Global Finance Change & AI Transformation Lead

Ing Banking; Milano; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Smart Working

Meal vouchers and corporate restaurant

Health insurance

Pension fund and welfare plan

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Ing Banking seeks a Finance Change and Transformation Lead to design and deliver end-to-end initiatives across Accounting, Financial Reporting and Regulatory Reporting. You will collaborate with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations, Data and Technology to translate needs into governed data and scalable processes, enabling AI-enabled finance solutions.

The role requires leading cross-functional programs, assessing regulatory impacts, and ensuring compliant, auditable outcomes while driving

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field.
• Four+ years of audit experience in banks or regulated financial institutions, plus consulting or finance transformation experience (minimum 2 years).
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements and end-to-end finance processes.
• Experience with IFRS 9/16/18, GL transformation, finance data architecture or AI-enabled transformations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Finance change and transformation initiatives from impact assessment to post-go-live stabilization.
• Assess accounting standards and regulatory requirements impacts on processes, data and controls.
• Translate needs into business/functional requirements, data specifications and acceptance criteria.
• Design and implement accounting, Financial Reporting and Regulatory Reporting solutions with analytics, automation and AI capabilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations, Data and Technology.
• Define scope, plans, milestones, resources, governance; monitor delivery and risks.
• Plan testing, data migration, reconciliation and reporting validation including AI output controls.
• Ensure solutions are compliant, auditable and governed with data privacy and model risk safeguards.
• Drive process simplification, standardization and automation while preserving data integrity.
• Support stakeholder engagement, training and transition to business-as-usual operations.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data governance

Data lineage

AI literacy

Requirement gathering

Process mapping

Agile familiarity

Communication

Delivery-focused mindset

Education

Master’s degree in Economics/Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

Job description

Ing Banking seeks a Finance Change and Transformation Lead to design and deliver end-to-end initiatives across Accounting, Financial Reporting and Regulatory Reporting. You will collaborate with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations, Data and Technology to translate needs into governed data and scalable processes, enabling AI-enabled finance solutions.

The role requires leading cross-functional programs, assessing regulatory impacts, and ensuring compliant, auditable outcomes while driving