Finance Business Partner (Analytics and Operational Design)

Role and responsibilities  

You will join the COO/CTO End-to-end Finance Business Advice team, a department which consists of 7 finance professionals advising the Global COO and CFO of the bank. In this role you advice the MTs of the COO Analytics, Operational Design, Control & Resilience. Your advice is based on the insights you obtain from financial analyses, with the focus on the development of the value drivers. Next to the regular work, you also participate as financial expert in strategic projects on an ad-hoc basis. 

Overall, you are a trusted advisor for senior management and contribute to strategic discussions with your financial expertise. 

This is what your activities will look like: 

• Together with the business drive the budgeting and forecasting process ensuring collaboration and consensus between stakeholders and leadership teams  
• Monitor and challenge performance by tracking and explaining value drivers 
• Advise on all matters concerning operational efficiency, cost modelling, cost allocation to internal clients, financial planning and control 
• Actively engage in the month-end process, with stringent reviews, analysis, and reporting 
• Continuously look for process improvements and execute them 

How to succeed  

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious and have self-confidence to communicate to senior management. 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
• Have a Financial Master degree 
• 5+ years experience in relevant position such as a Business Controller, Cost Controller, Finance Business Partner or similar 
• Resilience in an challenging environment with stakeholders across all levels
• Proactive, hands-on, and relentless in driving results 
• Strong communication and influence skills 
• Experience in translating complex data into sound and clear advice 
• Confidence in pushing back and managing the expectations of senior stakeholders, ensuring alignment without compromising delivery timelines 
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills. Knowledge of PowerBI, Hyperion and SmartView is a plus 
• Curious attitude and willingness to learn and continuously develop to bring the value to the team and company 

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
• 40 hour workweek
• 12-month contract with view to extend
• 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

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!