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| With that said, a better macro and execution, we can do better |
| So what we feel exceptionally good about is all of our clients |
| Both of these changes will increase speed and accountability, driving improved sales execution in 2024, particularly in Data Tech AI |
| Gross margin in the fourth quarter expanded 70 basis points year-over-year, primarily reflecting cost management actions implemented early last year |
| Bookings for the full year reached $4.9 billion, up a strong 26% on a year-over-year basis, as we signed a record 14 new large deals, each with total contract value greater than $50 million |
| Inflows remained healthy, resulting in a high-quality pipeline that reached near-record levels as we exited the year |
| That is also helping us improve our win rate |
| And that has helped us increase the win rate percentage in a significant fashion and we -- this was in 2023, we had 14 large deals, greater than $50 million |
| Adjusted operating income was 17.7%, up 70 basis points year-over-year, primarily due to higher gross margin and general operating leverage |
| Despite our flat gross margin, adjusted operating income margin expanded 50 basis points year-over-year to 17%, primarily driven by cost efficiencies and operating leverage |
| One is we are very, very proud of the win rate that we achieved |
| Fifth, investments in our large deal team generated the strong bookings and pipeline that I described earlier |
| Now, that being said, we have some good tailwinds coming into the year at the 20%, 26%, I should say, growth in bookings |
| So win rates had a pretty nice uptick |
| But we are very, very proud of all the client base that we have |
| In closing, I’m confident that the path BK is laying to drive increased focus, speed and accountability through the organization will put us in strong position to drive long-term shareholder value |
| His deep understanding of our business, the trust and relationships he has built with our clients, and his strategic leadership with a strong bias for technology and AI has been a key driver of our success, driving the significant expansion of our consumer healthcare and financial services verticals that collectively generated $2.8 billion in revenue in 2023 |
| We really feel good about that |
| We believe we are ahead in the AI conversations and really feel excited about our capabilities and the ones that we are going to build |
| The overall credit quality of our portfolio continues to be very strong |
| I have seen firsthand the incredible dedication of the Genpact team and the significant value we add to our clients, designing, implementing and running mission-critical operations for some of the world’s biggest brands |
| I am very proud of the team and the long-term accomplishments outlined a moment ago |
| Despite the higher DSOs, we were able to generate $491 million of cash from operations, exceeding our expectations for the year |
| We have been exceptionally fortunate to have Tiger lead us for the past 12 years |
| Gross margin is expected to start the year at approximately 34.5% in the first quarter and increase over the course of the year as we make progress with offshoring delivery, improving utilization and the continued adoption of non-FTE pricing commercial models |
| Adjusted operating income margin is expected to start the year at approximately 16% in the first quarter and increase steadily over the course of the year as gross margin improves |
| I believe we are in a unique position to further leverage our domain and industry expertise, access to Data and CXO relationships to deliver improved performance for clients and thereby improve revenue growth and profitability for Genpact |
| And C, strengthening our partner relationships to deliver holistic solutions |
| So partners is also helping us increase our win rates |
| With undrawn debt capacity and existing cash balances, we have ample flexibility to pursue growth opportunities and execute on our capital allocation strategy of reinvesting back in our business, pursuing M&A and returning capital to shareholders |
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| Unfortunately, that is netted against the weak macro that we have seen notably hitting us in small deals |
| Sole sourced deals represented 40% of bookings below our typical 50% level, reflecting the much higher number of large deal wins, which tend to be more competitive |
| As I reflect on 2023, there is no doubt that a macroeconomic environment challenges us and the industry as a whole |
| This was largely due to the impact of ramping of new large deal wins with significant portion of onshore delivery that exhibited lower gross margin in their early years |
| Point number one, more broadly, clients still are seeing the uncertain environment and that’s what you see in our macro comments that Mike alluded to |
| Our full year tax rate was negative 4.8%, down from the 24% in 2022, largely due to the non-recurring benefit from the IP transfer I mentioned earlier |
| Lastly, our attrition rate for the fourth quarter was 23%, near the low end of our historical levels |
| As well as DTI, it just has a seasonal low in the first quarter |
| But I must also say that we must improve our execution to reach our full potential |
| That said, improving execution will not happen overnight |
| I want to be clear that doing business as usual, just doing what we have done in the past, only slightly better, is not acceptable |
| However, when you look at the vintage or the historical vintage of existing contracts, we have higher deal related productivity on those existing contracts, which is typical in terms of the timing, which pulls down some of that growth, as well as with the absence of second half of 2023, we just had large -- fewer large deals flowing in, which is going to affect us in the first half of the year |
| SG&A as percentage of revenue declined 110 basis points to 20.4%, largely due to the absence of expenses related to the non-strategic business that was divested, as well as overall operating leverage, offset by higher investment activity during the latter half of the year |
| Our actual results could differ materially due to a number of important risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors in our 10-K and our 10-Q filings with the SEC |
| And I would say, look, macro, we don’t control |
| Tiger Tyagarajan And I was on mute |
| Our effective tax rate was negative 83.8%, compared to 27.1% during the same period last year, primarily driven by a non-recurring $170 million benefit related to intercompany transfer of certain intellectual property rights |
| With regard to BK, our Board could not have picked a better person to be Genpact’s next CEO |
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