Sr Business Control Officer- NFR Design @ING Bank (Temporary 1 year)

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ING believes in a world where everyone has the right to grow and progress in their own way. We express this in our global tagline, “do your thing”. Perhaps more than in any other large company, we extend our belief in the power of autonomy to our own people. But there’s a catch. In return for great freedom, we expect people to do great things for our customers, our stakeholders, and ING at large.

To work here is to be surrounded by people who are energetic, ambitious, friendly and respectful: talented specialists who take the responsibility and autonomy to make great things happen. We stay curious, thrive on change, and seek new and better ways to make it happen. Active in Romania for more than 30 years, ING Bank pioneered and challenged the local banking industry. Technology and innovation are at the core of what we do, making our products relevant for our customers’ lives and businesses.

ING Bank Romania is the only bank with an organic growth within the top 10 local banks by assets, without acquisitions of client portfolios or other banks. ING Bank Romania is an universal bank with more than 1.8 million customers from three business segments: individuals (retail), SME and Mid-Corporate companies and Wholesale Banking.

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Mission

The Operational Design Control and Resilience, Design Gatekeeping & Reportingteam, as part of COO Domain, is looking for a ODCR NFR Design Gatekeeper. If you are looking for a position with a significant contribution and impact towards 1st LoD Non-Financial Risk by supporting business lines  on strategic development and implementation under challenging environment where your work can make impact, then we are looking forward to meeting with you.

Your work activities will mainly focus on NFR risk management methodologies by designing the local related processes and developing training and making awareness materials, workshops, demos, tutorials for ODCR staff and 1st business lines. These are to provide E2E support to 1st line business for non-financial risk management, including but not limited to risk identification and assessment, mitigation, monitoring and reporting, helping all stakeholders involved to enable an effective and efficient non financial risk management.

Your day to day

• Drive and coordinate the local design and mapping of the  NFR methodologies and related processes (gap assessment, risk assessment, control testing and monitoring, issue and event tracking, scenario analysis etc), including practical models and instruments, in line with global frameworks requirements and local organizational structure
• Develop the local NFR training plan and materials for the processes under ODCR ownership and integrate 1st LoDs subject matter experts, business lines needs and expectations and 2nd LoDs challenge and advise
• Perform assessment of education and training needs, develop training and awareness materials and provide workshops, demos, tutorials for ODCR staff and 1st LoD -business lines ensuring E2E transparency and support for implementing and embedding non-financial risk management into local landscape
• Perform local gap analysis, facilitate risk assessments and monitoring the remediation of gaps related to (new/ revised) NFR global frameworks
• Active involvement in the monitoring of non-financial risk activities, including deep-dives, and support management in the development of remediation plans (if case); identify, initiate and manage actions to mitigate risks and to strengthen controls
• Interact effectively and develop a strong cooperation between the 1st LoD support departments, and 2nd LOD monitoring entities having as main scope non-financial risk culture implementation, acting as a linking pin for business support lines, 2nd LoD and functional lines
• Prepare attestations, reporting and communications for key management stakeholders with reference to the  NFR processes gatekept
• Active involvement on defining and implementing the ODCR strategy, proposing innovation and automation solutions with focus on efficiencies and improvements
• Manages ad-hoc requests related to any of the NFR processes under ODCR responsibility aiming to support business and management on reaching non-financial risk compliancy; applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous/complex situations
• Active participation on ODCR global communities calls, share discussions outputs and proposal for changes (if case) with ODCR Lead/Manager for further decisions

What you bring to the team

• You're a great communicator, winning the trust of team members, internal customers, while having strong presentation skills
• You are able to communicate in a clear way the why, what and when
• You have a very good command of the English language, both verbally and written (mandatory)
• You have the ability to adapt quickly to a changing environment, juggle competing priorities and combine a sense of urgency with due care and attention to details; you are a hands-on type of person
• You take initiative, pro-actively picking up tasks
• You are organized, can provide structure and maintain focus on the full picture
• You have a very good understanding of Risk and ING, as well as of the drivers of our business
• You get personal satisfaction from delivering solutions and always looking for opportunities to improve to NFR  processes
• You are proficient on using MS Office (Power point, Excel) and have experience on using risk management tools
• You have at least a Bachelor level of education
• In-depth/expert knowledge & experience with non financial risk policy frameworks, having preferable min 3 years experience in non-financial risk support activities

What we offer

• Impactful work in a fun and collaborative environment
• Open-concept offices designed for both team work and relaxation
• Corporate events and social gatherings
• Hybrid way of working with flexible working schedule and short week options
• Monthly budget on Benefit platform
• Extra annual leave days depending on the total length of working experience
• Growth opportunities through upskilling/ reskilling programs and a variety of learning and development platforms: ING Learning Centre, Udemy, Bookster, as well as through trainings and certifications
• Possibility to access Internal roles, International Short-Term Assignments or Long-Term Assignments
• Context to make an impact through Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility projects.