Tori Danforth

About Tori Danforth

MBA and Certified Public Accountant with financial analysis, business process consulting, and internal audit experience in the consumer technology (both hardware and software) and Software as a Service (SaaS) industries. Experience developing, managing, and analyzing financial statements. Confident communicator with all levels of management. Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and lead global teams.

Experience

1. Sr Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

   Relativity

   Apr 2022 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Strategic Business Finance 2025 - presentDevelop a long-range plan (5+ years) to provide guardrails for future business goals and growth. Model scenarios to determine opportunities and risks to topline growth. Leverage key learnings from the LRP to design the company\'s annual operating plan for the upcoming year.Create and implement financial business case process for key initiatives and investments. Develop product-level P & Ls to provide additional clarity to management team on spend and ROI trends.Act as business partner to executives, enabling them to meet their strategic and operating goals while also ensuring company spending goals are met. Manage team of Finance Business Partners who support the business\' operations on a day-to-day basis and are responsible for forecasting and planning for their teams.Support new ERP implementation project.Corporate FP & A 20••••24Build out and manage processes for financial reporting, forecasting, and planning of P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow (+FCF) statements.Deliver quality reporting to Executives, Investors, and Board of Directors. Bridge views between internal management (ASC 605) and external (ASC 606) reporting, EBITDA vs. Net Income, etc. Report out on key metrics (ARR, NDR, churn, unit economics, margins, etc).Re-design of legacy Adaptive Insights instance including standing up key integrations (Intacct, Workday), re-setting organization structures, and developing modeling capabilities within the system to alleviate manual work.Act as FP & A point-of-contact on key projects, including- Implementation of cost to serve, customer segment, and product modeling - Redesign of historical company P&L allocations to align financial statement lines (COR, R&D, etc.) more closely to current business practices - Changes to people costs such as LTI modeling, outsourcing, salary market adjustments, etc- Corporate real estate changes (site expansion/contraction) and usage modeling

Education

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Corporate Finance, Strategic Management, & Entrepreneurship

  2012 — 2014

• Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School

  BSBA, Accounting, Finance

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Consolidation
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Strategy
• Us Gaap
• Financial Forecasting
• Auditing
• Six Sigma
• Internal Audit
• Essbase
• Financial Reporting
• Management
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Oracle Applications
• Revenue Recognition
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Financial Modeling
• Process Improvement
• Internal Controls
• Analytical Skills
• Corporate Finance
• Portfolio Management
• Leadership
• Budgets
• Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Variance Analysis
• Analysis