Associate Finance Control

Finance Group Treasury (GT) & Corporate Line (CL) / Business Control & Advice - Central GT is looking for an Financial Accounting Controller with a strong financial background and a desire to work in an ambitious and dynamic finance team with a high level of business expertise and specialist knowledge.

Your Work Environment

Finance GT & CL is overall responsible for the financial management of Treasury, Capital Management and Other Corporate Line activities within ING. Within Finance GT & CL the primary task of the Business Control & Advice - Central GT team is to support GT Management located in the Netherlands in optimizing ING’s balance sheet through:

• Management information, analysis & advice and business control activities
• Driving the implementation of innovative, forward looking balance sheet steering information
• Safeguard a safe and sound control environment for the financials
• Targeting global standardisation and streamlining of relevant processes, tools and systems

The Business Control & Advice - Central GT team consists of financial control and accounting experts with an in depth knowledge of Group Treasury activities and financial markets instruments. This combined with a broad knowledge of various balance sheet management, IFRS accounting and regulatory accounting topics. We report directly to the CFO GT & CL.

Tasks & Responsibilities

You are a member of a team of 11 FTE. Your most important tasks are:

• Financial accounting (balance sheet, P&L) control, including product control, hedge accounting control, challenge of price testing & valuation;
• Management accounting control, including budget planning, business allocations
• Regulatory accounting control, including solvency, liquidity
• Balance Sheet and P&L forecasting, liquidity/solvency forecast, scenario analysis;
• Support, analysis and business advice on above to main stakeholders
• Actively support and participate in projects as end-users
• Understand the Group Treasury portfolios and provide daily support to the GT business located in the Netherlands

Behaviours & Competences

• You adhere to the ING values and it is evident for you that your behavior is fully aligned with the Orange Code
• You are seen as a reliable and valuable business partner for both internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills & a real team player with a pro-active attitude
• You have the ability to understand the “big picture” while having an eye for detail
• Have a pro-active attitude and ability to operate in a demanding and changing environment
• Working knowledge of financial accounting (specifically IAS39/IFRS9 and hedge accounting, financial market products (including derivatives), risk management, Basel regulations and relevant (GT) Finance processes and systems
• Good skills in Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills;
• Fluent in English

Education & Experience

• A Master’s degree, for example in Economics, Econometrics or Business Administration and maximum 5 years of relevant working experience

This is a unique opportunity to:

• Learn about the banking business and ALM, from a finance, business and risk perspective
• Build your network across these functions and across stakeholders
• Develop key competencies in a changing and challenging environment supported by experienced and highly motivated professionals
• Enjoy a fun working environment, with a very international group of colleagues close to the business that we support.