Treasury Specialist

Lely, founded in 1948, is committed to creating a sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable future in agriculture. Driven by the challenges farmers face and the needs of cows, we develop high-quality robots and data systems that improve animal welfare, flexibility, and productivity on dairy farms. Our mission is to support sustainable food production.

For more than 30 years, we have been a global leader in the sales and service of automated systems for successive generations of dairy farmers. Every day, we inspire our colleagues to provide customers with innovative solutions and to be a reliable partner for long-term advice and support. With our state-of-the-art Lely Campus in Maassluis and a worldwide network of dedicated Lely Centers offering tailored sales and service, Lely operates in more than fifty countries.

As a Treasury Specialist, you play a key role in safeguarding Lely’s financial position. You ensure that financial risks are effectively managed while optimising liquidity and minimising financing costs. Working in a structured and process-driven way, you contribute to an efficient and future-proof treasury function, with a focus on Cash and Risk management, Funding, Working Capital Management and Corporate Finance.

Your responsibilities include amongst other things:

• Managing cash and liquidity, including forecasting, cash pooling and optimisation of excess cash
• Identifying, monitoring and management of financial risks such as FX, interest rate, commodity and credit risk
• Driving continuous improvements and supporting stakeholders with complex treasury-related requests
• Maintaining and improving treasury policies, procedures and compliance with internal standards
• Managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including cost monitoring and optimisation

You are a treasury professional who combines analytical strength with a hands-on mentality. You thrive in an international and dynamic environment and know how to translate financial insights into actionable improvements.

• HBO degree in Finance, or a comparable field
• Approximately 5 years of relevant treasury experience in an international dynamic environment
• Solid understanding of and experience with liquidity management, cash forecasting and Risk management
• Strong knowledge of operational treasury processes and the ambition to further develop the treasury function
• Excellent project management skills, preferably with experience in cash management and FX risk management projects.
• Proactive, result-driven and ownership-oriented mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with systems and tools, such as Cobase, Tableau and advanced Excel skills
• Familiar with LEAN and Agile ways of working is considered a plus
• Excellent communication skills in Dutch and English, both written and verbally

Working at Lely means contributing to sustainable progress within one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands. You contribute to making the agricultural sector future-proof - and we make sure that you get all the space, resources and support you need to do so. 

• An international working environment with opportunities for own initiative and entrepreneurship. 
• Excellent working conditions, including up to 8 weeks of vacation per year and a good pension scheme. 
• A salary within the scale of € 5.015 - € 6.447 gross per month, in which we like to see opportunities for growth from your starting salary towards the future 
• Good growth opportunities: you are in control of your development and can choose from various training courses through our Lely Academy - from personal development to job-specific training. 
• Our modern Lely Campus offers daily access to extensive sports facilities: an indoor gym, outdoor padel courts, an outdoor basketball and volleyball court, table tennis and table soccer. You can join Hyrox workouts or sign up for personal training - and challenge your colleagues during an active break. 
• Enjoy fresh coffee and tea from our own barista, with milk straight from our farm, as well as a healthy and affordable company restaurant. 
• A healthy work-life balance thanks to our hybrid work policy: you work at least three days a week on Campus, with flexible working hours and plenty of room to spend extra time on site (between 06:00 and 20:00). 
• A free shuttle bus will take you to and from the metro in Maassluis, so your workday starts and ends smoothly. 
• Successes need to be celebrated: from anniversaries to Christmas parties - at Lely we know how to do it! 

Recruitment & selection agency, consultancy, and/or secondment agency? 

We appreciate the interest, but we are looking for all our candidates directly. We understand that you, as an intermediary, want to present candidates for our great positions and thus contribute to our ambitions, but this is not how we have set up our recruitment. This means that all unsolicited profiles offered on Lely vacancies will be treated as direct applications.