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Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners, and the planet. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in groundbreaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

 

About Business Unit: 

 

IBM BPO which is a critical part of Consulting focuses on Business Process Operations across several domains such as finance & accounts, procurement, supply chain, talent transformation, and industry specific processes including risk & compliance, insurance, digital marketing services. BPO India is committed to accelerate digital transformation across all its clients with the use of agile methodologies, advanced process mining and intelligent workflows powered by hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI).

 

Job Description – Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst

 

The Manager – FP&A will be responsible for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic analysis, transforming data into actionable insights to support informed decision-making and enhance financial performance and the ability to partner with business stakeholders to drive financial performance, ensure compliance, and support decision-making.

 

Position Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated FP&A Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will play a key part in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and performance reporting. The FP&A Analyst will support onshore team and business leaders with insightful analysis, help track performance against goals, and contribute to strategic decision-making through data-driven insights.

 

Optimize FP&A processes with improved tools and automation—utilizing BI platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or Power Pivot. Team Leadership

Manage and coach a team of FP&A analysts—setting priorities, fostering development, and promoting best practices. Special Projects (Optional)

Depending on context, support ad-hoc financial projects, ERP implementations, or grant-related planning.

Your role and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

·       Financial Planning & Forecasting

o   Assist in the preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial plans.

o   Collect and validate inputs from cross-functional teams to ensure accurate assumptions.

·       Reporting & Analysis

o   Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting, including variance analysis and trend identification.

o   Support the development of KPIs and dashboards to track financial and operational performance.

·       Business Partnering

o   Provide analytical support to business leaders, translating financial results into meaningful insights.

o   Work with stakeholders across functions to support decision-making and operational efficiency.

·       Financial Modeling & Strategic Support

o   Build and maintain financial models to support investment decisions, pricing analysis, and scenario planning.

o   Conduct sensitivity analyses to evaluate the impact of changes in business drivers.

·       Process Improvement

o   Support initiatives to streamline forecasting, reporting, and analysis processes (Agile, Design Thinking, Value stream Mapping, Lean, Six-sigma).

o   Leverage technology and tools (BI tools, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic) to improve data accuracy and reporting efficiency.

·       Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

o   Monitor KPIs, highlight trends, and identify risks or improvement opportunities.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

·       Advanced degree or certification, e.g., MBA, CPA, CA, CMA, CFA, ACCA

·       Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics

·       4–6 years of FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis experience (internships or early career roles included).

·       Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including advanced formulas, pivot tables, and macros).

·       Experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and familiarity with ERP/planning systems {SAP (Analytics Cloud, SAP Business One), Oracle (ePBCS), Hyperion, Anaplan, or similar) preferred.

·       Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial insights to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

·       Detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred technical and professional experience

·       Proactive and ambitious individual with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

·       Exposure to high-precision industries or manufacturing operations will be an added advantage

·       Ability to manage tight timelines and competing priorities effectively.

·       Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across teams.

·       Experience in process improvement, automation, and applying technology to financial analysis.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

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ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

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