Senior Finance Business Partner - Performance & Cost Management in Amsterdam

Come and join ING , a leading international bank, at the forefront of technology innovation and digitalization. Change, renewal and transformation has been in our DNA since the start  with one single goal to deliver the best customer experience.

Our finance team supports the change process and innovative culture by hiring quality individuals with integrity, personal accountability, teamwork, commitment to excellence, and proactive thinking. If you exemplify our values and want to be part of something big, contact us today.

Our team’s purpose is to be the co-pilot in achieving competitive advantage for ING by transforming and running technology and operations – so we are looking for forward thinking people, who can challenge, collaborate, communicate and innovate to achieve this purpose!

Job Overview

As a senior team member of the Performance and Cost Management team you are responsible for understanding, analysing and challenging financial performance across the global COO Domain, which incorporates Retail, Wholesale and Staff Functions. You are a business partner to both the Group COO and his management team bringing strong expertise, innovative analysis and well reasoned advice to both challenge and support! Specifically:

• You Own the Numbers. You  are required to develop financial analysis and insight that goes beyond the readily available data. We need you to identify the true commercial story piecing together  financial system data, non-financial performance metrics, change and programme data, stakeholder conversations and intuition. You will drive financial reporting, planning, analysis and insight work. There isn’t always a right answer and senior stakeholders’ requirements constantly change, so you must be comfortable with ambiguity, be sparky, curious and be adaptable.

• You build Excellent Relationships: You are proactive at all levels of the organisation including MBB. You are a key point of contact and are able to get further insight through these relationship to better advise and challenge

• You Tell the right Story: Your work is high impact, and highly visible to senior management - much of which is consumed by MBB and MBB-1 level.  You are responsible for crafting clear arguments and stories in a convincing way and confidently presenting, discussing and challenging at all levels of the organisation.

The varied skills and backgrounds of our diverse team generates a sparky, innovative and collegiate atmosphere. There is a strong commitment to ensuring the development and growth of each of our team members. If you are looking for a fast moving and dynamic team producing influential financial analysis, then this is the place for you!

How to succeed

You are a high energy expert in financial analysis and business advice and will be able to navigate this complex environment delivering value-added finance advice. You are comfortable being autonomous, self-organising and are independent thinking. You are happy to work with ambiguity but tenacious about getting answers and gaining understanding.  Importantly you can communicate the key messages clearly, concisely and invest the time in taking your stakeholder on the journey.

• 5+ years’ experience working with senior management in management accounting / business advice

• A university and/or post-graduate degree (in business, accounting, economics or related field are highly desirable)

• Fluent in English (verbal and written)

• Proficiency in Microsoft (Excel, and PowerPoint)

• Strong communicator (verbal, written)

• Experience of ING’s financial systems (i.e. MISOB)

• Useful to have knowledge of operations and good understanding of the banking processes/products