Business Controller (Finance Advice Expert/Business Analyst)
Employee | Accounting / Finance | Professional | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 2024-12-02 | REQ-10086054
ING Wholesale Banking Finance is looking for an ambitious, data driven Finance Advice Expert who will act as a financial business partner providing finance advice to the senior management of ING Wholesale Banking (WB).
Your new role
We are looking for a finance business partner to one or more of the Wholesale Banking MT members and their organizations. You will be responsible for providing management information, analysis and business advice on cost and FTE, support them to meet the Financial KPI’s and to optimize their cost structure. The primary internal stakeholders are the functional heads (TECH, COO, CFO, HR, Change & Transformation, etc.). Together you prepare their Dynamic Plan and Rolling Forecast and analyse their realisation against target.
The team
As member of the Finance Business Advise (FBA) Business Support team, you are part of the Wholesale Banking Finance Organization in Amsterdam. You will operate in a dynamic global environment with many internal stakeholders. You are part of a team of approximately 10 professional finance advice experts who will coach and challenge you to take the next step to become a business partner that adds value to the business.
Roles and responsibilities
- Monthly reporting: you provide input for the monthly closing process, analyse the performance and the create and present the monthly report on the results for your domain.
- Rolling Forecast: you will organize and facilitate the (rolling) forecasting process by gathering all required data and analyses in order to come to a reliable rolling (multiyear) forecast.
- Business Cases: you will contribute to developing business cases, quantifying current costs, project investments and ROI. During and after implementation you will present their financial results.
- Financial Modelling: you will gather input and build financial cost models to support strategic costing for intra/intercompany charging of WB Tech services.
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 we are looking for the following:
- Current residency in the Netherlands
- Master’s degree in finance (e.g. Economics, Business Administrating, Business Economics)
- 5 + years experience in Management Accounting / Business Advice
- Data fluency: you understand, analyse and effectively communicate with data. You combine data sources, analyse them and create actionable information.
- You have excellent skills in MSOffice (Excel, PowerPoint, PowerQuery, PowerBI, Thinkcell, etc) and preferred knowledge with Oracle Hyperion Planning, Cost Perform, Smartview.
You have a strong delivery focus. You take it on and make it happen. At the same time, you help others to be successful and you’re always a step ahead. You have the following competencies:
- Communication: you present and convey key messages in a way that is fully tailored to the target audience
- Persuasiveness: you persuade others to your arguments and way of thinking. Seeing the bigger picture of an issue, garnering support and gradually influencing others
- Problem solving: you early detect and identify problems, conduct sound and complex analyses and help in finding effective solutions (analytical)
- Customer focus: you clearly ascertain what your customer needs and produce value-added advice and reports. Not only deal with a clear-cut customer request but are also able to anticipate future demands through continuous dialogue with your customers.
- Teamwork: you create opportunities by information sharing and encouraging others to achieve our goals
- Initiative: you take initiative to proactively contribute to effective decision-making in the business and take action
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
- 12-month contract with view to extend
- 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?
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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!
Questions about this opportunity?
Feel free to contact Sandra de Klerk, Recruiter. e-mail: sandra.de.klerk@ing.com