At Lely, we believe in a sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable future for farming. Our mission is to make farmers’ work easier while ensuring animal welfare and improved productivity.
Lely is an international family-owned business that operates through a strong international structure. From our headquarters in Maassluis, the Netherlands, we manage nine regional clusters, each responsible for coordinating activities across a group of countries.
Within these clusters, we collaborate with more than 200 Lely Centers around the world. These Lely Centers are Lely´s route to the market. Some are independently run franchise partners, others, like Lely Center Lidköping, are fully owned by Lely. The Lely-owned Centers reflect our long-term commitment to the region and our belief in developing scalable, high-quality operations in-house.
Lely Center Lidköping is a good example of that. Located in the heart of Sweden’s agricultural landscape. Lely Center Lidköping, serves around 350 local dairy farmers with best-in-class robotic solutions, expert advice, and reliable aftercare. With a team of 40-45 dedicated professionals in Sales, Service, Farm Management Support (FMS), and Business Support, the center plays a pivotal role in transforming Swedish dairy farming into a more resilient and technology-driven industry.
Are you ready to make an impact in a dynamic and evolving environment? As Finance Manager at Lely Center in Lidköping, you play a key role in strengthening our financial foundation while helping the business grow. You combine hands-on accounting expertise with a forward-looking perspective, supporting both management and local teams with insights that truly make a difference.
At Lely Center Lidköping, you work alongside colleagues who are passionate about supporting farmers with innovative solutions. In this role, you ensure that our financial processes run smoothly, transparently, and efficiently, so the business can focus on what matters most.
You take ownership of the full finance function, combining operational excellence with strategic insight. You ensure accurate reporting and compliance, while also translating financial data into clear recommendations that support decision-making. As part of the management team, you collaborate closely with Lely’s Financial Shared Service Center in the Netherlands and contribute to strong financial governance across the organization.
You lead a small and dedicated team within finance and administration and support them in their development.
Key responsibilities include:
You bring a strong foundation in accounting and understand how financial insights contribute to business success. You work in a structured and accurate way and feel comfortable collaborating across teams to achieve shared goals.
Additionally, you bring the following:
Aside from a challenging opportunity in an area with more cows than people, we also offer the following compensation and benefits:
As an international family business in the agricultural sector, we spend every day making farmers’ lives easier with innovative solutions and tailored services. We offer solutions for almost all activities in the cowshed: from milking to cleaning. We provide advice on how to organise a dairy farm smartly with the use of management systems. Our vision and the needs and demands of our clients are the things that drive and inspire us.
Something we do since 1948, in this year brothers Cornelis en Arij van der Lely introduced the finger wheel rake to the market. One of our first inventions that made a substantial change in the traditional way of working on the farm. There were many more innovations with only one purpose making agrarian life easier and working together for a sustainable, profitable and enjoyable future in the agricultural sector.
