The Treasury Career Corner

Mike Richards
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In this weekly podcast I interview Treasury professionals from across the globe about their treasury careers. I talk to them about their roles, how they built their careers, where they are now and where do they see both themselves and the treasury profession developing. Other areas we talk about include; -Career highlights and lowlights -Where they got their big break -What they see as key to their success -Where do their careers go from here? -What do they see as the future of the Treasury profession As a treasury recruitment company, we also explore treasury talent issues and what they believe is the future for treasury profession?

  1. 18h ago

    Choose the Difficult Path: To Keep Growing in Treasury

    What does it take to keep growing when treasury, technology and leadership are constantly evolving? In this episode we chat with Anika Williams the Head of Treasury and Customer Payment Operations at Zalando Payments to explore why choosing difficult challenges, stepping outside your comfort zone and maintaining a learning mindset can be crucial to continued development in treasury. Anika Williams is Head of Treasury and Customer Payment Operations at Zalando Payments, where she combines treasury leadership with responsibility for a significant operations function. Working within Zalando’s technology-driven payments business, Anika oversees treasury in a regulated environment while managing the challenges that come with high volumes of customer transactions, evolving compliance requirements, automation and AI. She also leads a team of around 40 people and is actively involved in mentoring and Berlin’s treasury community. In this conversation, Anika shares her perspective on what modern treasury leadership looks like and why professionals should actively seek out difficult projects and opportunities to learn. She discusses the changing role of treasury, from operational activities towards greater CFO advisory, alongside the impact of technology, data and AI. Anika also explores why the biggest challenge around AI may not be the technology itself, but having the right people and mindset to keep adapting as the definition of “good” continues to change. The conversation also covers leadership, mentoring, operations and the importance of learning from mistakes. Above all, Anika encourages treasury professionals to be bold, stay humble and never stop learning. What we discuss: How treasury at Zalando Payments manages high volumes of customer payments and seasonal cash flowsWhy compliance plays such an important role within a regulated payments businessHow data science and technology can complement traditional treasury expertiseWhy people and mindset may be a bigger AI challenge than the technology itselfHow the role of treasury is becoming increasingly focused on CFO advisoryWhat leading a team of around 40 people has taught Anika about leadershipWhy mentoring and learning from people outside treasury can broaden your perspectiveWhy treasury professionals should choose difficult projects and step outside their comfort zones You can connect with Anika Williams on LinkedIn. --- 🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast - Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your favourite platform: CLICK HERE for 🎧Spotify Podcasts CLICK HERE for 🍏Apple Podcasts 🎓 Exclusive discount on CTP & FPAC – Visit our AFP partner page to find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/ 💡 Earn CTP credits just by listening – Selected episodes of the Treasury Career Corner are AFP-accredited. Listen, take a short quiz, score 80% or more, and we'll send you your free certificate. Filter by CTP Eligible at https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/ 👉 FIND OUT MORE HERE https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/

