Financial Controller - CoE Financial Markets Product Control

Vacancy Financial Controller - Financial Markets Product Control

We are looking for a motivated Financial Controller to strengthen the CoE Financial Markets Product Control team. In this role you design policies and provide advice on product accounting, financial reporting and the control framework for Financial Markets globally. Furthermore, to support the FM business in the realisation of its long-term ambitions, you help improve the accounting framework & controls and actively engage in the coordination of implementing these improvements.

You work closely together with the Senior Financial Controller in the team and other team members of Finance FM, the regional leads of FM Product Control, and other key Finance stakeholders (Group Finance (incl. accounting Policies & Procedures), COO Finance and local Finance. In addition, you work closely with Trading Risk Management (CRO/Financial Risk) on P&L, Valuation and Market data topics, and with Financial Risk Policy domain to align our policies for FM stakeholders.

Financial Markets Business

The Financial Markets (FM) strategy is to serve institutional, corporate and retail clients with the financial markets products that they require. It’s a client driven business franchise.

To support the global FM business, the FM value chain delivers financial markets products to clients in the most operationally efficient manner in the various countries and legal entities required by global and local regulations. Finance, Risk Management, Tech and Operations are part of this value chain. Financial Markets Product Control is directly enabling the business through independent financial control, support and advise, but also steers the change required in the systems and controls to become future proof.

Team

You will become part of the CoE Financial Markets Product Control, which resides within FM Finance & Product Control. The CoE consists of Valuation experts, a Business Change Coordinator and Financial Controllers. You are reporting to the CoE Lead of FM Product Control.

Your key responsibilities

As a Financial Controller you are responsible for the following activities:

• Establishment, maintenance and roll-out of specific Global FM Finance & Product Control Policies & Procedures
• Be the go-to person for FM when it comes to Financial Accounting and Regulatory expertise on FM products
• Responsible for keeping the Financial Markets Product Control Framework up to date
• Overseeing global SOx performance for FM Product Control
• Support operational excellence by identifying improvement opportunities in the current way of working

How to succeed
As a Financial Controller we ask you have/are:

• University degree (Master’s preferred) in Finance or equivalent (e.g. Accounting, Auditing)
• Expertise in IFRS and implementing regulatory requirements
• Experience in (business) control, risk management, accounting and/or product control activities in Financial Markets and/or Treasury
• To take initiative and strive pro-actively towards standardized processes for FM Product Control
• Structured way of working and good coordination & organization skills
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written in English)

As an ambassador of our Orange Code culture you display the following behaviors:

• Driven and customer focused, loving to collaborate with different people
• Able to motivate, empower and stimulate people
• Analytical mindset and solutions oriented
• Continuously challenging the status quo and taking decisions

Rewards & benefits 

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.

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 in GJA 15 (FS 9)
• 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
• Attractive pension scheme
• Hybrid way of working

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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!