External Auditor

IBM; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 63,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation seeks an External Auditor for a full-time role in Livonia, MI. You will translate raw ledgers into forecasts, reconcile payroll liabilities, and surface vendor-savings opportunities to shape financial strategy.

You'll prepare board-ready financial packages and serve as the main contact for external auditors, driving cost analysis and maintaining the chart of accounts while advancing IBM-scale workflows.

Qualifications

• Quality-focused and consistent output.
• Familiarity with full-time schedules and IBM team norms.
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating finance expertise.
• Familiarity with IBM-scale workflows or willingness to learn.
• Clear written communication for email chains.
• Collaborator who shares credit and absorbs blame.
• Cross-functional ease with finance/engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can plan against.
• Reconcile payroll liabilities to ensure MI filings are accurate.
• Price out vendor contracts and surface savings opportunities.
• Prepare board-ready financial packages and executive summaries.
• Lead IBM audit preparation and be main contact for external auditors.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through spend analysis.
• Maintain chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding.
• Keep MI property-tax filings ahead of deadlines.

Job description

This full-time External Auditor position offers $63,000 - $88,000 and a seat at the table where financial strategy actually gets shaped. What lands on the table: 5-plus years behind you, $63,000 - $88,000 for it, and a runway at IBM that keeps climbing.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against
• Reconcile payroll liabilities so the MI filings never bounce
• Price out vendor contracts and surface the savings nobody else spotted
• Prepare board-ready financial packages and high-energy executive summaries
• Lead the IBM audit preparation and serve as primary contact for external auditors
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through detailed spend analysis
• Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding
• Keep the MI property-tax filings ahead of every assessor deadline

What You'll Bring

• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
• Working familiarity with full-time schedules and team norms at IBM
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your finance expertise
• Familiarity with IBM-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
• A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame
• Cross-functional ease, from DCF Analysis engineers to Process Improvement marketers

IBM makes Process Improvement look simple, which anyone in finance knows is the safety-first hardest thing to pull off. We default to writing things down so the whole finance team stays in the loop without endless meetings.

Open with $63,000 - $88,000, grow your ACA under a mentor, lean on full benefits, and flex your hours the way grown-ups should.

Live right now in Livonia, MI, and reviewing newcomers daily.

Join the people at IBM who chose interesting work over a comfortable rut.