(Junior) Accounting Expert in the Financial Accounting Services (FAS) team

The Financial Accounting Services (FAS) team within Retail Netherlands (RBNL) is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled finance professional. If you're looking for a role within ING’s largest entity, offering challenging and meaningful work, and you're eager to continuously develop yourself in a Finance position, then this vacancy is for you.

About the work environment 

ING’s strategy is centered around providing a best in class experience to its customers, aiming to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and business. Innovation is considered to be a core enabler to accomplish this mission, especially given the fast changing environment we live in today. From a Finance perspective this means being in control at all times of ING’s financials while making sure that ING continuously adapts to meet the changing and more data oriented regulatory and statutory reporting requirements. 

Finance Domestic Bank is responsible for the financial accounting and statutory/regulatory reporting of all Retail activities in ING’s home market, with a Balance Sheet of 200 billion euro and responsible for 40% of ING’s worldwide profit. The Financial Accounting tribe aims at finding the balance between high speed to continuously deliver on all regulatory changes and an efficient and up-to-standard way of working to process vast data sets according to strict IFRS and ECB rules.

The Financial Accounting Services team manages financial administration for various products and services within Retail Bank Netherlands (RBNL). You’ll be working in a dynamic and evolving environment due to organizational changes within Finance and ongoing system and process transformations, both within Finance and the contributing business domains. At the same time, high standards are set for the continuity and reliability of FAS processes, which form the foundation for monthly and quarterly closings and various financial reports prepared by RBNL Finance.

Working at ING Finance Domestic Bank will provide you with a wide range of experiences with significant responsibilities and development opportunities. If you have a strong can-do-attitude, you will excel in our organization.

Your new role

Your responsibilities as an Accounting and Reporting Expert is among others to:

• Processing complex financial transactions in the bank’s general ledger;
• Handling incidental entries during the closing (provisions, impairments, receivables, etc.);
• Liaising with contributing departments across RBNL;
• Performing complex analyses and plausibility checks;
• Setting up reconciliations across departments;
• Monitoring progress and resolving issues;
• Coaching colleagues on complex analyses or bookings;
• Acting as a subject matter expert in Tribes to help achieve project goals from a Finance perspective, translating Finance requirements into bank-wide solutions.

A significant part of your time will be spent following up on various projects within Retail NL, ensuring that the correct Finance requirements are defined and implemented. You will play a key role in translating financial needs into actionable deliverables across the organization.

About the team

This vacancy is in the Financial Accounting Services team of about 8 people. Operational tasks such as manual journal entries, reconciliations, and balance analyses are carried out by the Financial Accounting Services (FAS) colleagues in Manila (about 11 colleagues). The  team in Amsterdam consists of subject matter experts (SMEs) who review the outcomes, support the Manila team when needed—especially in investigating discrepancies—and ensure the quality and accuracy of the financial data.

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

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. 

Our ideal candidate has a proven track record in some fields and possesses certain skills:

• Current residency in the Netherlands;
• Prior work experience in a banking environment and and IFRS is desired;
• A completed university (WO) or applied sciences (HBO) degree;
• Strong numerical insight and analytically and strong with an eye for detail;
• A process-oriented mindset, eagerness to learn, and the ability to quickly build expertise;
• Problem solving, innovative, initiative, and a drive for continuous improvement;
• Strong collaboration skills with colleagues and internal stakeholders across and beyond Finance;
• Strong drive to perform and a desire to take a leading role in projects impacting the Finance domain.

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 indication tailored to your qualities and experience. The role is positioned within FS 9 (GJA 15). Depending on your background and expertise, placement in a higher or lower scale may be considered between FS8 - FS10 (GJA14 - GJA16);
• 12-month contract with view to extend;
• 36 (40 hours is an option);
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation (onsite on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday);
• 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.

Interested? Apply Today!
Are you currently based in the Netherlands and have relevant work experience? Ready to take the next step in your career and fuel your ambitions in a fast-paced environment where growth is encouraged? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Please upload your most recent CV along with a cover letter explaining the expertise and knowledge you bring to our team and the areas where you’d like to expand your skills and grow professionally! We’re excited to meet you and explore how you can make an impact with us!

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!