Business Analyst Tribe Core Capabilities

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.

Global COO Finance is an independent unit within INGs COO domain reporting hierarchically into INGs Chief Financial Officer and functionally into INGs Chief Operations Officer. Global COO Finance (COOF) is accountable for designing the global finance operations and technology strategy (together with INGs 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.

The Team:

The Accounting Tribe works at the heart of the Banks complexity with a view on the front-to-back processing chain of a large Dutch bank with an extensive international network. We translate complex primarily global Wholesale Banking business activities into financial records in line with the latest regulatory and tax requirements. Demand comes from three sources: (1) new or changed products/business lines (2) regulators central banks and/or tax authorities and (3) process optimization requests from the end user community. We analyse the impact and design test and implement a solution in the processing chain.

For this role strong analytical & communication capabilities are crucial as well as an interest in accountancy processes tech and banking products. You will analyse the processes assess the impact and ensure that the business- and user requirements are covered in change releases. You have a strong drive to learn about the accounting domain and the tools and techniques under your squads responsibility. Within this position you have either the possibility to develop yourself into a specialist in a certain domain or to develop to a generic profile with managerial responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

As a Business Analyst you will be working in a constructive multidisciplinary squad composed of business analysts engineers and a product owner. Together you work on a common purpose e.g. Wholesale Banking Lending Financial Markets Payments and/or Group Treasury Retail or the Finance own core processes.

Together with your squad members you do everything within your power to realise your common mission day by day. More specifically this can contain one of the following activities:

• Translation of business needs into Finance user and stakeholder requirements.
• You support the product owner and the squad in managing the backlog by translating epics into features and together with the squad into user stories.
• Information/data analysis: you analyse the necessary input output and adjustment of data in the end user processes. You analyse the information need. You investigate the quality of captured data and produce solutions to improve quality.
• Implement and maintain the controls related to minimum accounting standards.
• Supporting strategic initiatives to ensure delivery in a timely manner e.g. by executing functional acceptance and migration testing.
• Translate (solution) designs into tech solutions by collaborating with Tech.
• Second line functional support; daily checking of EOD (timeliness correctness completeness of financial/product accounting reporting reconciliations ledger).

How to Succeed:

We are looking for an academic talent with a pragmatic mindset that can quickly learn the domain of the squad you will be working in. You get your energy from using your analytical skills to bring complete solutions for the requested change. To do so effective communication skills are essential. You can convincingly make proposals and are a collaborator in reaching broad agreement on the path to follow.

You are an enthusiastic person that is not afraid to challenge the status quo. You translate external trends into practices for implementation within our Tribe.

• University (Masters) degree in (Management) Accounting & Control Business IT Accountancy or (Business) economics
• Affinity with IT and innovation.
• Understanding and knowledge of the banking processes.
• You combine strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a datadriven mindset making decisions based on facts and leveraging stateoftheart methods and techniques.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to quickly build relationships with your (international) stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the Agile way of working is a plus.
• Knowledge of (Product) Accounting concepts.
• Basic understanding of IFRS is a plus.
• You find patterns and translate these in understandable and logical solutions.
• Initiative-taking you actively ask for help and feedback and are comfortable providing feedback.
• Quick absorber of complex information.
• Collaborator but also capable of working independently.
• Effective communication skills in oral and written English.

Rewards and benefits
We want to make sure that its possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. Find out more about our employment conditions.

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience

• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month salary

• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS) 3.5% of your gross annual salary

• 8% Holiday payment

• Hybrid working

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

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