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by Mike Richards
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 professionAs a treasury recruitment company, we also explore treasury talent issues and what they believe is the future for treasury profession?
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- 4 days ago39 min
How Treasury Leaders Build Trust Beyond the Finance Function
How can treasury leaders build trust, influence decisions, and demonstrate their value beyond the finance function?In this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, Mike is joined by Domenico De Maio, Group Head of Treasury & Tax at Helsinn Group, a global pharmaceutical company focused on improving the quality of life of patients with cancer and chronic diseases.With over 21 years of treasury experience in Switzerland, Domenico De Maio shares how the treasury profession has evolved from a largely operational function into a more strategic business partner.Drawing on his experience leading a lean treasury team, he explains why building relationships, communicating effectively, and earning trust across the organisation are essential to making treasury more influential.The conversation also explores the importance of taking ownership of your career, embracing new responsibilities, and staying curious as technology and AI continue to shape the treasury profession.Main Topics Discussed:How treasury leaders can build trust and influence colleagues beyond the finance function.Why treasury has evolved from an operational function into a strategic business partner.How stronger collaboration across departments can improve the cash conversion cycle.The importance of prioritisation and resourcefulness when leading lean treasury teams.How taking on tax and additional responsibilities can support treasury career development.The potential impact of AI and technology on treasury operations and finance transformation.Why networking, professional visibility, and meaningful relationships matter in treasury.How curiosity, initiative, and new opportunities can shape a successful treasury career.You can connect with Domenico De Maio on LinkedIn.---🤝 Treasury Executive Exchange, Chicago – May 25th-26th 2027 – Join leading treasurers from across the US and internationally for two days of small roundtables, honest conversations and practical discussions, in partnership with the AFP: https://www.financialprofessionals.org/events/meetings/treasury-executive-exchange🎓 Exclusive CTP & FPAC discounts – Find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/💡 Earn CTP credits by listening – Selected episodes are AFP-accredited. Listen, take the quiz and earn your certificate: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/🌍 Treasury Career Corner LIVE 2027 – Join us at events across London, New York, the Netherlands, Houston, Chicago and Dublin: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/events/🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast – Never miss an episode:CLICK HERE for 🎧 Spotify PodcastsCLICK HERE for 🍏 Apple Podcasts
- 1 weeks ago51 min
Global Treasury Leadership: Centralise Data and Empower Teams
What does it really take to lead a successful global treasury team? Is it about centralising everything, adopting the latest technology, or knowing when to step back and trust your people?In this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, host Mike Richards welcomes back Patrick Peters Buehler, Global Treasurer at Arcera Life Sciences, an international life sciences company operating across multiple continents.With over 25 years of experience in treasury and finance, Patrick shares his perspectives on leadership, global treasury transformation, and the importance of building teams that are empowered to make decisions while maintaining strong processes and controls.Drawing on his current experience leading a geographically dispersed treasury team, Patrick explains why centralising information doesn't necessarily mean centralising people.He also discusses the challenges of simplifying banking structures, the limitations of real-time treasury, and why human judgment remains essential as AI and new technologies continue to develop.What We Cover in This EpisodeWhy effective treasury leadership requires delegation, trust, accountability and strong processes.How centralised treasury data and decentralised teams can support global operations.Transforming treasury across 19 countries, reducing banking relationships from 60 to five core banks.The risks and inefficiencies of relying on Excel, manual processes and disconnected systems.Whether real-time treasury offers genuine advantages over traditional end-of-day reporting.How AI and predictive analytics could improve cash flow forecasting while retaining human judgment.Why continuous learning, treasury conferences and sharing best practices are essential.How rising costs of capital, emerging markets, blockchain and tokenisation are shaping treasury's future.You can connect with Patrick Peters-Bühler on LinkedIn.---🤝 Treasury Executive Exchange, Chicago – May 25th-26th 2027 – Join leading treasurers from across the US and internationally for two days of small roundtables, honest conversations and practical discussions, in partnership with the AFP: https://www.financialprofessionals.org/events/meetings/treasury-executive-exchange🎓 Exclusive CTP & FPAC discounts – Find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/💡 Earn CTP credits by listening – Selected episodes are AFP-accredited. Listen, take the quiz and earn your certificate: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/🌍 Treasury Career Corner LIVE 2027 – Join us at events across London, New York, the Netherlands, Houston, Chicago and Dublin: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/events/🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast – Never miss an episode:CLICK HERE for 🎧 Spotify PodcastsCLICK HERE for 🍏 Apple Podcasts
- 2 weeks ago34 min
How AI Can Build Stronger Treasury Teams Without Replacing Human Judgment
