The Finance & Admin Business Analyst plays a crucial role in maintaining the profitable operations of IBM, one of the most respected companies in the world. By managing our financial activities, you will help us continue to deliver groundbreaking innovations, including Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Solutions, Cloud Infrastructure, and Blockchain technologies.
Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Delivery Practitioner, you will focus on transaction processing in Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. If you enjoy a dynamic and collaborative workplace, IBM offers an environment that challenges and inspires you every day. You will have the freedom to propose creative and thoughtful solutions, enabling you to achieve your goals without limits.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate Accounting Activities: Manage all accounting tasks related to the General Ledger, which includes fixed assets, inter-company transactions, inventory, cash and bank transactions, indirect tax, and accruals.
- Identify Risks and Opportunities: Look for risks or chances to improve revenue, costs, and profitability, and suggest appropriate actions to address them.
- Meet Client Timelines: Ensure that client Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and deadlines are met consistently.
Required Skills and Experience
- Experience: A minimum of 0-1 year of work experience in Finance and Accounting.
- Order Fulfillment: Ability to manage order fulfillment and collect cash payments effectively.
- Invoice Management: Experience in identifying duplicate records in vendor invoices, verifying them, and processing them accurately and on time.
- Error Resolution: Knowledge of matching invoices, identifying errors, resolving exceptions, and prioritizing invoices to reduce aging.
- Compliance: Be part of a team that follows SOX compliance, ensuring that documents are posted only after proper approval.
- Payment Handling: Experience in managing both manual and automatic payment requests, along with verifying and processing payment runs.
- Expense Management: A solid understanding of processing Travel and Expense (T/E) claims, duplicate payment resolutions, and vendor statement reconciliations.
- Communication Skills: Ability to handle queries through calls and email follow-ups.
- Basic Accounting Knowledge: Familiarity with basic accounting principles and the ability to detect duplicate or erroneous records.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Microsoft Office Proficiency: Skilled in Microsoft Office applications and familiar with accounting terminology.
- Query Handling: Experience in managing queries via calls and emails is highly desired.
- Data Comprehension: Ability to process data, manage order fulfillment, and collect and apply cash payments.
- Adaptability: Comfortable following procedures and adapting to changes within the business unit.
- Team Collaboration: Enjoy working in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and innovative solutions.
- Ambition and Self-Direction: A motivated individual who can work independently towards agreed targets and goals.
- Time Management: Good time management skills and the ability to work under pressure.
- Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills to contribute effectively to team efforts and achieve related results.
- Continuous Learning: Stay updated on technical knowledge by attending workshops and reviewing publications.