Business Manager COO Finance

We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic, organized and outgoing professional. Do you have a passion for taking it on and making it happen, are you collaborative to achieve common goals and do you like to challenge the status quo and invent better ways of doing things, than you are the person we are looking for to support the leadership team of COO Finance.

COO Finance (COOF) is an independent unit reporting into ING’s CFO and COO. It is accountable for executing ING Finance and COO strategy to evolve towards one global digital bank. The COOF mission is to enable excellence in Finance with real time business insights, derived from state of the art technologies, optimal use of data and highly effective operations.

Roles and responsibilities

As business manager you directly report into the Global Head COO Finance and will work closely together with the leadership team of COO Finance. Your role involves business management tasks,  supporting the COO Finance leadership team by contributing towards the COO Finance strategy development and implementation. You are part of -and accountable for- the preparation and organization of MT meetings of COO Finance. You are a sounding board to the global head COO Finance and the leadership team, and manage inter or intra department communication.

You work alongside the LT and their organization to provide support in the following areas:

• Support the Global Head COOF and MT-members in any daily, weekly or monthly recurring activities, like preparation of the MT, creation of presentations, communication.
• Support any activities related to the COOF strategy, MT meetings and offsites, townhalls etc
• Develop and drive the execution of effective internal communications.
• Ensure OHI improvement plans and strategic people topics/priorities are addressed, as well as driving the execution
• Act as linking pin and responsible for relationships with other business and support functions, with a focus on Procurement/Housing/HR/OHI/People/communication topics
• Identify opportunities for optimisation, innovation, and the organizational effectiveness of COO Finance and its management processes.
• Support Global Head COOF with a variety of business management support activities, that can vary from day to day and ad-hoc requests coming up all the time
• Deliver small project workstreams, carrying out specified project activities within defined time and quality parameters.

How to succeed 

We are looking for you if don’t shy away from a challenge and feel comfortable managing stakeholders and expectations at senior leadership level.

As Business Manager you will also need to be:

• An effective team player with good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Excellent in problem-solving, with a strong attention to detail and you translate complex matters into simple terms;
• High effective in planning and organization, and consistently achieve results and meet commitments;
• Experienced and highly effective in delivering clear, concise and compelling presentations;
• Able to work independently on various projects and activities at the same time, often under pressure, and able to prioritize your time accordingly;
• Resilient and able to rebound from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations;
• Able to instill trust with the COOF MT;
• Preferably experienced in a business management role at ING.

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
• 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
• Mobility card
• Attractive pension scheme
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation

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Please note, 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!