Financial analyst for Infrastructure and Cloud Consolidation

Known as the 'knowledge behind the numbers', Financial Analysts are considered to be trusted business advisors, working within IBM’s business units and geographies, as well as in a myriad of specialized corporate functions. IBM's finance organization is instrumental in driving innovative improvements to global financial processes while providing measurable value to the business.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Infrastructure Consolidation:
- Consolidation and validation of Bridges from Client Units (Closing)
- Ensure proper mapping of Deals to respective Client Units for Closing (Closing)
- Preparing Daily Ledger Report Summary with overview of Revenue To-Go Items, potential callins (Closing)
- Preparation of Unassigned Assessment and interlock with IBM Global Financing (Closing)
- Purchase Order Tracker Maintenance and follow up with Client Units (weekly)
- Validation of Cloud Signings for Market CFO

Cloud role:
- Being focal point and Advisor for Europe Cloud Team/CFO (Closing)
- Preparing Daily Ledger Report Summary with overview of Revenue To-Go Items (Closing)
- Preparing Assessments/Forecasts/Bridges/Load updates (weekly)
- Controlling of Offerings / Follow up on non-mapped items
- Follow up with Accounts on Profitability (Investigating Gap Actuals vs. Forecast => where Revenue/Cost are mapped vs. where they should be mapped)
- Ad-Hoc requirements

Key skills:
- Communication skills and ability to consolidate, sense-check and question if needed detailed inputs from various Counterparts
- Business Acumen to understand and interpret Clients Units and Cloud Dynamics
- Ability to provide Executive Summary and story beyond Actuals and Forecasts
- Technical skills in order to adjust mapping and work effectively with Excel Macros

Skills needed:
- Strong experience in Finance area (controlling/reporting/business intelligence) - experience in a large international company preferred
- 5-7 years of relevant experience
- Master’s Degree in Accounting/Finance, Business/Management/Economics
- Fluent English required
- Communication with Business e.g. CFOs
- Ability to track progress on multiple requests and active follow up with respective stakeholders via all available channels
- Presentation skills in order to provide clear expectations and requirements to Stakeholders
- Negotiation skills are helpful