Benefits Lead

Our ING Strategy is all about empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and business. And it’s important that our Human Resources team can help ING to deliver the strategy.

In order to do so, our Human Resources team has a People Vision - to build the craftsmanship and engagement of everyone at ING for them to deliver on the purpose and the strategy of our bank. We do this by creating greater leaders and better managers and by offering people services that create a differentiating employee experisence.

Within the Human Resources organization, the role of the Communities of Expertise (CoEs) are to enable the delivery of the People Vision The purpose of the CoE role is to design and improve all benefits for the Netherlands, which is our biggest office with 15.000 employees.

The team

An opportunity has arisen in our Performance & Reward CoE team based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The team designs, implements and communicates Compensation, Benefits and Performance projects, guidelines and processes. The role hierarchically reports to the Head of Performance & Reward Netherlands and works closely with our Global Performance & Reward and our People Services team based in the same location. 

Roles and responsibilities

• Proactively identify continuous improvement initiatives across the Benefits portfolio and lead (change) projects end to end 
• Detailed understanding of INGs benefits programs with the ability to offer guidance and support to key (senior) stakeholders and members of the P&R Team 
• Partner with P&R experts and lead to set the strategic vision for benefits to successful implementation of the strategy. 
• Drafting of Policies and Practices reports/ proposals that are presented to P&R Team HR Leadership Team and Senior Management 
• This role will require a hands on approach
• Strong business acumen (across Business Lines) and stakeholder management  skills, partnering with stakeholders to ensure successful benefits management.
• Accountable point of contact for all stakeholders, People Services and HRBP’s regarding Benefits (excluding pensions)

How to succeed

• You have at least 8 years experience in active Benefits Management, in a matrix organization (pension is out of scope)
• Strategy design and planning experience
• Undertaken RFPs
• Proven skill to work with all levels in the organization and works council experience.
• You have expertise with commuting products.
• Occupational Health Knowledge and vendor management experience
• Budget management.
• Market trend awareness
• Ability to display a business partnering approach and manage the expectations of each part of the business effectively. 
• Strong project management skills with demonstrable experience in delivering various business priorities. 
• An analytical data driven approach with the ability to suggest and generate new insight and ideas
• Excellent Excel skills with the ability to build models that drive decision making. 
• Simplifies the data to facilitate conversations with the audience. 
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to ensure flexibility when required. 
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead and influence people across the business.   

Rewards and 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 at https://www.ing.jobs/netherlands/Why-ING/benefits.htm

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience 
• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

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. Apply today.

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.