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.

Your role

ING Financial Markets Center of Expertise (CoE) Regulatory acts as the Financial Markets (FM) front office single point of access for all the regulatory programs. The CoE will take ownership of our regulatory deliverables, ensures adequate execution together with the main stakeholders, take a pro-active role in identifying regulations which may tangibly impact FM, maintain, and extend relationships with all relevant stakeholders and remain up to date with any new regulations.

The CoE is currently organised around 3 main pillars:

Regulatory Outlook, advice (including external advocacy) and implementation Non Financial Risk and Control Data management

We are looking for a Regulatory affairs specialist in our CoE to support the Regulatory pillar, who has interest and a good understanding of the international regulation, Financial Markets products and is willing to learn to expand the knowledge and expertise around these themes. Experience with implementing regulatory projects is seen as a plus.

The FM Regulatory affairs Specialist:

• Acts as a partner to the Financial Markets business by providing regulatory support, regulatory insides and advices.
• Interprets regulatory issues (Financial Markets related) and develops solutions to protect ING, ING FM and its business interests.
• Develops and improves knowledge in the area of expertise to act as a representative for their specialization across the organization and through industry bodies.
• Leads multiple regulatory changes/ initiatives and supports management stakeholders and ensures these changes will be implemented based on the correct requirements.

Your key responsibilities

• You will be made responsible for analysis and implementing upcoming/changing European regulation together with the relevant parts of the business and the Regulatory lead.
• You will further strengthen the team to provide relevant input to industry bodies for FM related topics/interests.
• You will position FM regarding upcoming regulation by weighing the interests of ING and all stakeholders.
• You will support the Regulatory Lead in setting priorities and managing the project dashboard

Who we are 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.

As a Regulatory affairs Specialist you will also need:

• Educated to degree level
• Experience with Financial Markets and (European) regulation (10years+)
• Knowledge of Public Affairs/Regulatory affairs (within Europe)
• You are a team player, you trust others and can be trusted
• Good communication skills (in English), strong communication and presentation skills (telling – selling) across different skill and seniority levels
• Project management skills
• You strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex regulatory environment
• You are an energetic, motivating person who can work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• You work independently, think and act out of the box and take accountability

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 (free travelling in the weekends)
• Attractive pension scheme
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation

Questions?

Contact the recruiter attached to the advertisement for more information. Want to apply directly? Please 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!

• Endless possibilities to realize your ambitions
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues who strive for the very best
• Progressive way of working according to the Agile method, so that new ideas come to life