Deputy Treasurer

Lonza Group; Basel; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile culture

Inclusive workplace

Local benefits

Global treasury leadership

Job summary

Lonza Group in Basel, Switzerland, is seeking a Deputy Treasurer to lead the CHI Treasury strategy and oversee cash management, liquidity planning, and banking relationships on a global scale.

The role requires transforming treasury operations through automation, governance, and risk management while partnering with internal Finance and external institutions to support growth and financial resilience.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in corporate treasury in a complex, multinational environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in cash management, liquidity planning, banking relationships, funding, and financial risk management.
• Strong knowledge of treasury systems, controls, governance frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Strategic, analytical, and commercially minded with excellent leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead global liquidity management, cash forecasting, working capital optimization, cash pooling, and intercompany funding.
• Manage banking relationships, treasury infrastructure, and technology platforms to support financing activities and letters of credit.
• Oversee foreign exchange, interest rate, counterparty, and liquidity risk management with robust hedging strategies.
• Develop and enhance treasury policies, governance frameworks, and compliance processes for regulatory readiness.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to drive treasury transformation and operational excellence.

Skills

Cash management

Liquidity planning

Banking relationships

Funding

Financial risk management

Treasury systems

Governance & controls

Regulatory requirements

Leadership & communication

Job description

Deputy Treasurer
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Hybrid Working Policy

Serving as a senior leader within the CHI Treasury organization, the Deputy Treasurer (CHI) is responsible for formulating and executing treasury strategy for the Capsules and Health Ingredients (CHI) business, with overall responsibility for cash and liquidity optimization, banking partner management, financial risk mitigation, and treasury operations.

In this high-impact, strategically essential role, you will lead all treasury activities globally for CHI as a standalone business, establishing and developing its treasury function, including capital structure, financing, liquidity, cash management, governance, and banking relationships as the business transitions to independent ownership.

By driving automation and operational excellence, and establishing effective governance, the Deputy Treasurer enables sound capital decision-making and serves as a key strategic bridge between internal Finance stakeholders and external financial institutions.

What you will get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture
• An inclusive and ethical workplace
• A variety of benefits tailored to your locality.
• Partner with the Treasurer to deliver the global treasury strategy, acting as deputy across treasury operations, governance, transformation initiatives, and risk management.
• Drive treasury excellence through automation, process standardisation, system optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead global liquidity management, cash forecasting, working capital optimisation, cash pooling, and intercompany funding activities to ensure efficient use of capital.
• Manage banking relationships, treasury infrastructure, and technology platforms while supporting financing activities, debt facilities, guarantees, and letters of credit.
• Oversee foreign exchange, interest rate, counterparty, and liquidity risk management, ensuring robust hedging and risk mitigation strategies are in place.
• Maintain and enhance treasury policies, controls, governance frameworks, and compliance processes to support regulatory requirements and audit readiness.
• Provide leadership and strategic guidance across treasury operations, supporting business growth, financial resilience, and long-term value creation.

What we are looking for:

• Partner with the Treasurer to deliver the global treasury strategy, acting as deputy across treasury operations, governance, transformation initiatives, and risk management.
• Significant experience in corporate treasury, preferably within a complex, multinational environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in cash management, liquidity planning, banking relationships, funding, and financial risk management.
• Strong knowledge of treasury systems, controls, governance frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Proven ability to lead transformation initiatives, drive operational efficiencies, and influence stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
• Strategic, analytical, and commercially minded professional with excellent leadership and communication skills.

About Lonza

At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity reflect who we are and how we work together. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives, and that’s the kind of work we want you to be part of.

Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. At Lonza, we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re ready to help turn our customers’ breakthrough ideas into viable therapies, we look forward to welcoming you on board.

Ready to shape the future of life sciences?

Reference: R79557

You will feel at home at Lonza if you:

• Take ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility
• Love solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast-moving environment
• Are curious, always looking to learn and improve
• Work collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself
• Are motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients

Why Lonza:

We are a place of unique opportunity, where your ideas, expertise and ambition can make a real difference. Here, will have the freedom to grow, the support to succeed and the chance to contribute to work that matters.

We are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow.