Introduction
At IBM Finance & Operations, we are the backbone of IBM's transformation driving efficiency, transparency, and smart decision-making across the business. Our teams provide the insight and discipline that guide strategy, ensure financial strength, and enable IBM to invest in innovation and growth. Working in Finance & Operations means combining analytical skills with collaboration and curiosity. You'll partner with colleagues across functions and geographies, using data, technology, and process excellence to create solutions that improve performance and deliver measurable impact. IBM offers continuous learning, career development, and a culture that values diverse perspectives. Join us and be part of a global team that keeps IBM moving forward, while building your own future in a dynamic and evolving environment.
Your Role And Responsibilities
The Q2C Finance Analyst serves as a trusted business advisor, playing a key role in IBM's financial processes and supporting the US Consulting team. The analyst will manage financial entries and contribute to the development of forecasts, budgets, variance analysis, and provide strategic business insights. You will be responsible for preparing detailed reports and interacting with business units, ensuring that financial practices align with IBM's objectives.
Scope Of The Role
- Support an industry portfolio with a focus on delegated accounts and moderately complex projects
- Provide mentorship to Band 6 analysts, particularly on single-offering engagements with lower complexity
- Act as a liaison between delivery teams, leadership, and accounting to ensure financial accuracy and compliance
Core Responsibilities
- Lead backlog validation and certification for assigned projects, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Conduct closing analysis with clear variance explanations and actionable insights
- Provide proactive financial support to delivery and leadership teams on moderately complex accounts
- Coordinate financial forecasting and reporting, ensuring alignment with business objectives
- Monitor compliance with internal controls and support internal audit preparation
- Engage with accounting teams to ensure accurate revenue and cost recognition
- Manage contract validation and signing certification processes
- Actively participate in sector calls and financial discussions, contributing insights and recommendations
- Identify and drive process improvements within the assigned scope.
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Strong leadership skills, passion for quality and ownership in accomplishing challenging goals.
- Excellent communication skills (oral & written) confident in communicating and influencing people.
- Administrative, Sales support professional experienced working in fastpaced environment, demanding strong organizational, technical, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to multi-task and leverage capabilities to meet client and business requirements, develop plans, schedules, and milestones for deliverables and has a good priority setting and time management skills.
- Good operational knowledge - can understand business measurements and operational systems put in place to monitor and track operational performance.
- Ability to adapt to an ever-changing environment and can work independently as well as in a team environment
- Eagerness to learn new skills in response to project and customer requirements
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
Financial Forecasting Experience:
2+ years of experience specifically in financial forecasting.
Educational Background
Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or a related field.
