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Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation for success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions that result in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
To give yourself the best opportunity for success, we advise applying only to roles that align with your skills and experience, rather than applying broadly across all entry-level positions. You'll receive a status update email for each application, so be sure to check your IBM Careers account regularly - it's the best way to get a centralized view of which roles you have active applications against.
Your role and responsibilities
During your co-op, you will work alongside IBM consultants to support finance transformation engagements for clients across industries - gaining hands-on exposure to how organizations redesign financial processes, adopt new technologies, and drive strategic outcomes. At IBM, we prioritize continuous learning and mentorship, and as a co-op you could advance to our full-time
Associates program after graduation, based on results and performance.

• Financial Process Analysis: Support the analysis and redesign of core finance processes (e.g., record-to-report, procure-to-pay, financial planning & analysis) to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Participate in workshops and client meetings to gather requirements, document findings, and help synthesize information into actionable insights.
• Operational Excellence: Contribute to process improvement models and support the development of business cases and solution recommendations.
• Project Exposure: Gain hands-on experience with transformation teams and ERP-related initiatives; translate financial requirements into client-relevant terms and support KPI tracking.
• Co-op Schedule: Year-long co-op at Penn State University Park, starting May 2027. Work up
  to 20 hrs/week during classes and up to 40 hrs/week during academic breaks.
• Project Exposure: Gain hands on experience with transformation teams, enterprise-wide data integrations, and other initiatives. Contribute to your team's work by translating technical concepts into client-relevant terms and drive adoption of the KPI impact with key client stakeholders.

The primary internship program dates are May to July 2027 (10 weeks).
Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

• Currently pursuing a university degree with a track-record of academic success (preferred majors: Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, MIS, or related fields).
• Strong interpersonal skills that enhance collaboration and relationship building, while managing dynamic workloads in an agile environment.
• Demonstrated initiative and passion to actively seek new knowledge, embracing a growth mindset to assimilate diverse viewpoints.
• Interest in finance transformation, ERP systems, or business process consulting.
• Ability to work up to 20 hours per week when classes are in session (fall/spring semesters) and up to 40 hours per week during academic breaks (e.g., summer)

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Foundational understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, or finance operations through coursework or extracurricular activities.
• Exposure to ERP concepts or financial systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) through coursework, personal projects, or student organizations.
• Familiarity with data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau) for financial reporting or business storytelling

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
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
Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.