Financial Reporting Specialist/Expert

Financial Reporting Expert

Brussels, permanent contract, full time 

Your role & work environment

Within the Center of Expertise Reporting at ING Belgium, the Financial Reporting domain is responsible for the financial reporting activities to relevant stakeholders (NBB, shareholders etc). The team provides analytical reviews, extensive analysis and interpretation of results.

Your key responsibilities

As a Accounting & Reporting specialist/expert, you are fully responsible for the timely delivery and the analysis of reports in your scope.

As main responsibilities you:

· Prepare prudential reports, with analytical review and validation

· Perform complex analyses

· Prepare responses to ad-hoc requests from stakeholders (e.g. ECB, management, external auditor)

· Review and coordinates the report preparation by others and are responsible for coaching of less experienced staff

· Work closely together with various departments within the processing chain (Front Office, Back Office /Operations, Finance, Risk Management)

· Participate actively in strategic, tactical and ad-hoc change projects to set clear requirements on data definitions and implement these together with the Finance & Reporting Tribe and where needed challenge the status quo.

· Monitor compliance with regulation

We look for

A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

The future reporting expert has strong communication skills, is analytical and multi-disciplinary, has an independent critical attitude, is a team player, invests in his expertise, embraces change and has a strong stakeholder focus

As Accounting & Reporting specialist/expert, you will also need the following qualifications and competences:

· Required level of education : master

· Level of years relevant experience : 3 - 5

· Level of knowledge BE GAAP/IFRS: moderate

· English : advanced

· Level of knowledge Cognos/SAP-Business objects: preferred

· Communication skills: able to communicate clearly with senior internal & external stakeholders

· Problem analysis & judgment: place problems in a broader perspective

· Control mindset

· Curious mindset

· Good sense of humor

We offer you 

A clear purpose, a unique offer and a range of flexible compensation and other benefits:

· Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realise your ambitions

· An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavours

· A progressive and agile way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention

Furthermore, within the CoE Reporting department, you can count on a range of opportunities to invest in your personal and professional growth with:

· the opportunity to shape the reporting capabilities of the future

· the support to challenge the status quo at all times

· a variety of learning possibilities

· challenging projects & a steep learning curve

· the possibility to evolve from one job to another easily within CoE reporting, Finance, Risk, in order to build a full knowledge of the business in a major bank.

We redefine banking. What about you?

There has never been a more interesting time to work at ING. We’re on a journey that’s centred around our customers, powered by technology and driven by smart, determined people. Our customers feel our people are empowering them to stay a step ahead in life and in business. We’re proud of that!