redwood under the hood final - LexisNexis Administration – Account Master ... Profit to GL...
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2012 Redwood Analytics® User ConferenceAnalysis. Insight. Action.
Redwood Under the Hood
Dan Ronesi and Michelle St. PierreSenior Consultants
2012 Redwood Analytics® User ConferenceAnalysis. Insight. Action.
Behind the Scenes
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Firm Data Sources
Redwood Server, onsite at your firm
Billing System, Payroll, HR, GL, Excel
Redwood Data Warehouse
Redwood Products
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The Redwood Application Job
• The Redwood Application job runs nightly• Billing system data is loaded into Redwood’s copy of the billing system
tables• On a daily basis, the Nightly process runs and creates the Daily Inventory
cube• Any applicable reporting tables related to the Daily Inventory cube will
process nightly, as well as the Redwood Suite if applicable• On the day designated as the Monthly cutoff, the Monthly job step will
start at the end of the Nightly process• All monthly Cubes and Reporting tables will update in the Monthly job
step
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The Redwood Application Job (con’t)
• On the day designated as the Profit Cutoff, the Profit job step will run after the Monthly process is complete
• All applicable cubes and reporting tables will process on the Profit Cutoff Date
• Monthly and Profit cutoffs can be set for the same day, but they do not have to process on the same business day
• Cubes are processed at the end of each specific job step:
– For firms using the Cognos cubes, they are generally built on the Redwood (Build) server and copied to a specified location for user access. This is often the Redwood_Cubes directory on the build server.
– For firms using Analysis Services cubes in the Redwood Suite, the cubes are built on the Redwood server and copied over to the Application server for user access via the Analysis tab in the Suite.
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Redwood Administration – Current Status
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Redwood Administration – Monthly Cutoffs
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Configuration
Work time method• Does it run by period or by transaction date?
Cutoff for ‘Material vs. Small’ Clients• Our standard is 500 hours in the life of the cubes
Delinquency Days• In Daily Inventory, when is an invoice considered delinquent?
Historic Working Timekeeper• Where are they at the beginning of the month vs. the end of the month?
Timekeeper Active Status• Can be driven by hire/term dates OR FTE file
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Configuration (con’t)
Contingent Risk• For Profit clients, what is the risk percent of contingent WIP balances?
Direct Cost Allocation• In Profit, how should we allocate the ‘direct cost plug’?
Overhead Allocation for Part Time timekeepers• Full or partial share?
Time Value of Money Percent• Rate applied to open balances
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Redwood Administration – Core Metrics
2012 Redwood Analytics® User ConferenceAnalysis. Insight. Action.
Profit
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Profit
DW_FTETimekeeper, Month
Salary_MasterYear, Title, Location,
Class Year
Title_MasterTitle Assumptions
Account_MasterGL Expense Accounts
Timekeeper_OverrideTimekeeper, Year
Timekeeper CompensationTimekeeper, Year
Profit Specific Input Tables
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Profit Specific Input Tables
DW_FTETimekeeper, Month
Account_MasterGL ExpenseAccounts
Title_MasterTitle Assumptions
Salary_MasterYear, Title, Location,Class Year
Timekeeper_OverrideTimekeeper, Year
Timekeeper CompensationTimekeeper, Year
Profit
Standard Hours• From Title_Master by title• Reduced by FTE
FTE• From DW_FTE• Used to calculate Indirect
Costs• Used to calculate
Standard Hours
Indirect Costs• Calculated using Account_Master• Reduced by FTE• Uses weighting from Title_Master
Direct Costs• From Timekeeper Compensation• Uses Title_Master to determine direct
timekeepers
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Indirect Costs
Office Overhead (Account Master)• Rent• Firm Admin/Staff• Marketing Costs
Management Overhead
Direct Cost Adjustment• Difference between GL accounts coded as ‘D’ and non‐partner direct costs provided in input files
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Redwood Administration – Account Master
Listing of all General Ledger expense accountsExpense Types• Direct:
• Non‐partner direct timekeepers, benefits and taxes
