Principal Finance Control
Group Finance is looking for a Principal Finance Control with a financial or regulatory reporting background and a desire to work in a dynamic and internationally oriented finance team at ING’s Head Office.
Your Work Environment
Group Finance is the corporate staff department responsible for the external financial and regulatory reporting. The Data Analytics & Special Reports team is responsible for all regulatory reporting for which there is no regular process in place. This includes answering ad hoc data requests and maintaining the day-to-day relationship with the regulators.
This is a dynamic environment as requirements and expectations of all stakeholders are continuously increasing. Besides external stakeholders, which includes auditors, supervisors, but also industry groups, the department supports internal stakeholders by providing insight in key developments and advising on the impact of regulatory developments.
Tasks & Responsibilities
You will become part of a team that is responsible for handling regulatory reporting and ad hoc requests from regulators, participate in projects and contribute to improvements of reporting processes and data quality. More specifically, this includes:
- Coordinate and fulfil requests of regulators. This includes coordination with other departments outside the Finance domain and with local business units;
- Perform an analytical review to understand developments in the reports;
- Providing senior management with relevant information on regulatory metrics;
- Setting the requirements for the reporting process and data;
- Maintaining a solid control framework to ensure the integrity of ING’s regulatory reports;
- Represent ING to regulators and respond to questions from regulators;
- Explain financial developments and respond to questions of internal and external stakeholders;
- Measure the performance of the reporting process and stimulate continuous improvement. Participate in projects to improve the reporting processes and data quality. The objective is to ensure that ING complies with the reporting requirements from the supervisor at all times.
- Understand the end-to-end Finance processes, data model and architecture, including the inter dependencies with other domains.
Knowledge & Experience
- The successful candidate will have experience in the area of reporting and is familiar with IFRS and regulatory requirements (CRR / BRRD);
- You have 5 to 7 years working experience within the banking sector, preferably in the area of financial or regulatory reporting;
- Fluent in English, both written and verbal.
Behaviors & Competences
- Superb analytical skills, being able to analyse large amounts of data and to put outcomes in a wider perspective;
- Have a pro-active attitude and ability to operate in a demanding and changing environment;
- Team player that can build bridges across functions and can easily get buy-in from others to get things done within tight deadlines;
- Good communication and persuasion skills and be able to present complex issues in a simple and understandable way to both internal and external stakeholders;
- Furthermore, you adhere to the ING values and it is evident for you that your behavior is fully aligned with the Orange Code.
Education
You have at least a Master degree, preferable in the areas of accountancy, business administration or finance and control.
Your benefits
A job from 36 to 40 hours and a unique offer that fits in with the times of today. We take into account your home situation and your ambitions and help you to balance work and private life. Discover yourself our employment
To give you an idea, we will tell you about the benefits of working at ING:
- A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
- Flexible working hours and the possibility to work at home
- A reimbursement for travel expenses
- 24 vacation days with a 36-hour working week. If you work 40 hours a week, you will receive 27 vacation days
- Pension scheme
- 13th month salary
- Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
- 8% Holiday payment
- Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities to realize your ambitions
- An informal working environment with innovative colleagues who strive for the very best
- Progressive way of working according to the Agile method, so that new ideas come to life
