Global Head of Finance Business Advice Wholesale Banking Lending, Transaction Services and CMA

Your role and work environment

Our Finance Business Advice team works in close partnership with product leaders across Lending (LS), Transaction Services (TS), and Capital Markets & Advisory (CMA) to provide insights that guide thoughtful decisions and nurture long-term value. We go beyond numbers—turning data into meaningful stories that inspire growth and innovation.

As Global Head of Finance Business Advice, you’ll lead with care and clarity, guiding a talented team that supports key decisions and facilitates planning processes such as quarterly Performance Dialogues, Dynamic Planning, and Rolling Forecasts. Your role will be about bringing people together, building trust, and creating alignment so that we can achieve sustainable performance and shared ambitions.

Based in Amsterdam within the CFO Wholesale Banking Finance department, you’ll report directly to the CFO Wholesale Banking and join the Global Leadership Team—a collaborative group of eight finance professionals. In this role, you’ll connect with diverse stakeholders worldwide, including product MTs, Group & WB Finance, CTO, Treasury, Risk, Corporate Strategy, and COO Finance.

This is your opportunity to lead with purpose, influence decisions that shape the future of our global business, and create an environment where people feel valued and supported. If you are a strategic thinker who believes in collaboration and can turn insights into action, we’d love to hear from you.

Your key responsibilities

• Build and nurture relationships across Wholesale Banking and Finance, ensuring open communication and a trusted, independent finance perspective at the highest level.
• Set an inclusive and clear direction for financial advice and insights, delivering timely, accurate, and forward-looking analyses that empower senior leaders to achieve goals and foster sustainable growth.
• Support and guide the development of impactful Business Cases for global initiatives—helping shape the future of Wholesale Banking through innovation and thoughtful investment.
• Partner with global and regional leadership teams during planning and performance cycles—quarterly reviews, Dynamic Plan, and Rolling Forecasts—ensuring alignment with Group Finance standards and shared priorities.
• Create and refine global product profitability framework, offering transparent, actionable insights that help teams make informed decisions.
• Encourage collaboration and innovation through cross-functional projects and virtual teams within WB Finance, sharing best practices across geographies and disciplines.
• Champion continuous improvement, using digital tools and advanced analytics to make reporting, forecasting, and communication more intuitive and effective.
• Maintain strong, supportive relationships with regional and local finance leaders, offering guidance, listening actively, and ensuring consistency and integrity in financial reporting worldwide.

Who are you

• Lead with empathy and clarity, guiding the global finance advisory function for Lending, Transaction Services, and CMA.
• Be a trusted partner, offering thoughtful, strategic financial advice to the CFO of Wholesale Banking and senior leaders.
• Translate complexity into clarity, turning financial insights into actionable strategies that create long-term value.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to drive planning, performance management, and capital allocation.
• Promote strong governance and risk awareness, ensuring alignment with regulations and shared standards.
• Embrace transformation, using innovation, data, and digital tools to enhance insight and efficiency.
• Inspire and nurture a globally diverse finance team—fostering a culture of inclusion, learning, and shared success, with continuous development of your team into a high performing, future ready Finance team

• 15+ years of experience in finance, ideally within global financial institutions.
• A proven track record in senior finance leadership roles, with exposure to Wholesale Banking.
• Advanced degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience leading global teams and delivering strategic financial advice at the executive level.
• A strategic and inclusive thinker with deep knowledge of lending, transaction banking, and capital markets.
• Skilled at building trust and influencing senior stakeholders across global teams.
• A collaborative leader who values diverse perspectives and empowers others to grow.
• Experienced in financial modelling, risk frameworks, and navigating regulatory landscapes.
• An excellent communicator who brings clarity and connection to complex topics.
• Comfortable leading through change in dynamic, cross-border environments.

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 or lease car
• Attractive pension scheme
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation

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!