• Indirect:• overhead expenses
• Exclude:• equity partner compensation and other accounts not considered direct or indirect
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Indirect Cost Allocations
Adjusted by FTE• Full FTE gets full allocation, part‐time gets partial allocation
Weighted on title
Allocation options:• Firm‐wide• Office• Department• Office/Department
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Redwood Administration – Title Master
Direct Flag
Standard Hours
Indirect Weight
Partner Flag
Benefit Percentage
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Standard Hours
Title level assumption of expected hours worked in a year
All Direct Timekeepers should have Standard Hours
For Contract Attorneys, Std Hours = Hours Worked
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Standard Hours
• Ulysses Cohen ‐ Underutilized– Client View rates < Attorney View rates
• Hilda Bates ‐ Over‐utilized– Client View rates > Attorney View rates
• Both have the same Client View indirect cost rate
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Redwood Administration – Timekeeper Override
Compensation and bonus for all regular timekeepers
Cost rate for irregular/ contract timekeepers
Prior year data• Upload once, actual figures
Current year data options• Actual – upload updated YTD figure monthly
• Budget – upload yearly figure once, then monthly for new timekeepers
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Redwood Administration – Salary Master
Maps compensation to • Title• Year• Office• Class Year (Associates only)
Utilized only when actual comp data is not available
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Direct Cost Components
• Salary• Benefits• Taxes• Bonus• Cost Rate (for contractors or other irregular timekeepers)
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Direct Costs
Provide a cost rate for every billable hour worked
Match production with cost of production to allow for logical, management decisions
A management tool *NOT* a financial statement
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Equity Partner Compensation
• Work performed for clients• Management responsibilities• A share of firm ownership• Discretionary bonus
Production(Billable Hours)
Firm Ownership
DiscretionaryBonus
MgmtResponsibility
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Management Compensation
Are there partners who spend a significant portion of time managing the firm or practice groups?
• Assign percentage using Timekeeper Override field• Reduces FTE reduces Std Hours• Portion of compensation flows to indirect costs and can be allocated by firm, office, department, office/department
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Direct Cost Challenges
• How much to assign partners?
• How to value benefits and taxes?
• Where to include bonuses and what time period?• Are they paid retroactively?
• What rates to supply for contractors?
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• Individual expectations of time worked
• All Direct Timekeepers should have an FTE (with the exception of Contract Attorneys)
• Affects Std Hours & Cost Allocations
• Source of FTE• Billing System• Data File
FTE
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Impact of FTE
• Ulysses Cohen ‐ 0.50 FTE– Standard Hours = 1800 * 0.50 = 900 hours– Total Indirect Cost = $228,837 * 0.50 = $114,918
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Profit to GL Reconciliation
Reconciles the Profit Cube to your GL for 3 years worth of data
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Profit Specific Input Tables
DW_FTETimekeeper, Month
Account_MasterGL ExpenseAccounts
Title_MasterTitle Assumptions
Salary_MasterYear, Title, Location,Class Year
Timekeeper_OverrideTimekeeper, Year
Timekeeper CompensationTimekeeper, Year
Profit
Standard Hours• From Title_Master by title• Reduced by FTE
FTE• From DW_FTE• Used to calculate Indirect
Costs• Used to calculate
Standard Hours
Indirect Costs• Calculated using Account_Master• Reduced by FTE• Uses weighting from Title_Master
Direct Costs• From Timekeeper Compensation• Uses Title_Master to determine direct
timekeepers
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BI5 Admin Tool
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BI5 Admin Tool
User Access
Role AssignmentImpersonations
Roll-ups
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Demo
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Questions?
2012 Redwood Analytics® User ConferenceAnalysis. Insight. Action.
Redwood Under the Hood
Dan Ronesi and Michelle St. PierreSenior Consultants