Treasury Director

Treasury DirectorAs our organization has grown in both scale and complexity over the last few years, we are currently strengthening and developing the Treasury Function. We would like to bring on board an enthusiastic and mature professional for the role of **Group Director Treasury,** reporting to the CFO of the group.

**Your function**:

- **Manage** in an international context and across all business units the **group's treasury function** and ensure proper cash, liquid assets, collateral & short-term funding in the most efficient way.
- To this purpose manage day to day relationships with banks and other fund providers in order to manage external **financial debt** and make optimal use of different sources of funds (bonds, bank loans, factoring, leasing,) within the existing financing framework.
- From time to time you will support the CFO in the refinancing negotiations of the group so that the ambitious growth plans, both organic (CAPEX - 200 mEUR/year) and through acquisitions can be realized.
- Advise on optimal capital structure and on funding options for all subsidiaries (interco versus third party funding/EUR versus local currency funding).
- Develop and implement **risk management** policies related to FX exposure and interest rate risks and coordinate the reporting regarding risk exposures.
- Coordinate **cash flow forecasting** on short and longer term for all subsidiaries and the group to avoid excessive cash balances and to minimize cost of debt.
- Together with the shared finance service center and local accounting departments, **optimize day-to-day treasury operations** across the group entities, including cash disbursements, transfers, liquidity management, FX transactions.
- Manage the interest payment schedules maturities and work closely with the accounting department to ensure proper recognition in the group financial reporting.
- Follow the financial markets and assess the impact for LLBG.
- Continuously monitor trends, new developments and best practices in the Treasury domain and implement/adopt if beneficial.

**Your profile**:

- Master's degree in Finance.
- At least 5 - 7 years of professional experience of which majority in either a treasury department of a multinational company (preferably front office experience) or in a banking environment.
- Experience in financial risk management and hedging techniques.
- Experience in optimizing treasury processes.
- Good understanding of accounting principles (BE GAAP and IFRS), ideally familiar with hedge accounting.
- Strong personality able to advocate his/her opinion but always open to listen and integrate new and constructive ideas from colleagues.
- Capable of taking decisions independently and good judgement on when to escalate to top management.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand complex matters.
- Mature and well-structured presentation skills towards senior leaders and Executive Committee.
- Stress resistant and willing to put in the extra effort to meet deadlines.
- English is essential, Dutch highly appreciated.

**Our offer**:

- You will join a growing **Belgian family business** active in the European bakery sector.
- Every day, more than 5000 enthusiastic colleagues produce and sell **high-quality** **bakery products** to consumers, supermarkets and the catering industry. This is a unique opportunity to work within a company with a strong vision, that continues to grow and innovate in top products.
- At La Lorraine Bakery Group, **entrepreneurship** is strongly appreciated and there is room to take initiative.
- You will join a team of driven and enthusiastic (international) colleagues, who are happy to share their knowledge and help you grow and develop. Our LLBG Academy supports and develops our employees through various **training initiatives**. By developing everyone's talent and expertise, we can all become the best version of ourselves.
- Through this role you can work closely with various stakeholders from all countries within LLBG and have the opportunity to build an interesting network of **international** relations.
- You will be part of an organization with strong growth ambitions that also wants to take responsibility for the environment and society. We are committed to meeting today's expectations in a **sustainable** way, with our future generations in mind.
- We value our employees and invest in a **happy work environment** through various initiatives such as: sports and wellbeing activities, respect for worklife balance through homeworking (1day/week) and flexible working hours.
- In this function you will enjoy an **interesting financial package** including a **company** **car,** meal vouchers, hospitalization insurance and group insurance, complemented by **30 days of vacation.**:

- Our products take center stage and you can literally **taste our passion** every day.