Accounting & Reporting Expert (Management Information)

Accounting & Reporting Expert II – FBA Data Service

Background on what ING is about:

ING Hubs Philippines (ING Hubs PH) is an international part of the ING organization delivering services to many Business Units across the world for both Wholesale Banking and Retail Banking activities. Working for ING Hubs PH means working with the most diverse workforce and where no challenge is the same.

At ING our purpose is to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and business. We believe that sustainable progress is driven by people with the imagination and determination to make a better future for themselves and those around them.

ING is changing what banking is. For you, that means plenty of opportunities for personal growth in a continuously evolving environment. If this is the environment you thrive in, then apply and join us in changing the future of banking

Job Overview & Your working environment 

Within Finance Business Advice (FBA) we are looking for a financial expert to strengthen our team. The team is perfectly situated to financially navigate the business through a rapidly changing banking and geopolitical environment. We are looking for someone that takes ownership and makes it happen, that has an enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a capability for always being a step ahead. In return we offer personal growth & challenging work, an open and dynamic environment, and a progressive and forward-looking mentality.

Within the Finance Business Advice (FBA) department, FBA Data Services team is a pro-active partner empowering the business with valuable and reconciled Management Information concerning P&L and Balance Sheet at overall bank or product and client segment level. 

As a Finance Business Advise Expert, you are expected to interact with your Financial Accounting and  Financial Control colleagues by providing them accurate and correct Management Information figures during the monthly closing processes and the Forecast and Dynamic plan scenario's as well.

Your figures are used to roll out our FBA advice role and to improve the insights on P&L and Balance Sheet.

Key Responsibilities

You deliver a robust and reliable set of financial data, figures and reports, focused on the allocation of P&L and Balance Sheet over products and client segments within the bank.

You make sure that your Management Information reports are fully aligned with the Financial Accounting figures, are answering on the business needs and are in lign with the ING Group Policy Guidelines.

Controls, checks and deep dive analysis on the data quality of your figures are in your DNA.

You are eager to look for possible efficiencies in our processes and to improve them.

 Key Capabilities/Experience & Minimum Qualifications

A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

As an Expert FBA Data Services you will also need:

• A master degree in Finance or equivalent (e.g. Economics)
• Basic knowledge of banking balance sheet and banking products
• Strong attitude in working with data and data controls by using tools such as Excel (advanced Pivot and Lookup skills) with any one between SAS (Basic programming), PowerBI, Tableau or Python
• Versatile in analysing trends and in finding anomalies and incorporate Business requests as automated process wherever possible using the best method/tools available.
• Engage proactively with various stakeholders to communicate on the potential changes foreseen and also to educate complicated process and procedures in a simpler and easily understandable manner.
• Think critically to challenge the current method of work and bring about necessary improvements.
• Strong analytical skills. An eye for detail but without losing the bigger picture
• Well-developed cooperation and communication skills to be able to act as a linking pin and smoothly interact with all departments and colleagues involved.
•  Self-starter and result-oriented, critical and a team player: you enjoy contributing to larger topics in collaboration with colleagues in and outside the team, challenging your colleagues to bring the results to a higher level

Example of detailed tasks:

Full responsibility of micro reporting, including monitor on input data, validation of the output, support for controllers and Group questions.

Value Report (for WB and BB segments)

MA Base (For PI and BB segments), including validation of segmentation keys for income allocation

We offer you 

A clear purpose, a unique offer and a range of flexible compensation and other benefits:

• Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realise your ambitions
• An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavours
• A progressive and agile way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention

Furthermore, within the Finance Business Advise department, you can count on a range of opportunities to invest in your personal and professional growth with:

• The possibility to participate in multiple courses and trainings throughout the year focused on both hard and soft skills.
• Possibility to work on complex projects and tasks with a steep learning curve