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| The strength in operating cash flow was primarily attributable to strong working capital management and favorable seasonality |
| In the fourth quarter, we delivered strong financial results with adjusted EBITDA at the high end of our guidance as well as our best ever bookings performance, which drove record growth of subscription ARR and backlog |
| We closed out 2023 with outstanding sales execution in the fourth quarter, demonstrated by a record total bookings performance that was over 75% higher than our previous all-time high for a single quarter |
| Now, we feel like we've done a very good job of addressing our spend in other areas of the business to maintain the types of margins that we're committing to, and that would certainly be the case here |
| Hey James, we feel pretty confident that the timing of, as we work through the converts and we scale our free cash flow profile, that that'll time up pretty well with when we expect to see opportunities come to the table with more realistic value expectations and higher quality assets |
| This was a retail opportunity and to win a deal of this magnitude in the credit union space highlights the strength and differentiation of our retail solutions |
| Overall, our sales success and associated backlog growth coupled with our improved profitability in 2023, gives me confidence in our ability to execute on the three-year financial targets that David just shared |
| In addition to these record deals, our sales success from the quarter was broad, covering a strong mix of net new and expansion deals with financial institutions of all sizes across our target segments |
| It's a very compelling story |
| And I think we'll be in a stronger position, we'll be more credible from a balance sheet perspective to be competitive in those deals |
| Financial institutions rapidly shifted their focus to attracting and growing deposits, which we believe contributed to one of the strongest demand environments we've seen in 20 years |
| And the strength of our product portfolio puts us in an advantageous position to capitalize on these market dynamics |
| We believe we're the only digital banking provider with best-in-class retail, small business and commercial solutions on a single platform that's proven to help financial institutions grow deposits |
| Our sales teams executed on the strong demand and product market fit, making 2023 our biggest bookings year ever, not only in terms of net new deals, but also in cross sales and renewal |
| Many of our customers are excited about our progress on profitable growth |
| And if I look at the state of our pipeline and the activity in the marketplace, we expect the strong demand environment to continue, as we believe the focus on deposits is here to stay for this foreseeable future |
| We've been using machine learning in our products for almost 15 years, helping our customers drive better fraud prevention, marketing and operational efficiency |
| In addition, we already have internal use cases for our employees leveraging AI, which has the potential to further enhance our operational efficiency |
| We believe that financial institutions are going to expect their vendors to have a comprehensive and compliant approach to AI, and that with our deep domain expertise, we're positioned to lead the way in delivering innovative solutions that anticipate the evolving demand of the industry and help our customers be more efficient and effective |
| We expect this will help drive acceleration in subscription revenue growth in 2025 as we implement some of the larger deals we signed in the second half of 2023 |
| We drove nearly 600 basis points of adjusted EBITDA improvement for the full year, while delivering an exceptional customer experience, continued product innovation, and maintaining an award winning culture |
| This record sales performance, our broad and differentiated product portfolio, as well as the rapid progress on our profitable growth initiatives, all demonstrate the strength of our business model and give me confidence in our trajectory looking ahead to 2024 and beyond |
| Coming off the last few years of highly complex operating conditions and a rapidly changing macro environment, we're especially pleased with the positive bookings performance and the impact it is having on our business |
| We also built on our legacy of product innovation and excellent customer experience, further deepening our competitive differentiation |
| And great to hear that you did and the record bookings didn't exhaust the late stage either, that's a good start for this year here |
| We're only in the early innings of seeing this flywheel effect, and we're excited about Q2 Innovation Studio's ability to continue differentiating us in the competitive landscape and drive even more strategic and economic value for our customers and Q2 over the long-term |
| We feel like we're going to have a solid first half to the year and continue to build the pipe and we can control what we can control and the other stuff we just got to manage through |
| In spite of a more challenging fintech backdrop than in prior years, we added new customers, extended some of our biggest existing customers, and launched new programs and products, and ended the year strong with a couple of wins in the fourth quarter |
| And we're going to continue to do that because it's what differentiates us and it's what gives us durability in this company to be able to achieve our targets over the next five to 10 years |
| In 2023, we saw record bookings, performance across net new, cross, and renewals resulting in record backlog growth |
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| In aggregate, our non-subscription based revenues for the fourth quarter declined by 6% year-over-year and represented 22% of total company revenue, down from 26% in the prior year period |
| Our free cash flow was negatively impacted by over $7 million from a few larger customers delaying invoices into 2024 |
| So if we do start to see a pickup in any of those revenue streams, you see some pressure on our gross margins |
| As expected, our services and transactional revenue categories both declined year-over-year in the fourth quarter, driven by continued pressure associated with some of our professional services engagements, which are more discretionary in nature, as well as lower pass-through revenue from our Helix business, both of which have been impacted by macroeconomic factors |
| And remember back to 2016, there's a little bit of a malaise in the sales cycle as a result of uncertainty |
| And just based on what we know today, the continued pressure on the other forms of revenue both transactional and services |
| Where you see a little bit of pressure is continued headwinds on this transactional and services |
| Our trailing 12-month total net revenue retention rate for 2023 was 108%, down from 110% in 2022 |
| So if we see some pressure on gross margin based upon incremental revenue with some of these line items that are lower margin, we'll adjust our spending to make sure that we hit the targets that we've given me |
| And you would think after the record performance we had to close out the year that the pipeline would kind of be drained a little bit |
| 2016 was a unique year because you had two unknown commodities and there was a lot of uncertainty |
| Just think of it as what we've seen over the last few quarters, which is low-single-digit declines year-over-year |
| The year-over-year growth also benefited from the effect of the previously disclosed mutual termination of an alt-fi customer contract in the fourth quarter of 2022, which negatively impacted our 2022 results and contributed 230 and 320 basis points, respectively to our Q4 2023 total revenue and subscription revenue growth rates |
| Like are you concerned that like all of these things are kind of hitting at the right time? You're clearly capturing it |
| So you're not seeing a total revenue number that's accelerating materially, despite the fact that you get this big bolus in demand |
| As a reminder, our first quarter is a seasonally low quarter for cash flow based on our annual bonus payout combined with the end of year commission payouts |
| Jonathan Price And hey, Joe, just to build on Matt's point, the aspect of us servicing and retiring our debts in no way shape or form prevents us from investing in the products |
| And so I don't see rates going down as fast as they went -- just going down as fast as they went up |
| So we're -- I tell people that whenever the customer or prospects tell me I'm good, I don't need to build anything, then we'll slow down |
| We're not going to provide an exact number on that, but it's not like we get to this 300 to 400 over the next three years and we're stopping |
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