ACT Europe
Team Lead Treasury
Full-time | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Job-ID: 6368598002
Your Role in Our Story:
As Team Lead Treasury, you will lead a team of three and play a pivotal role in safeguarding liquidity, funding capacity, and financial resilience for a global trading business operating in volatile environmental commodity markets. Reporting to the Group Treasurer, you will ensure uninterrupted trading activities by actively managing liquidity, funding structures, and FX risk. Staying close to daily operations while maintaining a strategic view, you will strengthen governance, enhance controls, and continuously improve treasury processes to support a growing and evolving business.
While your scope is global, the role is based in our Amsterdam office. You are a proactive & pragmatic problem-solver who brings structure and creativity to complex challenges, and acts as a trusted cross-functional partner across the business. As a leader, you empower your team with steady guidance, development, and performance. In essence, your role involves:
Liquidity, Cash & FX Management:
- Lead daily liquidity management and cash positioning across global entities and currencies to ensure smooth settlement of trading, margin, and collateral obligations.
- Own short- and mid-term liquidity forecasting and cash flow planning, providing early warning on potential shortfalls and actionable insights to stakeholders.
Funding & Treasury FX:
- Execute and oversee intercompany funding, cash pooling/in-house bank activities, and short-term liquidity actions within approved limits.
- Manage key treasury risks especially FX exposure and funding concentration, executing hedges and controls in line with policy and risk limits.
Banking & Trade Finance
- Oversee banking relationships, account structures, KYC, and onboarding of new entities/products to support growth and market access.
- Support credit facilities, guarantees, and trade finance instruments (including Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees) aligned with the global funding strategy.
Governance, Operations & Reporting
- Maintain strong governance across policies, limits, authorizations, controls, and audit readiness across jurisdictions.
- Ensure disciplined execution of core treasury operations (settlements, large payments oversight, and key treasury data integrity) and deliver concise reporting to senior stakeholders.
- Act as the first escalation point during liquidity or market stress, enabling timely and informed decision-making.
Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Lead and develop a team of three, setting priorities and ensuring high-quality daily execution.
- Drive continuous improvement through automation, process optimization, and system enhancements (e.g., TMS/connectivity) to increase scalability and reduce risk.
Your Expertise:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following qualifications and attributes:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field.
- 7–10 years of progressive treasury experience in an international, fast-paced (ideally trading) environment.
- Strong hands-on expertise in global liquidity management, cash forecasting, funding structures, and FX risk management.
- Solid understanding of financial markets, treasury instruments, and governance/controls (policies, limits, audit readiness).
- Experience working in multinational, matrixed organizations.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across Trading, Risk, and Finance.
- Advanced Excel skills and reporting capability.
- Prior people-lead experience, with empowering leadership style.
- Proactive, ownership-driven, continuous improvement mindset (process automation, scalability).
- Excellent English proficiency.
What Sets You Apart:
- Direct experience in environmental commodities / commodity trading markets.
- Treasury Management System experience, ideally FIS Integrity.
- Experience with ERP system and banking platforms / connectivity.
If you meet these criteria and are ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply.