Super Circle Lead Financial Accounting (Head of Financial Accounting Operations)

We are looking for an experienced, visionary, hands-on, people-oriented lead to drive the execution, compliance and continuous improvements of the global financial accounting services in ING. You will steer a large cross-border team and collaborate with various key stakeholders in the CFO organisation business stakeholders in Wholesale Banking and Group Treasury and the internal and external auditors of the Bank.

You are responsible for steering an organization scalable and compliant financial account services to the CFOs in the Bank. This includes developing a vision and strategies to further scale, digitalize, and strengthen efficiency and quality of your services according to business partner expectations.

You will be directly reporting into the Bank’s COO for Finance.

Depending your current location, the location of this role will be in Amsterdam or ING Hubs Philippines.  

Your role and work environment 

COO Finance (COOF) is an independent unit reporting to ING’s COO, with a permanent seat in the Management team of CFO. It is accountable for executing the CFO and COO strategy to evolve towards one global digital bank. The COOF mission is to enable excellence in Finance with real time business insights, derived from state of the art technologies, optimal use of data and highly effective operations.

As Super Circle Lead Financial Accounting you will be working with the leadership team of COO Finance on large end-to-end transformation initiatives with the aim to establish robust technology solutions and corresponding processes to cater for timely, accurate, complete and auditable (accounted) data for various external and internal (reporting) purposes.

Your teams

You will lead a number of circle leads and their teams to deliver and continuously improve the centralized financial accounting operations and services. You are responsible for setting the long-term strategy and leading the Super Circle Financial Accounting organisation in achieving its (long term) objectives. Responsible for the execution of all activities of this organisation in Netherlands and ING Hubs Philippines, including risk & control activities to remain in control of risks and keeping the bank safe.

The Circles in scope of the Super Circle Financial Accounting are:

• FMGT Accounting Services: maintaining timely, accurate and compliant financial accounts for the Financial Markets and Group Treasury products.
• Lending & TS Accounting Services: maintaining timely, accurate and compliant financial accounts for the Wholesale Bank Lending and Transaction Services products.
• Other Product Accounting Services: maintaining timely, accurate and compliant financial accounts for the centralized processing and control of other banking products and special purpose entities.
• Cost & General Accounting Services: maintaining timely, accurate and compliant financial accounts for the cost and other non-product ledgers.
• Group & FA Consolidation Services: maintaining timely, accurate and compliant financial accounts for the Group entities and FA consolidation activities (eg Intercompany Reconciliation).

Your key responsibilities 

As Super Circle Lead you take responsibility for:

• Co-creating the strategy of COO Finance based on the COO and business strategies.
• Shape and lead the execution of the strategy of your area of responsibility based on the COO Finance strategy.
• Developing a multiyear vision providing scalable, digital, and compliant Financial Accounting services.
• Lead transformation initiatives, including implementing AI strategies in your Super Circle, to evolve business processes.
• Deliver the Financial accounting services according to agreed service levels, and ensuring safe, reliable and compliant processes and services.
• Continuously working on ways to innovate and improve your products and services
• People leadership and driving people development, employee engagement and diversity in your organisation.
• Actively engaging and aligning strategies, demand and priorities with (senior) stakeholders in Finance, risk and business organisations.

We are looking for: 

An ambitious and inspiring leader, able to easily navigate and connect across the different stakeholders in the organisation, and displaying the following behaviors:

• Think-Act big - Our leaders don’t just see the big picture. They create it.
• Drive safely - Our leaders drive change, and they do it responsibly.
• Navigate the new - The world doesn’t stand still, and neither do our leaders.
• Evolve constantly - When you’re a leader, the ‘search for better’ never ends.
• Inspire and energise - Our leaders inspire others to be their best, with one shared vision.
• Lead yourself - Improving others starts by improving yourself.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself. 

Furthermore, you have: 

• Master Degree (University / Postgraduate) in Accounting or Controlling
• 10+ years of experience in management and leadership
• 10-15 years of experience in Finance
• Deep knowledge in financial accounting and financial control practices
• Affinity with operational management
• Sourcing experience and leading cross border teams
• Strategic Planning
• Managing (complex) change
• Stakeholder management
• Building effective teams and drive engagement
• Drive results and instil trust

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 indication tailored to your qualities and experience within GJA20/ FS14
• 36 or 40 hour workweek
• 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

Want to apply directly? 

Upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the “Apply” button. 

Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.

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!