Accounting and Reporting Expert – COO Finance (FINREP & ESG (EUT))

Excited to grow your career in a cross-border team and build further on bringing the best Global reporting services? Then join our team! We are looking for a regulatory reporting expert that wants to bring the FINREP & ESG Reporting value stream to a new level.

Within the Circle FINREP & ESG Reporting Services you will work together within a team of high-valued experts both in Amsterdam and Manilla. Together with the team, you will play a pivotal role in making sure that reports (FINREP, EUT, Asset Encumbrance) are timely prepared in an accurate and complete manner to Group Finance. Next to that you will drive the change and pursue operational excellence by making the end-to-end reporting chain more straight-through by eliminating manual work and shorten report throughput time.

We are looking for a new team member that is data savvy and takes it on and make it happen. You will work closely together with our team in Manilla and manage your stakeholders at the Tribe and ING locations around the world. You are structured, change-minded and love a challenge.

Your new work environment

The COO Finance (COOF) mission: We enable excellence in Finance with real time business insights, using state-of-the-art technologies, optimal use of data and highly effective operations.

COOF is a global independent unit within ING’s COO domain, reporting into both ING’s CFO and ING’s COO. COOF is accountable for:

• executing ING Finance and COO strategy to evolve towards one global digital bank and designing the global finance operations and technology strategy (together with ING’s TECH organisation);
• optimising accounting and reporting productivity (and customer satisfaction) for both statutory, regulatory and management reporting.

COOF Purpose: “We are the heartbeat of Finance enabling excellence”

Responsibilities of the Accounting & Reporting Expert in the team:

• Keep the overview over end-to-end Finance processes
• Use analytics tools to support the reporting processes
• Guarantee compliance with control frameworks
• Analyse and comment on changing accounting/regulatory requirements
• Participate in projects by clarifying data definitions and proposing solutions
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and drive the change to achieve a more straight-through reporting process.
• You take ownership and manage your stakeholders

How to succeed 

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself. 

Furthermore, you have:

• Current residency in the Netherlands and fluent in the English language (C2)
• Prior work experience in a banking environment
• Experience with statutory and/or regulatory reporting
• Familiarity with international accounting standards (IFRS)
• Awareness of the importance of data for a bank and ready to make the link between regulation and technology
• Experience with analysing and understanding data-driven reporting chains
• A strong change-mindset to drive operational excellence

As an ambassador of our Orange Code culture you display the following behaviours:

• Driven and customer focused, loving to collaborate with different people
• Able to motivate, empower and stimulate people
• Analytical mindset and solutions oriented
• Continuously challenging the status quo and taking decisions
• Transparent, flexible, and motivated to make every day a success

What we bring you
Working at ING means working in a dynamic and international setting. Individual development of our employees team members is very important and that is why ING offers excellent courses and programs. You will become a member of the Finance Domestic Bank tribe, a no-nonsense and progressive tribe known for qualitative deliveries. We strive to achieve the best and therefore need talented and driven colleagues.

We offer:

• Challenging yet fun and constructive environment
• Working with highly skilled people, experts in their domains
• Working in an area which is of regulatory importance to ING
• Great training and learning opportunities

Rewards & benefits  

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions here.

The benefits of working with us at ING include: 

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience in scale 10 tot max mid 11
• 36 or 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

Want to apply directly?

Upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the “Apply” button. 

Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.

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!