Senior Tax Governance & Controls Framework Specialist

Role purpose The Senior Tax Risk & Control Specialist is a senior framework and governance expert responsible for designing, maintaining, implementing and continuously improving the Tax control framework across FATCA/CRS, US Withholding and CESOP. The role combines subject-matter expertise, global oversight, hands-on execution, stakeholder coordination and governance facilitation to ensure that ING locations have clear, implementable and audit-ready controls, monitoring plans, guidance and evidence.

The role also coordinates and quality-reviews the work of junior Tax Risk & Control Specialists to ensure consistent delivery, effective stakeholder engagement and timely completion of key activities. Key responsibilities  1. Control standard lifecycle and framework maintenance  Lead the creation, review, maintenance and enhancement of Tax control standards and related monitoring/test plans for FATCA/CRS, US Withholding and CESOP.

Translate policy, mandatory instruction, risk taxonomy and control objective changes into practical key controls, applicability logic, demarcation, evidence expectations and implementation guidance. Coordinate sounding processes, gatekeeper review, formal approvals, publication and communication of updated standards across applicable locations. Maintain clear rationale for control applicability, local versus global execution, serviced controls, sourced execution/testing and related iRisk setup.

2. Global implementation governance and delivery oversight Own and drive the global implementation of new and updated FATCA/CRS, US Withholding and CESOP control standards across all applicable ING locations. Design and coordinate the end-to-end implementation approach, including applicability assessments, implementation strategy, deployment timelines, gap analysis methodology, evidence expectations and governance requirements.

Act as central implementation lead and primary point of contact for locations throughout implementation projects, providing guidance, challenge and escalation support from initiation until formal closure. Establish global implementation governance and escalation of implementation risks to senior management and Control Boards. Review, challenge country implementation assessments, gap analyses, remediation plans and closure proposals to ensure consistent interpretation and application of framework requirements.

Lead implementation community calls, workshops, clarification sessions and written guidance activities to ensure locations receive clear, consistent and audit-ready instructions. Prepare executive implementation reporting and management decision materials, including implementation dashboards, country risk assessments, path-to-green reporting, implementation forecasts and escalation proposals. Continuously improve global implementation methodologies, templates, trackers, guidance material and governance processes to increase implementation effectiveness and reduce delivery risk.

3. Key Control Monitoring, testing and evidence readiness Provide interpretation of controls and test/monitoring plans to entities, CTS colleagues, testers and stakeholders, including clarification of what exactly must be monitored or evidenced. Review and challenge monitoring/test evidence where needed to ensure conclusions are substantiated, consistent with the control objective and audit-ready.

Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and quality of KCM/KCT processes, including templates, guidance, alternative monitoring approaches and reusable evidence structures. 4. CTS Control Board governance and senior management reporting  Independently facilitate the CTS Control Board meeting, including agenda setting, pre-alignment, deck preparation, minutes, action tracking, shared backlog maintenance and follow-up with Control Board members.

Coordinate input from CTC, CTS, PCM, policy owners, operations and other stakeholders; ensure materials are delivered on time and contain sufficient analysi