Program Director, Finance Transformation and Insights (Red Hat)

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

As a Finance Planning Advisor specializing in Financial Analysis, you will leverage corporate finance concepts and techniques to drive business growth and inform strategic decision-making. You will develop deep insights and present recommendations on financial performance to business line executives within and across business units.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Analyze Financial Performance: Interpret analytic output to extract business significance and recommend actions, applying reasonability checks to ensure accuracy and utilizing problem-solving techniques.
• Apply Accounting Principles: Understand and apply key accounting principles related to balance sheet, cash flow, and income statement to determine how assets, liabilities, revenue, cost, and expense are to be identified, measured, recorded, and reported.
• Develop Financial Insights: Develop deep insights into financial performance and present recommendations to business line executives, driving business growth and informing strategic decision-making.
• Ensure Accurate Reporting: Apply IBM account code structure to ensure accurate segment reporting internally and externally.
• Drive Business Growth: Utilize financial analysis and planning expertise to drive business growth and inform strategic decision-making, shaping the financial direction of the organization.
  
  

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Corporate Finance Expertise: Deep expertise in applying corporate finance concepts and techniques for forecasting, trend and variance analysis, capital planning, portfolio analysis, and investment considerations.
• Advanced Accounting Knowledge: Deep understanding of key accounting principles related to balance sheet, cash flow, and income statement, with the ability to apply them to determine how assets, liabilities, revenue, cost, and expense are to be identified, measured, recorded, and reported.
• Financial Analysis and Planning: Proven experience in interpreting analytic output to extract business significance and recommend actions, with a strong ability to apply reasonability checks and utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Segment Reporting Expertise: Experience with applying IBM account code structure to ensure accurate segment reporting internally and externally.
• Strategic Financial Leadership: Deep expertise in developing deep insights into financial performance and presenting recommendations to business line executives, driving business growth and informing strategic decision-making.
  
  

Leaders are expected to spend time with their teams and clients and therefore are generally expected to be in the workplace a minimum of three days a week, subject to business needs.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Advanced Financial Modeling: Deep expertise in creating complex financial models to forecast future financial outcomes and identify areas for improvement. Ability to apply advanced modeling techniques to drive business growth and inform strategic decision-making.
• Strategic Investment Analysis: Experience with analyzing investment opportunities and providing recommendations to senior leadership. Ability to evaluate investment proposals and assess potential returns on investment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Deep expertise in collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive business growth and inform strategic decision-making. Ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.