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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 an Accountant: Statutory Accounting & External Reporting, you will have responsibility for external filings and provide business advice to all engaged parties as a trusted business advisor. You will demonstrate ownership, accounting, and disclosure expertise for the statutory books or consolidated IBM/ICLL books. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Execute Financial Statement Preparation: Prepare, consolidate, and review Financial statements (FS) and footnote disclosures, ensuring the accuracy of reported numbers. • Ensure Compliance with Regulatory Requirements: Ensure compliance with regulatory, external reporting requirements, and tax/statutory filing deadlines to avoid any risks that may result from late external filing or failure to comply with local laws. • Perform Reconciliation and Maintenance: Execute detailed Review Bridge (reconciliation) between US GAAP and Statutory balances, and perform maintenance of assigned fiscal ledger accounts (mapping, opening, deletion). • Support IFRS Conversions and Assessments: Provide support for IFRS conversions and assessments, and ensure statutory books are kept and reported in compliance with statutory guidance/legal requirements. • Coordinate External Reporting: Coordinate the executive review of draft documents with the company's auditor, corporate legal, finance, and business subject matter experts.
Beyond BAU accounting responsibilities, this position represents a significant transformation opportunity. There is a recent migrated accounting into the center, and there is substantial room for optimization, automation, and standardization. For this reason, we are seeking a profile with a strong transformation mindset, capable of identifying improvement opportunities and driving process evolution.

Required education

Associate's Degree/College Diploma

Required technical and professional expertise

• Exposure to Accounting Frameworks: Deep understanding of accounting frameworks (US GAAP, IFRS) and ability to apply them in preparing financial statements and footnote disclosures. • Experience with Financial Statement Preparation: Proven ability to prepare, consolidate, and review financial statements and footnote disclosures, ensuring accuracy of reported numbers. • Familiarity with Regulatory Requirements: Knowledge of regulatory, external reporting requirements, and tax/statutory filing deadlines to ensure compliance and avoid risks. • Proficiency in IT Tools: Advanced IT skills, including ability to use designated tools to obtain financial data from Accounting Information Warehouse and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word) and Adobe (PDF). • Exposure to External Reporting: Experience with coordinating executive review of draft documents with auditors, corporate legal, finance, and business subject matter experts.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Advanced IT Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word) and Adobe (PDF), with ability to use designated tools to obtain financial data from Accounting Information Warehouse. • IFRS Conversion Knowledge: Familiarity with IFRS conversions and assessments, with ability to provide support and ensure statutory books are kept and reported in compliance with statutory guidance/legal requirements. • External Reporting Experience: Exposure to coordinating executive review of draft documents with auditors, corporate legal, finance, and business subject matter experts.