Financial Strategy Specialist en Madrid

This is Us.

A team of more than one thousand people sharing an idea: doing our bit in helping our clients create a better future for themselves, providing them with the tools they need to get where they want to go.

In today’s world, we know this happens because we are a fully online bank. We were born out of that idea and 20 years on, technology, simplicity and transparency continue to be the ingredients of the recipe that leaves the best taste in our mouths: being more than just a bank, someone useful in the lives of the millions of clients who have chosen us.

The way we do things also mirrors our eagerness to innovate. We are proud to be one of the very first banks to work with agile methodologies. It doesn’t ring a bell yet? No worries, we will be delighted to tell you all about it. You will find it’s one of those things you’ll want to repeat over and over.

And although we are based in Spain, we like to cross borders. We are lucky to work with international teams every day across 44 countries, composed of women and men as equal as they are diverse. Because here you are completely free to be who you want to be, love whomever you choose, and even go for pineapple as your pizza topping.

Making things happen, helping others be successful, always being one step ahead—that’s our DNA. If you look at yourself in the mirror and your reflection matches our way of being and working…we are looking forward to meeting you!

Your role and work environment

We are looking for an ambitious and delivery-oriented Financial Strategy Specialist in the ‘Financial Planning and Customer value’ team to help ING Spain achieve its long-term strategy and ambition.

Together with a small team (~4FTE) of engaged professionals, you are responsible to define and drive the long-term strategy for ING Spain and substantiate this with a solid financial plan. You are comparing our long-term vision against our current performance and external market trends to initiate new initiatives to bring our strategy into execution. And you are preparing regular updates to the Executive Committee and other key stakeholders to monitor and report on our performance.

You are a collaborative professional who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You combine strong analytical and numerical skills with a natural ability to communicate to and convince senior leadership. You are able to simplify complexity by extracting the key messages from different information sources and translate this into powerful presentations and reports.

As a senior Financial Planning Analyst, you will be part of the Business Advice, Planning & Analysis team within the finance function. Besides regular tasks this includes participation in ad hoc strategic projects when they arise.

Your key responsibilities

Being the finance partner to senior management on key aspects to deliver on our strategy…

Overall bank’s medium / long-term financial planning in terms of P&L, balances growth, clients growth and profitability KPIs.

Understanding client dynamics and contributing to enhance client value model for profitability decisions.

Cost management and efficiency.

…being able to translate analyses and business performance into concise and powerful presentations

Strategy papers and presentations

Results Publication (internal and external).

Business Performance monitoring.

Local committees (ALCO, Pricing etc.)

Consolidating the different products forecasts into a full bank view

Balance Sheet, P&L and profitability ratios. Understanding the bank’s dynamics and assessing and proposing ALM financial decisions.

Performing scenario analysis, to ensure the balance equilibrium and margin in different interest rate scenarios and competitive environments.

Monthly reporting of business performance to ExCo

Full control and analysis of the actual figures, understanding the external and internal income, expenses, risk costs, RWA and balance sheet developments.

Ad hoc analyses & research to support key strategic initiatives

Elaborating market analysis on Central bank’s interest rate decisions, macroeconomic forecasts from key supranational entities (IMF, EC), product’s market shares, etc.

Monitoring competition and sector development for understanding the insights of the banking industry and its main trends.

What are we looking for?

A strong set of technical and analytical abilities:

Master or bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience (backgroudn in banking and/or strategy consulting is a plus).

Excellent analytical skills. Proven experience in advanced financial modelling and excel. Problem solving mindset.

Proven Project planning & organizational skills.

Well-developed cooperation and communication skills to be able to act as a linking pin and smoothly interact with all departments and colleagues involved

Excellent speaking and writing skills in English is a must. Ability to work on an international level.

A leader of our Orange Code culture displaying the following behaviors:

Able to assume personal responsibility and address (internal) customer needs.

Problem analysis and judgement: Recognize key information, problem identification, research, various methods of analysis, establishment of connections and anticipation are key to your job. Strong analytical skills and a high level of curiosity are therefore vital.

Stay on top of trends and developments within their field and the market. Integrate acquired knowledge into performance of tasks.

Desirable thinking in strategic terms. Based on professional expertise, a link is established between current events and business strategy and a long-term vision.

Initiative needed in, for example, improving processes and/or reports. Ensuring that creative ideas are also implemented.

You give and ask for constructive feedback.

What do we offer?

The time you spend at work, the challenges you face or the lessons you get are very important, but… What about your personal life? At ING we want your work to fill you in every way, and that is why we take care of even the smallest detail.

Check out what is waiting for you!

Flexible schedule and 100% flexible e-working.

Work or e-work? We have a totally flexible model: keeping our customers in mind, and also your colleagues, choose the one that best suits you all.

Restaurant card.

So that thinking about what to have for lunch doesn’t take up your time or your cravings.

Our house will be your home.

In our offices you can find electric mobility solutions, doctor, hairdresser, gym, urban orchard, The Good Service (to help you in your arrangements) and much more!

Life insurance.

We hope you don't need to use it!

Health insurance.

For you and all your family (spouse/partner and children).

Flexible remuneration.

In addition, you can enjoy our flexible remuneration model, through which you can access other services such as nursery, transport card, training aids…

Free company shuttle.

It doesn't matter where you live. We have 6 routes (North, Central, South, A5, A42 and A6) to get you to work comfortably.

Banking benefits.

Special loan or mortgage terms after 6 months working at the bank.

And benefit from our pension plan after 2 years with us.

More health, more sports.

Runners club with your own trainer.

Clinics with professional, world-class athletes.

Physiotherapy service on site.

Gympass.