Business Operations and Finance Analyst Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Operations, Finance
London
Review Submitted: May 2023
Overall Rating
3.6 /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
4/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3/5
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Company Culture
3.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Key role in Management Support
- Resource & Capacity Management Assistance
- Leading Bench Call to all Managers
- Finance Reconciliation & Reporting
- Data governance
- Specialty Training management, support and reconciliation.
- Producing decks to be used in high-level conference calls.
- Organizing and facilitating key reviews between Managers and Graduates.
- Programme Governance.
- Producing and sending key reports to management for review.
- Stakeholder mapping and reporting.
- Resource management administration and planning.
- Onboarding support and delivery.
- Management of centralized email function.
- Hosting conference calls and taking minutes.
- Updating learning paths to send to graduates, managers & new joiners
- Ad-Hoc tasks for Managers.
- Assisting Team in their roles in Attract, Onboarding & Recruitment
- Resource & Capacity Management Assistance
- Leading Bench Call to all Managers
- Finance Reconciliation & Reporting
- Data governance
- Specialty Training management, support and reconciliation.
- Producing decks to be used in high-level conference calls.
- Organizing and facilitating key reviews between Managers and Graduates.
- Programme Governance.
- Producing and sending key reports to management for review.
- Stakeholder mapping and reporting.
- Resource management administration and planning.
- Onboarding support and delivery.
- Management of centralized email function.
- Hosting conference calls and taking minutes.
- Updating learning paths to send to graduates, managers & new joiners
- Ad-Hoc tasks for Managers.
- Assisting Team in their roles in Attract, Onboarding & Recruitment
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was the finance lead for the entire associates programme. I also created reports weekly to present to all managers. These tasks were my sole responsibility and required a great deal of independence.
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?
Skills Acquired:
• Finance Lead – Performed monthly reconciliations analysing data from the global team and identified errors in spend sheets highlighting discrepancies of over $5,000. Generated the 2023 fall plan for the entire Associates Programme.
• Data Analysis - used Excel VBA macros to streamline reports increasing efficiency by 50%.
• Excel - Overhauled extensive ‘Headcount Workbook’, containing 17 different data feeds. New design reduced time taken for appropriate stakeholders to use file. SME if team faced any Excel blockers.
• Bench & Utilisation Focal - Creating reports and tracking looming bench numbers each week. Developed a deployment reporting file shared to all sector leads to tackle Q4 2022 high bench figures.
• Presented Weekly Calls - To graduate managers displaying associate’s utilization figures leading to overall productivity increasing.
• Providing Analytical Insights - Produced and designed decks for GPL Geo-Review calls so UKI IBM Consulting Lead can make key business decisions.
• Role Data - Collated and analysed data of 250+ associates.
• JRS & Speciality Training – Allocation and management developing SME status
• Finance Lead – Performed monthly reconciliations analysing data from the global team and identified errors in spend sheets highlighting discrepancies of over $5,000. Generated the 2023 fall plan for the entire Associates Programme.
• Data Analysis - used Excel VBA macros to streamline reports increasing efficiency by 50%.
• Excel - Overhauled extensive ‘Headcount Workbook’, containing 17 different data feeds. New design reduced time taken for appropriate stakeholders to use file. SME if team faced any Excel blockers.
• Bench & Utilisation Focal - Creating reports and tracking looming bench numbers each week. Developed a deployment reporting file shared to all sector leads to tackle Q4 2022 high bench figures.
• Presented Weekly Calls - To graduate managers displaying associate’s utilization figures leading to overall productivity increasing.
• Providing Analytical Insights - Produced and designed decks for GPL Geo-Review calls so UKI IBM Consulting Lead can make key business decisions.
• Role Data - Collated and analysed data of 250+ associates.
• JRS & Speciality Training – Allocation and management developing SME status
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I recevied lots of guidance from my task manager and foundation manager. They both supported me throughout my year and I am very grateful for all their help.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Not many people went into the office which was really dissapointing for me
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
1/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I really enjoyed it but I do which there had been more a social and inclusive side for interns to meet each other but I think the affects of COVID 19 will be felt for many years to come
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Do it! You will learn alot from your year at IBM and even if it isn't what you want to do forver you will find out something you don't want to do which can help you progress towards your dream job.
