CFO Korea

About the role

ING is hiring a Chief Financial Officer (Director) for its Korea branch in Seoul. The CFO is responsible for finance and tax activities for both the Seoul branch and Seoul Securities, overseeing a finance function of nine people covering financial, tax and regulatory reporting, management accounting and advice, product control, controls and finance change. The role reports to the Korea Management Team and sits on the Korea Non-Financial Risk Committee.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement a finance strategy and functional plan, and assume financial end responsibility for the legal entities.
• Manage and develop the finance team and maintain a strong internal control environment.
• Manage relationships with external and internal service providers.
• Deliver high-quality financial and regulatory reporting to local regulators in line with ING minimum standards, including advice on corporate income tax and transaction taxes.
• Ensure timely and correct financial and tax accounting and reporting under local regulations, local GAAP and IFRS.
• Prepare, execute and improve the budgeting and forecasting cycle.
• Advise local management and business teams on finance topics and collaborate across functions such as front office, operations and risk.
• Implement the ING finance strategy and drive change projects such as finance digitisation and transformation.

Required profile

• Senior finance professional with a solid track record of leading finance functions and interacting with stakeholders at all levels, including local regulators.
• Qualified accountant (KICPA, CPA etc.) with financial services experience.
• Significant technical accounting and regulatory reporting experience; product and accounting knowledge of wholesale banking products is preferred.
• Team leader with a proven record of building finance capability in complex organisations.
• Strong English and Korean written and spoken skills, with proven success in influencing business decisions.

Required skills

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and project management skills, able to handle multiple projects and teams at once.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to take standalone ownership and build trusted relationships with peers and team members.

Candidates apply through the ING careers site using the Workday application system.