  2. Sep 29

    Why Now Is the Time for Treasury to Embrace AI

    AI in treasury has moved well beyond experimentation. As the technology matures, treasury teams have more opportunities to automate manual work, connect their data and free up valuable time for higher-value activities. In this episode of the Treasury Career Corner, Mike Richards catches up with James Kelly, Co-Founder of Your Treasury, to explore how AI is changing the way treasury teams operate and why now is the time to start embracing it. Through Your Treasury, James works with treasury teams to solve practical challenges using AI, automation and better use of data, helping them rethink processes that have traditionally required significant amounts of manual work. A lot can change in 15 months in the world of AI. Since Mike and James last spoke, treasury teams have moved from asking about potential AI use cases to exploring how the technology can solve real problems. James explains how developments such as AI agents are putting more powerful tools directly into the hands of treasury professionals, without always requiring extensive IT resources. He shares practical examples of what this looks like, including cash forecasting processes reduced from dozens of hours to just a few hours and a pensions reporting process cut from more than two days to around 30 minutes. James also discusses why many treasury challenges are ultimately data challenges, where human judgement remains essential, and why treasury professionals need both enthusiasm and carefulness when adopting AI. What we discuss: How AI adoption in treasury has changed over the past 15 months.Why AI agents are giving treasurers greater autonomy over end-to-end workflows.Why so many treasury challenges ultimately come back to disconnected, inconsistent or poor-quality data.How cash forecasting can be redesigned from a heavily manual process into a more automated, data-driven workflow.How AI can help treasury teams tackle FX exposures, KYC, account opening and contract monitoring.How one pensions reporting process was reduced from more than two days of work to around 30 minutes.Why James starts AI training by encouraging treasury professionals to explore the technology before applying it to treasury-specific problems.Why enthusiasm for AI needs to be balanced with accuracy, careful review and choosing the right tool for the task. You can connect with James Kelly on LinkedIn. --- 🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast - Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your favourite platform: CLICK HERE for 🎧Spotify Podcasts CLICK HERE for 🍏Apple Podcasts 🎓 Exclusive discount on CTP & FPAC – Visit our AFP partner page to find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/ 💡 Earn CTP credits just by listening – Selected episodes of the Treasury Career Corner are AFP-accredited. Listen, take a short quiz, score 80% or more, and we'll send you your free certificate. Filter by CTP Eligible at https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/ 👉 FIND OUT MORE HERE https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/

  3. Sep 22

    Treasury Career Corner Greatest Hits: Eight Years and 450 Episodes

    What started with one conversation in 2018 has grown into 450 podcast episodes, Treasury Career Corner LIVE events, Senior Treasury Roundtables and Ask the Treasurer sessions across the world. In this special episode, Mike Richards looks back at where the Treasury Career Corner podcast began, the career questions that have remained consistent and how a bloke in a shed with a microphone became part of a much wider treasury community. This special solo episode is hosted by Mike Richards, CEO and Founder of The Treasury Recruitment Company and host of the Treasury Career Corner podcast. For eight years, Mike has spoken with treasury professionals about where they started, the challenges they faced, the decisions that changed their careers and the lessons they would share with those following behind them The Treasury Career Corner podcast began in 2018 with Sarah-Jane Hall and a simple idea: sit down with great treasury professionals and ask them about their careers. And it’s that first conversation with Sarah-Jane Hall, remains the podcast’s most downloaded episode to date. Eight years and 450 episodes later, the podcast has grown into a wider treasury community. Alongside the weekly interviews, Treasury Career Corner now includes LIVE events, Roundtables for senior treasury leaders and Ask the Treasurer sessions for analysts, managers and those earlier in their careers. In this episode, Mike revisits some of the archive’s most popular conversations and the career themes that treasury professionals continue to ask about today. What We Cover How the first episode with Sarah-Jane Hall became the podcast’s most downloaded conversationThe journey from one episode in 2018 to nearly 450 weekly episodesHow Treasury Career Corner expanded from a podcast into LIVE eventsThe development of Treasury Round Tables for senior treasury leadersHow Ask the Treasurer connects developing professionals directly with experienced treasury leadersWhy career development, learning and leadership remain consistent themesMoving into treasury and progressing beyond technical expertiseThe growing impact of technology, digitalisation and AI on treasury careers Top 10 downloaded Treasury Career Corner episodes Inside the Mind of a Global Treasurer with Sarah-Jane HallThe Evolving Nature of an International Treasury Career with Wolfgang RatheiserWhy Learning is Not a Luxury in Treasury with Mina NasifHow to Develop a Successful Treasury Department with Nick TaylorDigitalization & AI: Transforming Treasury in the Luxury Industry with LVMH’s Burak YildirimTransitioning from Banking to Corporate Treasury with Ben LoperCareer Pointers for Newcomers to the World of Treasury with Thomas BalishHow to Develop Competence in Treasury with George TerzievSteps to Treasury Success with Gary McGuireHow Gary McGuire Climbed the Treasury Career Ladder Choose an episode you have not heard before or return to a conversation that helped you earlier in your career. Thank you to every guest who has shared their treasury career and everyone who has listened.

