Senior Finance Business Partner – Technology & Risk

We’re hiring a Senior Finance Business Partner – Technology & Risk to join ING’s Tech Finance team. In this high-impact role, you will partner with senior stakeholders, help steer a technology cost base of around €250 million, and turn complexity into clear insights, strong business cases and better decisions. If you enjoy combining strategic business partnering with hands-on analysis—and want to help modernise finance through data, AI and automation—this is an opportunity to make visible impact in a fast-moving environment. Location: the Netherlands, Poland or Romania.

The team

The Tech Finance team partners with ING’s Global Tech organisation to enable better, faster and more confident business decisions through sharp analysis, forward-looking insight and trusted advice. As Tech plays a central role in delivering ING’s ambition to be a leading digital bank, this team operates close to strategic priorities, AI-driven innovation and real business impact.

Because the team is small, agile and highly visible, this role offers direct exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to influence decisions that matter. We are continuously looking for smarter ways of working, so we can focus our time where it adds the most value: shaping the business, improving performance and driving better outcomes.

The opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner – Technology & Risk to join our Technology Finance team and play a key role in supporting the Finance & Risk domain within ING’s Global Tech organisation. This is a highly visible opportunity with real strategic impact: you will work closely with senior stakeholders, help steer a technology cost base of approximately €250 million, and turn financial and operational complexity into clear insights, robust business cases and better decisions. The scope includes Finance, KYC, Procurement and Risk-related technology services, as well as close partnership with internal stakeholders across ING to ensure transparent cost allocation and strong financial control. For someone who enjoys combining strategic business partnering with hands-on financial analysis—and wants to help modernise finance through data, AI and automation—this is an exciting opportunity to make a difference.

We believe great finance business partners combine financial and non-financial data, business understanding and sound judgement to tell the real story behind the numbers. In this role, you will help leaders see what matters, what is changing and where action is needed.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted finance sparring partner to senior stakeholders, supporting strategic and tactical decision-making with insight and challenge
• Deliver timely, high-quality reporting and analysis that supports management decisions, with a strong focus on FTE steering, cost optimisation and value creation
• Advise on operational efficiency, cost modelling, allocation, financial planning and control to improve business performance
• Monitor cost developments and continuously refine the Rolling Forecast to keep management ahead of risks and opportunities
• Perform run-rate analysis, identify efficiency opportunities and build robust business cases for change initiatives and investment decisions
• Provide clear reporting and insight on actual spend versus plan using standard dashboards and other analytical tools
• Maintain full oversight of costs and FTEs, including requisition review and approval, cost charging and analytical control
• Support the implementation of organisational structure changes, including info memos, RFAs and budget transfers
• Review and advise on balance sheet positions, including restructuring and impairment assessments where required

 How to succeed

You are proactive, intellectually curious and comfortable operating in a dynamic environment. You combine strong business acumen with financial insight, quickly see the bigger picture and translate complexity into clear advice and action.

Furthermore, You Have

• Current residency in the Netherlands, or Poland or Romania
• University (Bachelor's/Master's) degree
• 5+ years of relevant experience in Finance Business Partnering, Business Control or a comparable role in a complex environment
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across all levels of seniority. You bring organisational sensitivity, sound judgement and the confidence to navigate complexity and constructive challenge.
• A proactive, curious mindset and the drive to continuously improve will help you thrive in this fast-moving environment.
• Strong analytical capabilities, with the ability to turn data into insight, insight into action, and action into better business decisions

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; 6,728 to 10,753/m
• 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

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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!