Financial Analyst

IBM

IBM

Accounting & Finance, IT

Toronto, ON, Canada

Posted on May 29, 2026
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.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Red Hat BU Finance Planning Advisor specializing in Financial Analysis, you will manage the reporting, analysis, and business partnering for the OpenShift, Application Services, and Edge products.

To be successful, you'll need to be able to clearly communicate and analyze bookings and revenue performance and trends, and understand how the business operates and fits into the broader Red Hat and IBM portfolio.

  • Providing in depth bookings and revenue analysis for the OpenShift, Application Services, and Edge teams, including QBRs, monthly BLTs, and additional ad-hoc reporting

  • Supporting fiscal year planning for the product organization and assisting in the development of financial-based justification for the expansion in your business areas

  • Working with the OpenShift, Application Services, and Edge business partners to drive a deeper financial understanding of their area and further insights into how they can grow

  • Developing an understanding of Red Hat’s product portfolio in order to identify financial trends and provide value-added analysis

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

  • 4+ years of progressive financial experience including financial planning and analysis; a background in a technology field is a plus

  • Demonstrated business acumen with an ability to think strategically and analytically

  • Communication and presentation skills with a demonstrated ability to interact successfully with senior management

  • Experience coding in SQL

  • Problem solving and financial-modeling skills in spreadsheets with an ability to navigate Snowflake Systems

  • Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting with a solid understanding of applied accounting and finance concepts

Preferred technical and professional experience

• In-Depth Accounting Knowledge: Experience in applying key accounting principles related to balance sheet, cash flow, and income statement to inform financial analysis and recommendations.

Understanding of how assets, liabilities, revenue, cost, and expense are identified, measured, recorded, and reported.

• Financial Planning Expertise: Experience in providing guidance on financial planning considerations, such as forecasting, trend and variance analysis, capital planning, and portfolio analysis to inform business decisions. Ability to develop deep insights into financial performance and present recommendations to business line executives.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM’s financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.

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.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

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.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship. For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

The salary range for the position is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate salary within this range may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience for this position.

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