  4. Sep 15

    How Treasury Technology and External Support Drive Strategic Change

    Treasury transformation is not just about implementing new technology. It is about improving processes, understanding the business, giving teams the capacity to deliver change, and ensuring technology creates measurable value. In this episode, John James Dunne the Founder and Principal of Elevate Treasury Advisory explores how treasury teams can use technology, data and external support to drive meaningful strategic change - while avoiding the mistake of simply automating inefficient processes. John James Dunne is the Founder and Principal of Elevate Treasury Advisory, supporting CFOs, treasurers and finance leaders with treasury transformation, liquidity, risk, governance and technology. He is also involved in treasury education and developing the next generation of treasury professionals through his work with the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers. In this conversation, John James shares his perspective on what makes treasury transformation successful and why technology alone is rarely the answer. He explains the importance of getting processes into the right shape before implementing a treasury management system, creating early wins to maintain momentum during long transformation projects, and using data to help senior leaders make better decisions. The discussion also explores why many treasury teams benefit from external support when internal capacity is already stretched, how treasury professionals can become stronger business partners, and why technical expertise must be matched by communication, judgement and an understanding of the wider business. Main Topics Discussed: Why treasury transformation should begin with process improvement before technology implementationHow external support can provide additional capacity for treasury teams delivering major projectsThe challenges of implementing a treasury management system while maintaining business-as-usual activityWhy creating early wins during transformation projects helps free capacity and maintain team momentumHow treasury teams can use Power BI, dashboards and self-service analytics to support C-suite decision-makingWhy treasury professionals need to understand the underlying business, not just the treasury numbersThe risks of becoming over-reliant on AI and technology without understanding the fundamentalsWhy communication, influencing and business partnering skills become increasingly important as treasury professionals progress You can connect with John James Dunne on LinkedIn. --- 🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast - Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your favourite platform: CLICK HERE for 🎧Spotify Podcasts CLICK HERE for 🍏Apple Podcasts 🎓 Exclusive discount on CTP & FPAC – Visit our AFP partner page to find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/ 💡 Earn CTP credits just by listening – Selected episodes of the Treasury Career Corner are AFP-accredited. Listen, take a short quiz, score 80% or more, and we'll send you your free certificate. Filter by CTP Eligible at https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/ 👉 FIND OUT MORE HERE https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/

  5. Sep 8

    Why Treasury Careers Are About More Than Salary and Job Titles

    What do treasury professionals want from their careers now, and what do companies need to change if they want to hire the best people? In this special episode, Mike Richards is joined by Katie Hardy from The Treasury Recruitment Company to compare notes on how treasury careers, hiring and candidate expectations have changed. They explore job titles, salaries, hybrid working, skills, networking and why both candidates and clients need to think differently about the treasury market today. After seven years working together, Mike and Katie take a practical look at what they are hearing every day from treasury professionals and hiring managers across the UK, Europe and US. They discuss why treasury job titles can mean completely different things from one company to another, and why candidates are looking beyond salary at progression, flexibility, leadership, culture and what a new role will actually add to their career. Mike and Katie also compare salary and hybrid working expectations across the US, UK and Europe, including why the same role cannot simply be benchmarked in the same way across different locations. On the hiring side, they look at why companies need to challenge old job descriptions, identify the genuine non-negotiables and stop searching for a perfect candidate while expecting to pay below the market. For treasury professionals, the message is equally practical. Show what you have achieved, keep your CV and LinkedIn profile up to date, benchmark your salary and build your network before you need your next job. They also discuss why interviews are a two-way process, why good candidates need to be sold the opportunity and why slow hiring processes can cost companies the people they really want. --- 🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast - Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your favourite platform: CLICK HERE for 🎧Spotify Podcasts CLICK HERE for 🍏Apple Podcasts 💡 Earn CTP credits just by listening – Listen, take a short quiz, score 80% or more, and we'll send you your free certificate. Filter by CTP Eligible at https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/ 🌍 EuroFinance International Treasury Management – September 16th-18th 2026, Barcelona – The world's largest treasury event. Save 10% with our exclusive discount code: MKTG/B/TRP10. Book here: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/eurofinance/ 👉 FIND OUT MORE HERE https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/

