Discover ING Hubs Romania
ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of over 2000 high-performing engineers, risk, and operations professionals.
We started out in 2015 as ING’s software development hub, then steadily expanded our range to include more services and competencies. Now we provide borderless services with bank-wide capabilities and operate from two locations: Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.
Our tech capabilities remain the core of our business, with more than 1800 colleagues active in Data and Analytics Tech, Tech Foundation and Channels, Retail Core Banking and Architecture, and Global Products and Technology Services.
We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged.
For us, impact isn't a perk. It's the driver of our work. We are guided and rewarded by a shared desire to make the world a better place, one innovative solution at a time. Our colleagues make it their job to do impactful things and they love doing it in good company. Do you?
Here’s a sneak peak of what our colleagues say about working within ING Hubs Romania:
- At ING, we're building the solutions of tomorrow, today | 80% of our colleagues in Romania agree
The Mission
The Reporting Control Management (RCM) Romania team is an integral part of Group Finance/Reporting Control Management in the Netherlands, the corporate staff department responsible for Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
In this capacity the team is the linking pin between Group Finance and the other corporate departments, local ING entities, shared service centers, and first line testers. This includes maintaining the day-to-day relationship with the local finance control officers and taking the ownership for implementing the requirements leading to a sound internal control over global reporting processes.
This is a dynamic environment as requirements in financial and regulatory environment are continuously increasing. The department supports Group Finance stakeholders by ensuring that processes, controls, and testing activities comply with internal and external reporting requirements. Other key stakeholders include enterprise risk management, and internal and external auditors.
The RCM team has a dynamic culture, characterized by open, direct and informal communication, with a focus on teamwork.
SOX IT Controls Specialist
Are you coming from IT Audit, Internal Audit, Risk & Controls, or SOX and looking to make a broader impact? Join us and help strengthen the control environment behind ING's financial reporting.
What you'll do
- Assess and improve IT controls supporting business processes
- Contribute to maintaining a robust SOX control environment through testing and quality assurance activities
- Work closely with business, IT, risk, and external auditors
- Identify opportunities to simplify and optimize the SOX control environment from an IT controls perspective
- Contribute to trainings, guidance, and best practices
- Help drive a strong risk and control culture across the organization.
What you'll bring
- Experience in IT Audit (internal or external), SOX, Risk, or IT with a genuine interest in controls, governance, and process improvement
- Knowledge of IT general controls and IT application controls
- Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive, hands-on, and continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a global environment
- Relevant certifications (CISA, CIA, CISSP, ACCA, CPA, etc.) are a plus.
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is curious, eager to learn, and passionate about improving controls and processes.
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Skills Required
- University degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field
- 5+ years experience in external/internal audit, financial control, or relevant risk and control function
- Solid understanding of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and COSO 2013 internal controls framework
- Good understanding of IT and IT related controls including IT general controls and application controls
- Experience with financial reporting processes (close activities, loan loss provisioning, financial markets)
- Demonstrated experience in business process improvements and control design/implementation
- Understanding of change management and impacts of new software/IT tools on controls and accounting
- Good understanding of banking business processes, relevant regulations, and internal control requirements
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
- Professional and ethical working style, sound judgment, ability to act as a reliable business partner
- Experience supporting QA activities for first-line testing and developing training materials
- Professional certifications (e.g., CISA, CISSP, ACCA, CPA, CIA) or progress toward certification
What We Do
ING is a pioneer in digital banking and on the forefront as one of the most innovative banks in the world. As ING, we have a clear purpose that represents our conviction of people’s potential. We don’t judge, coach, or tell people how to live their lives. However big or small, modest or grand, we empower people and businesses to realise their vision for a better future. We made the promise to make banking frictionless, removing barriers to progress, and make people confident in their financial decisions. As a global bank we have a huge opportunity – and responsibility – to make an impact for the better. We can play a role by financing change, sharing knowledge, and innovating. Being sustainable is in all the choices we make—as a lender, as a partner and through the services we offer our customers
