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The role partners closely with executive leadership to translate business strategy into financial outcomes while delivering actionable insights that improve revenue growth, recurring revenue performance, margin expansion, capital allocation, and operating efficiency.\nThe Director leads a high-performing FP&A team and serves as the primary liaison between the division and Corporate FP&A, ensuring financial integrity, forecasting accuracy, enterprise planning alignment, and timely execution of all corporate reporting requirements.\nThis is a highly visible leadership position requiring exceptional business acumen, executive presence, analytical rigor, and the ability to influence strategic decisions across a complex software and professional services organization.\nLocation:Plano, Texas (Onsite)\nResponsibilities\nStrategic Financial Leadership\nServe as the primary finance business partner to the Division President and senior leadership team, providing strategic guidance on business 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ensuring compliance with Corporate FP&A deadlines.\n\nDrive forecast accuracy through continuous evaluation of business performance, market trends, customer behavior, and operational drivers.\n\nContinuously improve forecasting methodologies through predictive analytics, automation, AI-enabled planning tools, and advanced financial modeling techniques.\n\nPartner with Corporate FP&A to support enterprise planning initiatives and executive financial reporting.\n\nRevenue, SaaS & Margin Management\nPartner closely with Sales leadership to evaluate pipeline health, bookings, renewals, customer expansion, churn, pricing strategies, and revenue forecasts.\n\nForecast software revenue in accordance with ASC 606 while managing key assumptions including:\nSaaS growth\n\nOn-premise to SaaS migrations\n\nCustomer expansion\n\nCustomer churn\n\nRevenue contraction\n\nImplementation timing\n\nMonitor and analyze recurring revenue metrics including:\nAnnual Recurring Revenue (ARR)\n\nNet Revenue Retention (NRR)\n\nCustomer Lifetime Value (LTV)\n\nCustomer Acquisition Cost (CAC)\n\nGross Revenue Retention (GRR)\n\nAverage Revenue Per User (ARPU)\n\nPartner with Professional Services leadership to optimize project profitability through analysis of:\nBacklog\n\nUtilization\n\nBillable hours\n\nRevenue per consultant\n\nDelivery margins\n\nResource capacity\n\nProject profitability\n\nIdentify opportunities to improve gross margin through pricing optimization, delivery efficiency, workforce planning, automation, and operational improvements.\n\nExecutive Reporting & Business Intelligence\nLead the preparation of executive financial reporting packages for Division leadership, Executive Management, and Corporate Finance.\n\nDeliver meaningful analysis explaining business performance, forecast variances, risks, opportunities, and strategic recommendations.\n\nDevelop executive dashboards using enterprise business intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar) that provide real-time visibility into financial and operational performance.\n\nPresent financial performance, strategic recommendations, and key business insights to executive leadership with confidence and credibility.\n\nContinuously enhance reporting capabilities through automation, visualization, and self-service analytics.\n\nKey performance indicators include:\nAnnual Recurring Revenue (ARR)\n\nNet Revenue Retention (NRR)\n\nBookings\n\nRevenue\n\nGross Margin\n\nOperating Income\n\nOperating Expenses\n\nEBITDA\n\nHeadcount\n\nCapital Expenditures\n\nCustomer Churn\n\nSaaS Growth\n\nProfessional Services Utilization\n\nRevenue per Consultant\n\nBacklog\n\nCash Flow Drivers\n\nCross-Functional Business Partnership\nPartner with leaders across Sales, Professional Services, Product Development, Customer Support, Marketing, Human Resources, and Corporate Finance to drive financial performance and operational excellence.\n\nCollaborate with HR to incorporate workforce planning, hiring strategies, compensation plans, organizational design, and productivity assumptions into financial forecasts.\n\nSupport sales compensation planning, commission calculations, and incentive analysis.\n\nProvide financial guidance for strategic initiatives, operational improvements, product launches, pricing decisions, and investment prioritization.\n\nEstablish meaningful KPIs that drive accountability across the organization.\n\nOrganizational Leadership\nServe as a trusted advisor and key member of the Division Leadership Team with matrix accountability to the Division President.\n\nLead, coach, mentor, and develop a high-performing FP&A organization that delivers exceptional financial partnership and analytical support.\n\nEstablish a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence.\n\nDrive finance transformation initiatives that improve planning processes, reporting automation, forecasting accuracy, and analytical capabilities.\n\nChampion adoption of modern FP&A technologies, AI-enabled forecasting tools, and best practices across the finance organization.\n\nQualifications\nRequired:\nBachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field\n\n10+ years of progressive FP&A experience, including leadership responsibility within a public company or enterprise software organization\n\nExperience supporting a $100M+ business with multiple revenue streams, including SaaS and professional services\n\nStrong understanding of SaaS business models, recurring revenue economics, and ASC 606 revenue recognition\n\nDemonstrated experience partnering directly with executive leadership to influence strategic business decisions\n\nAdvanced expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, scenario analysis, and business case development\n\nExperience developing executive dashboards and business intelligence reporting using Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics 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They possess the executive presence to influence senior leaders, the analytical rigor to solve complex business problems, and the leadership capability to build and develop high-performing teams.\nThis individual is equally comfortable presenting to executive leadership, developing sophisticated financial models, leveraging AI and advanced analytics to improve forecasting accuracy, and challenging assumptions that drive better business decisions. They are naturally curious, operationally focused, and passionate about using data to accelerate growth, improve profitability, and create long-term enterprise value.\nWhy This Role Matters\nAs the senior finance leader supporting a major Tyler Technologies business division, this role is instrumental in shaping strategy, driving operational performance, and enabling executive decision-making. 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