AI is changing treasury fast, but technology alone won’t create a stronger function.In this episode, with Antonios Reizopoulos, Head of Treasury at Nomios Group, we explore how treasury leaders can combine AI with people, process, governance and human judgment to improve fraud prevention, decision-making and resilience - while building teams that are ready for the future.This week, Mike Richards is joined by Antonios Reizopoulos, Head of Treasury at Nomios Group, a leading European cybersecurity and networking company operating across seven countries.Antonios is currently responsible for building and developing Nomios’ treasury function, with a focus on creating a more centralised, scalable and controlled operating model across areas including liquidity management, cash forecasting, banking, FX, credit facilities and treasury technology.Antonios shares his perspective on what it takes to build a modern treasury function from the ground up and why treasury needs to be viewed as a core business partner rather than an isolated finance function.He discusses the importance of gaining broad treasury experience, building effective teams, managing multiple priorities and securing stakeholder buy-in during transformation projects.The conversation also explores the growing impact of AI on treasury, particularly in fraud prevention, monitoring and forecasting. Antonios explains why AI should support treasury professionals rather than replace them, and why the strongest treasury functions will combine technology with robust processes, governance and human judgment.What we discuss:Why treasury should be viewed as a core partner to the wider business.Building a centralised and scalable treasury function from the ground up.Why understanding the full treasury operating model is more valuable than working in individual silos.How liquidity, cash forecasting, receivables and working capital connect in a fast-moving treasury environment.What Antonios looks for when recruiting treasury professionals, including integrity, curiosity and problem-solving ability.How AI can support fraud detection, anomaly identification, forecasting and decision-making.Why effective fraud prevention requires people, process, technology and governance working together.The importance of stakeholder communication and buy-in when delivering treasury transformation.You can connect with Antonios Reizopoulos on LinkedIn.---🤝 Treasury Executive Exchange, Chicago – May 25th-26th 2027 – Join leading treasurers from across the US and internationally for two days of small roundtables, honest conversations and practical discussions, in partnership with the AFP: https://www.financialprofessionals.org/events/meetings/treasury-executive-exchange🎓 Exclusive CTP & FPAC discounts – Find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/💡 Earn CTP credits by listening – Selected episodes are AFP-accredited. Listen, take the quiz and earn your certificate: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/🌍 Treasury Career Corner LIVE 2027 – Join us at events across London, New York, the Netherlands, Houston, Chicago and Dublin: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/events/🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast – Never miss an episode:CLICK HERE for 🎧 Spotify PodcastsCLICK HERE for 🍏 Apple Podcasts
- 3 weeks ago37 min
Why Treasury Expertise Gets You Heard, but Results and Relationships Build Influence
Technical treasury expertise can earn you credibility, but it takes results, relationships, adaptability and an understanding of the wider business to build lasting influence.In this episode, Julia Donegan, Senior Global Treasury Director at Newell Brands, explores what it takes to lead treasury through transformation, build a high-performing global team and make sure treasury continues to have a meaningful voice across the organisation.Julia Donegan is Senior Global Treasury Director at Newell Brands, a leading global consumer goods company behind brands including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Yankee Candle and Paper Mate.In her current role, Julia leads a global treasury team and works across treasury operations, transformation, banking structures, technology, liquidity and strategic business collaboration.Julia shares her perspective on leading treasury in an organisation that is constantly changing and why strong technical knowledge is only one part of becoming an effective treasury leader.She discusses how her team has approached large-scale treasury transformation while maintaining control of day-to-day cash operations, the importance of breaking complex projects into manageable stages and why collaboration with banks, IT, tax and other teams is essential.The conversation also explores leadership, developing treasury talent, practical applications of AI, building strong professional relationships and why treasury professionals at every level need to keep learning and evolving.Main Topics Discussed:How to maintain control of daily treasury operations while delivering major transformation projectsWhy breaking treasury projects into smaller, manageable stages can help maintain momentumBuilding and developing a global treasury team through continuous organisational changeWhy treasury needs to clearly communicate its requirements when working with IT and technology teamsWhere AI is adding practical value in treasury and where human expertise remains essentialWhy technical expertise and results can get treasury into senior conversations, but relationships help build influenceThe importance of building relationships across the organisation, with banking partners and within the wider treasury communityWhy treasury professionals should continually volunteer for projects, broaden their experience and avoid standing stillYou can connect with Julia Donegan on LinkedIn.---🤝 Treasury Executive Exchange, Chicago – May 25th-26th 2027 – Join leading treasurers from across the US and internationally for two days of small roundtables, honest conversations and practical discussions, in partnership with the AFP: https://www.financialprofessionals.org/events/meetings/treasury-executive-exchange🎓 Exclusive CTP & FPAC discounts – Find out how much you can save: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/partners/afp/💡 Earn CTP credits by listening – Selected episodes are AFP-accredited. Listen, take the quiz and earn your certificate: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcasts/🌍 Treasury Career Corner LIVE 2027 – Join us at events across London, New York, the Netherlands, Houston, Chicago and Dublin: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/events/🎙️ Subscribe to the Treasury Career Corner podcast – Never miss an episode:CLICK HERE for 🎧 Spotify Podcasts CLICK HERE for 🍏 Apple Podcasts
- Oct 6, 202640 min
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 zonesYou 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 PodcastsCLICK 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/
- Sep 29, 202650 min
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 PodcastsCLICK 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/
- Sep 22, 20264 min
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 themThe 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 CoverHow 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 careersTop 10 downloaded Treasury Career Corner episodesInside 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
- Sep 15, 202641 min
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 progressYou 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 PodcastsCLICK 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/
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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 professionAs a treasury recruitment company, we also explore treasury talent issues and what they believe is the future for treasury profession?
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