms of incremental run rate spend versus what we added in 2022 |
| With respect to your adjusted gross margin question, we do expect continued revenue mix shifts over 2024 |
| And I would suggest similar to last year that the range of the AGM should be declining somewhere between 100 and 200 basis points |
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