Foundation financial Analyst Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Accounting
London
Review Submitted: May 2024
Overall Rating
4.6 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
1/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Conducting month end activities to include WD1, WD2 and WD3 tasks. Transfer costs to Lines of Business each month to ensure successful nil out of Foundation Accounts.
. Monitoring the costs on 981811 and transfer out of Foundation in a timely manner.
. Managing the monthly process to move salaries and costs (Management and Foundation headcount professionals) to correct ODBs. Includes management of costs for secondments and experienced hire programmes.
. Monitoring expenses and move these and other costs to the relevant ODB each month.
. Supporting the process to request Foundation external spend (EPAT submissions). Liaise with procurement and Approvals when required.
. Raising Purchase Orders and invoices and make payments via the different systems.
. Maintaining the trackers for education, POs, Foundation credits and levy spend. Transfer levy credit to appropriate ODBs once received.
. Managing the monthly FBA expense forecast. Add to BOX.
. Supporting the production of the monthly Foundation dashboard.
. Monitoring the invoices received from DeVere, QA and other external clients. Update appropriate trackers.
. Monitoring the Ignite ODB and transfer costs to it each month. Nil the ODB out twice yearly across the Lines on Business within IBM.
. Working with wider IBM Finance to answer queries and provide information as necessary.
. Monitoring the Finance task ID, answer queries and deal with questions in a timely manner.
. Monitoring the costs on 981811 and transfer out of Foundation in a timely manner.
. Managing the monthly process to move salaries and costs (Management and Foundation headcount professionals) to correct ODBs. Includes management of costs for secondments and experienced hire programmes.
. Monitoring expenses and move these and other costs to the relevant ODB each month.
. Supporting the process to request Foundation external spend (EPAT submissions). Liaise with procurement and Approvals when required.
. Raising Purchase Orders and invoices and make payments via the different systems.
. Maintaining the trackers for education, POs, Foundation credits and levy spend. Transfer levy credit to appropriate ODBs once received.
. Managing the monthly FBA expense forecast. Add to BOX.
. Supporting the production of the monthly Foundation dashboard.
. Monitoring the invoices received from DeVere, QA and other external clients. Update appropriate trackers.
. Monitoring the Ignite ODB and transfer costs to it each month. Nil the ODB out twice yearly across the Lines on Business within IBM.
. Working with wider IBM Finance to answer queries and provide information as necessary.
. Monitoring the Finance task ID, answer queries and deal with questions in a timely manner.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, a lot of responsibility from day 1
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Networking
Presenting
Financial analysis
Presenting
Financial analysis
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Foundation manager was always there if I had any issues
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very relaxed
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Really enjoyed being in the office with lots of other interns
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
1/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Be wary that they tell you that 100% of interns get an offer to come back as a graduate. Only 20 interns come back and there are over 100 interns in total
