Lead FEC Investigation

Group Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) is looking for a Lead FEC Investigation to join our Group FCC Intelligence & Investigations Unit to coordinate and manage global complex investigations and significant FEC events across ING group. This is a unique, though challenging opportunity for an experienced professional to lead the investigations domain within the Group FCC Intelligence & Investigations Unit.

The Team

This role sits within Group FCC Intelligence & Investigations Unit under the Group Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) domain. The team must deeply understand the context, drivers and developments of FEC and criminal typologies in a constantly evolving FEC landscape. The team must understand how ING can be exposed to complex schemes involving international criminal organisations moving money through multiple jurisdictions in a context of further digitalisation of banking services.

Roles and responsibilities

• You will lead a direct team of dedicated investigators in Amsterdam supported by an extended team in CoE Hub Poland;

• You own the charter and the standard operating procedures;

• You are responsible for the design of adequate risk-based investigation strategies and approaches;

• You coordinate and manage investigations across various business lines and countries, ensuring facilitation of an effective risk response across the ING group;

• You are able to adequately lead through the challenges posed by (potential) significant FEC events that require a rapid response;

• You drive the FEC Investigations tooling agenda

• You lead projects and manage deliverables and explicit quality standards;

• You ensure collation of evidence in adherence to forensic quality standards, and ensure the necessary information security levels as to enable effective assessment of the case at hand;

• You coach, assess, develop and inspire those involved in investigations as to achieve the expected results;

• You maintain contact with various stakeholders in ING’s first, second and third line of defence on all levels throughout ING group, actively cooperate to achieve the investigative goals and provide adequate advice;

• You ensure timely and accurate reporting to Senior Management of ING and other stakeholders, including regulators and supervisors (DNB and ECB).

• You will lead the integration of different investigation domains to support continuing team development and to remain effective and relevant in an environment of change and provide enhanced capacity flexibility.

How to succeed

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We are looking for the following knowledge and experience:

• You have in-depth knowledge and at least 12 years of relevant professional experience in Financial Economic Crime related investigations;

• You have adequate project management skills;

• You can work across business, organisational and geographical borders, and thereby show both organisational and cultural sensitivity;

• You understand the business of banking, and have professional knowledge of the FEC domain in financial institutions and the related processes, technology and developments in the field;

•  You have excellent understanding of risks in different business lines and ING product offering.

• You have strong knowledge of payment flows, cross-border, and correspondent banking transactions, especially in Wholesale and Business Banking.

• You have a natural persuasiveness/countervailing power and dare to speak up;

• You have an university degree with a crime or security-related focus (such as criminology, criminal law, political science, international security, international relations, security risk management), or have extensive working experience that proves equivalence therewith (e.g. in law enforcement, FIU, regulator);

• You preferably have a professional qualification in (forensic) investigations (e.g. a CFE certificate or equivalent professional courses);

• You have an excellent level of English both verbally and in writing;

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s 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:

• 25-28 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month 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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Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.