6 Months STA for a Senior Business Manager for WB Sector Financial Institutions (FI)

WB Sector Financial Institutions

The FI sector is a global Front Office team. FI has a leading position in providing Financial Markets, Lending, Trade Finance, Payments & Capital Markets and advisory services to Financial Institutions. Clients consist of banks, insurance companies, pension funds, asset managers, trust offices, private equity and fintechs.

The FI sector team manages ING's FI relationships on a global basis. The dedicated FI sector team is crucial for ING as, amongst others, it manages reciprocity envelopes for ING and FI's client base is crucial for Originate to Distribute (OtD) activities.

What makes us unique:

• We are truly diversified with 45+ nationalities represented in more than 37 countries and ~45% female staff.
• The FI client base is highly professional, client interaction is often multidimensional, which requires specialised knowledge and sophistication from our side. 
• We are a multiproduct coverage unit, fully aligned with our product, risk management and network colleagues.
• Bottom line: Very dynamic and truly international client focused business with challenging international career opportunities

Business Manager

We are looking for a people minded and analytical Business Manager who is a self-starter, strong with financials & data and understands the complexity of WB organization.

In this role you will be part of the Commercial Development & NFR team. This team is responsible for contributing towards the development of the sector by acting as a linking pin for other business units within and external to the sector. The team consists of 3 colleagues including your manager and our objective is to empower our FI Stakeholders to be a step ahead by being a trusted Business Partner.

As Business Manager your responsibilities include:

• Act as a sparring partner and soundboard to the Head of FI and MT, and proactively support in the performance of day-to-day activities to enable focus, prioritization, effective decision making and drive results
• Client portfolio management and performance analyses
• Co-develop the FI strategy and implementation of the strategy
• Manage and coordinate the dynamic planning process across the global business (DP)
• Preparation of communications and presentations for various key stakeholders, including conferences, panels, townhalls
• Preparation and facilitation of MT meetings, employee gatherings and team offsites
• Represent FI in various value chain meetings and project boards within Wholesale Banking (WB)
• act as linking pin for the FI sector towards other business units and sectors on WB wide initiatives
• Co-ordinate and participate in WB and FI wide projects
• Suggesting and implementing improvements to processes and ways of working, acting as a linking pin with other departments

About you

• You are an excellent communicator and creative in engaging varied audiences effectively. You know how to generate inspiring communiques, presentations and short and snappy briefings and reports in PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• You embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment
• You are comfortable with change and a self-starter
• You are comfortable in build bridges, bring people together, encourage collaborating and decision making across the organizations to solve complex business challenges
• You have great organizational skills, a structured way of working and attention to detail
• A ‘can do’ mentality, proactive, resourceful and willing to go the extra mile
• Able to manage own work and set own priorities
• Looking for business improvements and processes optimizations
• Inspire and empower other people by demonstrating trust, openly valuing their expertise and clearly stating your expectations

Candidate Profile

• Understanding of financials, profitability and KPIs
• Finance background or previous role in Finance is beneficial
• Master’s degree will be considered a plus
• >5 years of WB experience with good understanding of ING’s business lines, products and processes
• Solid understanding of project / program management
• Cultural- and organizational sensitivity
• An entrepreneurial mind set
• Excellent PowerPoint, Excel and Word skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English

What do we offer?

We offer a stimulating STA for 6 months in a dynamic working environment.

Interested?

Apply directly online, clicking on the application button below.
Please contact Marlies Galesloot +31 (0)6 10811812 for more detailed information regarding this vacancy. We are looking forward to your application!