Paras Kothari

Summary

CAREER PROFILE : I currently serve as Chief Financial Officer of PointPredictive, Inc ; an leading Fintech company providing AI and ML based SaaS & Software solutions to All Lenders (Auto, Personal, Home, Credit Card). I have led scale and transformation of the company that helps lenders find fraud before it occurs and removes friction for truthful borrowers. With Top MBA, CPA skills and high impact collaboration with business leaders throughout my career I have led finance and operations functions that drive growth in top & bottom line financial performance. HIGHLIGHTS : ● Value Creator and Tech Savvy with strong finance strategy (Organic and M&A) and operational finance leadership in industry dominant enterprises across the Fintech, Software, SaaS, Technology Services and Manufacturing industries. ● Scaled multiple Domestic and Global businesses to 4X+ Revenue and EBITDA / Profit from -50% to +30% ● Private Equity experience with 5 PE Firms over last 10+ years. ● Completed 10+ M&A transactions and sold 2 businesses. ● Public Company Finance Leadership - Division CFO, Corporate FP&A, SEC, Investor Reporting. ● Finance Transformation through Technology : Executed 3 ERP and 5 BI implementations. ● Operations Transformation : Implemented Recurring Revenue Models, repeatable Commercial Terms to streamline Sales Execution, Operational Efficiency through KPIs. ● Capital Strategy : Debt and Equity Financing at mature, turnaround and high-growth companies. SKILLS : ● Board and Investor Relations ● Private Equity ● IPO and Spinoff ● TECH Savvy : ERP, KPI Transformation and Change Management ● Building High Performing Teams ● M&A ● Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting ● Analytics ● P&L Management ● Pricing ● GAAP Rules / Implementation, Controllership and Reporting CAREER TRAJECTORY : I honed my expertise while advancing into financial leadership roles with NCR Corporation – a dominant provider of omni-channel technology solutions. From there, I served in senior roles at Private Equity backed companies, Fiserv – a leading global Financial Services company, Jindal - a sustainable manufacturing pioneer and most recently at a high growth Fintech startup Point Predictive. BUSINESS OPTIMIZATION & TRANSFORMATION: I collaborate with business leaders, gain buy-in & implement process and metrics to improve financial performance and create agile culture. I have a knack for anticipating the impact of key decisions, which enables me to effectively advise on planning scenarios, mitigate risk & identify opportunities to improve performance