Management Assistant | Financial Markets

Your work environment

Financial Markets (FM) is the Bank’s gateway to the professional markets around the world. Our primary function is to service the needs of ING’s clients with products, services and guidance. FM aims to be a significant player in our market leader and challenger markets, with an additional presence in all the major international markets and specialist expertise in selected emerging markets and products. The Dealingroom is a very dynamic and hectic place to work, with around 350 colleagues.

Your role
We have a great opportunity to join the FM PA team as Management Assistant. You will work in a secretary team with 5 other secretaries. This position is an Integrity Sensitive Position, and an Enhanced Reliability Screening is a part of the application process.

Your key responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive support to the dealing room staff and FM MT members.
• On a day-to-day basis scheduling appointments and pro-actively managing the diary, assessing the priority, sensitivity, and purpose of appointments.
• Performing administrative tasks on behalf of the FM MT members.
• Draft emails, memos and other communication on behalf of the senior manager.
• Prepare reports, presentations and documents.
• Make travel / accommodation arrangements.
• Event and meeting planning including preparation of agendas, distribution of meeting documents.
• Plan and manage all business and social events for the department and (when necessary) act as hostess for client events.

Who are we looking for?

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.

You are an experienced secretary who can work in a global environment, who is flexible, pro-active, work and think in ‘Orange code’, has a sense of humour and is a team player.

You are a loyal, driven individual with great English and Dutch communication skills and love to work in a team. You can work autonomously and in collaboration with your team and you are able to manage multiple activities at the same time, set priorities and integrate tasks effectively.

You proactively support others and enable them to be at their best. You think creatively about how to solve problems and address challenges and have a high attention to detail.

As Management Assistant you will also need:

• At least 5 years secretarial working experience in an international environment and are familiar with working in a commercial environment such as Financial Markets             
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills of the Dutch and English language
• You have excellent Digital Competence (Organize and maintain digital files, Microsoft 365, Workday)
• You are accurate, flexible and stress resistant
• You have a service-, proactive and client focused attitude
• You are a team player with excellent organizational skills

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 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?

Upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the “Apply” button. 

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!