Finance Business Controller – Cost Management (Belgium)

Location: Manila, Philippines

Company

ING is an international banking group with 65,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries.

What you will do

• Drive planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance analysis for assigned business areas.
• Monitor cost performance and identify trends, risks, opportunities, and variances.
• Maintain and improve cost allocation, cost charging, and cost modelling methodologies.
• Partner with department heads and business managers, providing financial advice and business-focused recommendations.
• Translate complex financial information into management insights, dashboards, visualizations, and reporting.
• Support cost optimization, strategic planning, and continuous improvement initiatives within Finance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 7–10 years of experience in FP&A, business controlling, finance advisory, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, or cost management.
• Strong knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, cost allocation, cost modelling, and management reporting.
• Advanced skills in Excel, Power Query, Power BI, ThinkCell, and enterprise planning systems.
• Experience working with large and complex datasets and transforming data into business insights.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, influencing, independent working, and constructive challenge skills.

Nice to have

• CPA, CMA, CFA, or a master’s degree.
• Experience in banking, financial services, multinational organizations, or business partnering.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an international and diverse finance community supporting ING Belgium from hirify.global Philippines.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic business discussions.
• Opportunities for continuous learning, professional development, and career growth.
• Collaborative workplace focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and meaningful business impact.

Hiring process

• Submit an application through the official ING careers site using Workday.
• Official recruitment communication comes from ING or Workday email domains.