**Introduction** The MCC Investment and Resource Lead is an individual contributor who performs a variety of tactical and strategic responsibilities related to MCC Operations and Investments. They work alongside the Field Operations Leaders and Functional Area Leaders to ensure budgets and resources are invested towards strategic marketing priorities. They also report on individual MCC functional area’s forecasted and actual expenses, which are consolidated to provide the MCC finance team an accurate overall picture of complete MCC spend. **Your role and responsibilities** * Build a deep understanding of the aligned MCC function(s), their business objectives and how they plan to achieve them. This may include how the team is structured, what program investments are planned and important nuances of working with specific suppliers * Forge strong relationships with Functional Area Leaders and aligned Field Operations teams enabling close collaboration on impacts to budgets and forecasted expenses * Develop accurate quarterly expense forecasts outlining how a Functional Area will execute on tactics while adhering to released budgets and quarterly skews * Advise on affordability to support strategic decisions or as changes occur throughout the year * Review program expense requests to ensure they fall within allocated budgets * Help mitigate risk and compliance concerns by following-up with activity owners to ensure IPVNs are validated on-time * Track actual expenses from the ledger as they hit to ensure all expenses are legitimate and coded correctly and update forecasts as required * Maintain accurate view of Functional Area headcount in RDb * Report on updated forecasts and actuals, advising on implications to current plans * Work closely with MCC finance during quarter close cycles ensuring MCC meets all targets and obligations * Support annual Fall Planning process to ensure MCC is well positioned to deliver upon commitments * Become proficient in working with IBM’s MCC O&T tools including Allocadia, Airtable, Slack, EPM, IBM Cognos, BETH, Excel, PowerPoint, Mural, Box and Adobe Workfront. **Required technical and professional expertise** * Excellent financial acumen * Demonstrated success managing budgets and expenses for an enterprise * Analytical mindset and curiosity to probe into data of different kinds * Strong English written and verbal communication * A willingness to learn and practice new tools, processes and skills * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel * Compassion for team members and a sense of personal responsibility/accountability. **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Experience in Marketing Budget Management, Financial Planning and Analytics, or a related field in the IT industry. * Advanced understanding of financial and accounting principles and budgeting methodologies. * Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including marketing, finance, and senior leadership. * Excellent executive communication and presentation skills. * Experience with business control, compliance, and corporate auditing is a plus. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.