Head of Accounting - Financial Markets & Group Treasury

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As Head of Accounting (Circle Lead) for Financial Markets & Group Treasury you are responsible for the Accounting processes as well as the timely and accurate preparation of the P&L and Balance Sheets for the entities in scope of COO Finance. You lead a cross-border team and are responsible to manage both internal as external stakeholders.

WANT TO APPLY DIRECTLY?

Are you the experienced leader with the accounting experience we are looking for? Then apply directly! Please upload your most recent CV and motivational letter, explaining your motivation, ambitions as well as “Why ING”. Without a suitable cover letter we cannot take your application in consideration as it also demonstrates your eye for detail.
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!

YOUR ROLE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The Chief Operations Officer (COO) domain builds bridges within ING linking to almost every part of the bank. Its purpose is to drive secure, efficient processes for our customers and colleagues.

ING wants to set up a bank-wide COO organisation that’s ready for the future, with scalable, seamless, digital, and resilient operations. To help us achieve this, COO identified three main ways to make the most impact:

• Building a network organisation: more networking and cross-border collaboration.
• Consolidating the organisation: share capabilities and services in locations where we can best embed these.
• Digitalisation/straight-through processing: making our processes end-to-end to provide a seamlessly digital experience for our customers.

Global COO Finance is an independent unit within ING’s COO domain, reporting hierarchically into ING’s Chief Financial Officer and functionally into ING’s Chief Operations Officer.
Global COO Finance (COOF) is accountable for designing the global finance operations and technology strategy (together with ING’s TECH organisation) and optimising productivity and customer satisfaction in Operations to improve operational efficiency. It is accountable for executing ING Finance and COO strategy to evolve towards one global digital bank, is responsible for performance of Operations, the operating model, decisions on sourcing and all relevant Regulatory and Risk topics.

PURPOSE

Your job and purpose is to lead a team of Accounting experts with a related purpose to deliver effective and efficient processes and services, developing and embedding controls that safeguard the compliance of relevant policies and standards and meeting business partner expectations. You are responsible for setting the standards for your scope of responsibility and takes responsibility for developing, innovating and safeguarding knowledge. Your role is to manage the circle in achieving its (long term) objectives and implement and execute the COOF strategies for your scope of responsibility.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

You deliver operations according to agreed service levels, while staying safe, reliable and compliant on your services. You are continuously looking for ways to improve, to further optimise the sourcing

strategy, and to further drive employee engagement and diversity.

• Leadership and Direction - Communicate the actions needed to implement the COOF strategy for your area; explain the relationship to the broader organization’s mission, vision and values; motivate people to commit to these and to doing extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Policies and procedures development - Lead and coordinate the development and delivery of financial policies, guidelines, and protocols in your scope of responsibility to ensure the department complies with regulations and good financial practice.
• Functional Strategic Formation - Contribute to the formation of a key element of functional strategy through specialist expertise and insights, to ensure that the strategy meets business needs.
• Operational Compliance - Monitor and review performance and behaviours within area of responsibility to identify and resolve non-compliance with the organization’s policies and relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct.
• Organisational capability building - Identify the team’s individual development needs. Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development to build their professional capabilities. Coach and mentor the people in your line of responsibility to support the development of the COOF talent pool.
• Performance Management - Manage and report on performance within the department or area of responsibility; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement - Identify and manage stakeholders (both internal as external), finding out their needs/issues/concerns and reacting to these to support the communication of business information and decisions.