Head of External Reporting

ING is a global financial institution with a strong European base, offering banking services to millions of customers worldwide. We are committed to transparency, sustainability, and innovation in everything we do. Join us and help shape the future of banking.

The Team:

The Head of External Reporting leads ING’s consolidated external reporting function, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial and non-financial disclosures. This role oversees IFRS-based financial statements, regulatory filings, and ESG reporting, while maintaining strong governance and internal controls. Acting as a key liaison with auditors, regulators, and senior management, the position drives transparency and trust in ING’s external communications.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute ING’s global external reporting strategy, aligning financial and ESG disclosures with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary point of contact for senior executives, regulators, auditors, and external stakeholders; provide clear, strategic insights and recommendations.
• Governance & Compliance: Establish and maintain a robust control environment for external reporting; ensure adherence to IFRS, CSRD, EU Taxonomy, and other global standards.
• Financial & ESG Reporting: Oversee the preparation of consolidated financial statements and sustainability reports; ensure accuracy, timeliness, and transparency.
• Team Development: Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing global reporting team; foster collaboration across regions and functions.
• Process Optimization: Drive transformation initiatives, including automation and standardisation of reporting processes, to enhance efficiency and quality.

How to Succeed :

• Education & Experience: Master’s in Finance, Accounting, or related field; 10+ years in external reporting within multinational financial services.
• Technical Expertise: Proven experience in IFRS, regulatory reporting, and ESG frameworks (CSRD, EU Taxonomy); familiarity with SOX compliance.
• Leadership Skills: Proven experience leading global teams, influencing senior stakeholders, navigating effectively through complexity and a matrix organization, and motivating, engaging, and developing high performing teams.
• Competencies: Proven experience in strategic thinking, governance and control frameworks, effective communication with senior stakeholders, and leveraging reporting systems and automation tools to drive efficiency.
• Professional Credentials: CPA, ACCA, or equivalent preferred.

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

Want to apply directly?

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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!