  6. Sep 1

    Treasury Talent: Future Skills in the Age of AI

    Mike Richards joined the ACT Annual Conference 2026 in Liverpool for the roundtable session “Treasury Talent: Skills for the Future”, held in May 2026. This session explored the future skills treasury professionals will need as AI and automation take on more routine and analytical work. Together, the panel discussed how treasury roles are changing, where human judgement still matters, whether teams may become leaner and more strategic, and what hiring managers should be looking for when building future treasury teams. Speakers included: Mike Richards, CEO & Founder at The Treasury Recruitment CompanyAlan Chitty, Group Treasurer at PepcoVictoria Underwood, Treasury Manager from Imperial Brands The session was facilitated by Louise Woodroffe, Head of Treasury from Hastings Direct, in association with the ACT Future Leaders in Treasury. Key topics discussed: 00:00 Session Kick-off 00:46 Format and Participation 01:25 Meet the Panel 03:45 AI Adoption Today 04:57 Copilot vs Claude Debate 08:25 What Humans Still Do 10:17 Jobs and Team Reshaping 13:44 Recruitment Market Shift 15:18 Hiring for Future Skills 19:22 Communication and Impact 24:41 Networking and Visibility 26:55 Training Juniors in AI Era 30:40 Hiring for Attitude 31:08 Interviewing for Curiosity 34:30 Psychometrics and CV Signals 37:00 Future Skills in Treasury 40:54 Treasury Plus Networking 43:15 Soft Skills Simplify Jargon 46:04 AI Written CVs and Interviews 49:44 Switching into Treasury 53:12 Career Skills and Communication 55:56 Roundtable and Wrap Up --- 🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast - Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your favourite platform: CLICK HERE for 🎧Spotify Podcasts CLICK HERE for 🍏Apple Podcasts 💡 Earn CTP credits just by listening – Listen, take a short quiz, score 80% or more, and we'll send you your free certificate. Filter by CTP Eligible at https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/ 🌍 EuroFinance International Treasury Management – September 16th-18th 2026, Barcelona – The world's largest treasury event. Save 10% with our exclusive discount code: MKTG/B/TRP10. Book here: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/eurofinance/ 👉 FIND OUT MORE HERE https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/

  7. Aug 25

    Why AI Will Challenge Treasury Professionals Who Fail to Adapt

    AI is reshaping how treasury professionals analyse information, manage workloads and make decisions. In this episode, Manoj Panda, Vice President and Treasurer at Bausch + Lomb, draws on more than 20 years of global finance and treasury leadership experience to explain why the greatest risk may not be AI replacing treasury professionals, but AI-enabled colleagues outperforming those who fail to adapt. Manoj Panda has extensive experience leading capital markets, IPO execution, debt financing, FX risk management and global treasury operations for Fortune 500 and public companies. In his current role as Vice President and Treasurer at Bausch + Lomb he oversees key areas including capital structure, cash management and financial risk management. Throughout the conversation, Manoj reflects on how experience across risk management, capital markets and treasury operations helped him build the breadth required for senior leadership. He also explains why understanding the business behind the numbers is essential when managing complex financing transactions and communicating with investors, rating agencies and senior stakeholders. The episode explores how treasurers can become trusted advisers by identifying problems early, presenting practical solutions and building strong relationships across the organisation. Manoj also shares how AI can improve productivity, accelerate decision-making and reduce data constraints, while emphasising that human judgement, technical expertise and the ability to ask the right questions will remain critical. What We Cover in This Episode: How rotations across finance and treasury can strengthen long-term career developmentThe value of combining capital markets experience with treasury operationsHow financing transactions differ across investment-grade and lower-rated businessesWhy treasurers need a detailed understanding of business and cash-flow driversHow stakeholder management changes when moving into a treasury leadership roleWhy presenting solutions helps treasurers become trusted advisers to the CFOHow hiring, empowering and connecting global teams improves performanceThe opportunities and risks AI presents for treasury professionals You can connect with Manoj Panda on LinkedIn. --- 🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast - Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your favourite platform: CLICK HERE for 🎧Spotify Podcasts CLICK HERE for 🍏Apple Podcasts 🎓 Exclusive discount on CTP & FPAC – Visit our AFP partner page to find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/ 💡 Earn CTP credits just by listening – Selected episodes of the Treasury Career Corner are AFP-accredited. Listen, take a short quiz, score 80% or more, and we'll send you your free certificate. Filter by CTP Eligible at https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/ 🌍 EuroFinance International Treasury Management – September 16th-18th 2026, Barcelona – The world's largest treasury event. Save 10% with our exclusive discount code: MKTG/B/TRP10. Book here: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/eurofinance/ 👉 FIND OUT MORE HERE https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/

