Deputy Treasurer

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.

• An agile career and dynamic working culture
• An inclusive and ethical workplace
• A variety of benefits tailored to your locality.
• Access to global benefits via

• 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, counter party, 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.

• 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.

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 who 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.

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