Financial analyst on Specialized Accounting Services

Are you looking for a new challenge in Finance and ready to make an impact at one of the biggest banks in Europe? Excited by the possibility to work in a cross-border team, with immediate possibility to take ownership and deliver change? The team is looking for an all-round Financial Analyst to take it on and make it happen!

Your new work environment

Working at ING means working in a dynamic and international setting. ING is setting up a bank-wide COO organisation that's ready for the future, with scalable, seamless, digital, and resilient operations. To achieve this, three main ways to make the most impact were identified for the bank-wide COO organisation:

• Building a network organisation: more networking and cross-border collaboration.
• Consolidating the organisation: share capabilities and services in locations where we can best embed these.
• Digitalisation/straight-through processing: making our processes end-to-end to provide a seamlessly digital experience for our customers.

COO Finance (COOF) is a global independent unit within ING’s COO domain, reporting into both the CFO and COO of ING. The mission of COOF is to enable excellence in Finance with real time business insights, using state-of-the-art technologies, optimal use of data and highly effective operations.

Your new role

Within the Circle Other Product Accounting Services you will work together within a team of high-valued experts in both Amsterdam (5 FTE) and Manilla (9 FTE). The team as a whole is responsible for the complete financial accounting and reporting process of the holding entities of ING, as well as a variety of SPVs, legacy run-off portfolio's and Wholesale Banking business products. 

This means an front-to-end responsibility starting with the accounting process, up until preparing regulatory reports, maintaining the internal control environment and preparing annual accounts. It is an all-round team within the COOF organization, acting similar to a local Finance function. Your contribution will be key to deliver accurate and timely figures to our stakeholders, drive continuous improvements and operational excellence. You will work closely together with the team in Manilla and manage your stakeholders within the business, Change, and local ING offices.

The team does not work on financial planning and budgeting, the team focusses solely on the financial accounting and reporting.

Your keys to success

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you stay curious, take responsibility and challenge the status quo. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself. 

We are looking for someone with 5+ years of prior work experience in a banking environment, Big-4 or large financial institution, being related to statutory (IFRS) and/or regulatory reporting activities. Experience with internal control environment (SOx controls) is desired.

Furthermore, You possess the following core competencies:

• Continuously willing to challenge the status quo and daring to take bold decisions
• Eagerness to identify process improvements opportunities and drive the change necessary to achieve them
• Ability to motivate, empower and stimulate your colleagues
• Ability to understand the bigger picture and oversee end-to-end Finance processes
• Curious to give and receive feedback and reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses to gain productive insights

Rewards & benefits  

We find individual development of our employees very important, and we understand it is important for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out everything there is to know about our employment conditions here.

Typical working conditions at ING include: 

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
• 12-month contract with view to extend
• 40 hour workweek
• Individual leave: 24+2 individual holiday days based on 36 hr workweek
• Diversity leave: 3 days per year (1,5 paid, 1,5 unpaid)
• CSR days: up to 2 days per year to actively engage in society by volunteering
• 13th month salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• Mobility card
• Attractive pension scheme
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation. The team is onsite on Tuesday and Thursday, but you are always welcome to come in more often!

Hiring process

After receiving your CV and motivational letter, we will invite potential candidates to two rounds of interviews with people within the COOF organization.

Interested? Want to apply directly? We are eager to meet you!

Please upload your most updated CV and motivation letter, giving us further insight on your experience and motivation to join ING and our team! Your motivational letter really can make the difference!

About us 

With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us and apply today!