  8. Aug 18

    Why Cash Forecasting Is Part Science, Part Art and Always Changing

    Cash forecasting has transformed dramatically as treasury has moved from manual processes and spreadsheets to automation, APIs and AI. But for Kim Kelly-Lippert, accurate forecasting still depends on something technology cannot replace: business understanding, strong relationships and human judgement. Kim Kelly-Lippert is Manager, Treasury Operations at American Honda Motor Company, Inc. In this episode, she shares her perspective on cash forecasting, treasury leadership, technology, team development and the importance of building strong relationships across the business. Kim joins the show to discuss how treasury continues to evolve and why professionals need to evolve with it. She explains why cash forecasting is both a science and an art, combining technology, historical trends and analytics with business knowledge, context and experience. The conversation explores the transition from technical treasury expertise into leadership, developing high-performing teams, mentoring future treasury professionals and building valuable internal and external relationships. Kim also shares her perspective on automation and AI, including why treasury professionals should remain curious, keep learning and embrace the technologies changing the profession. What We Cover in This Episode: Why cash forecasting is part science, part art and constantly changing.How technology, historical data and business context combine to improve forecasting.Why forecasting should be viewed as a business process, not only a treasury process.The shift from technical treasury expertise to leadership and setting direction.Why relationships, networks, mentors and sponsors matter throughout a treasury career.Building strong treasury teams through technical capability, people skills and character.How automation, real-time payments and AI are changing treasury.Why staying nimble, curious and open to change is essential for long-term growth. You can connect with Kim Kelly-Lippert on LinkedIn. --- 🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast - Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your favourite platform: CLICK HERE for 🎧Spotify Podcasts CLICK HERE for 🍏Apple Podcasts 🎓 Exclusive discount on CTP & FPAC – Visit our AFP partner page to find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/ 💡 Earn CTP credits just by listening – Selected episodes of the Treasury Career Corner are AFP-accredited. Listen, take a short quiz, score 80% or more, and we'll send you your free certificate. Filter by CTP Eligible at https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/ 🌍 EuroFinance International Treasury Management – September 16th-18th 2026, Barcelona – The world's largest treasury event. Save 10% with our exclusive discount code: MKTG/B/TRP10. Book here: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/eurofinance/ 👉 FIND OUT MORE HERE https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/

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In this weekly podcast I interview Treasury professionals from across the globe about their treasury careers. I talk to them about their roles, how they built their careers, where they are now and where do they see both themselves and the treasury profession developing. Other areas we talk about include; -Career highlights and lowlights -Where they got their big break -What they see as key to their success -Where do their careers go from here? -What do they see as the future of the Treasury profession As a treasury recruitment company, we also explore treasury talent issues and what they believe is the future for treasury profession?

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  • Creator
    Mike Richards
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    455
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    © Copyright 2024 Mike Richards
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    The Treasury Career Corner

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