Starting Your Treasury Career? Start Here.
When you’re early in your treasury career, everything can feel a bit unclear.
- What should you focus on?
- What actually matters to hiring managers?
- And how do you go from “doing the job” to building a proper career?
I see this all the time when I speak to treasury professionals at the start of their journey.
Some fall into treasury by accident and never quite get a clear roadmap. Others are more intentional but don’t always know where to focus their time or energy.
That’s exactly why I pulled together this listening list.
Over the years, through hundreds of conversations on the Treasury Career Corner podcast, there are certain themes that come up again and again:
- The people who progress fastest take ownership early
- They build strong foundations, not just technical skills
- They stay curious and keep learning from others
- And importantly, they treat treasury as a long-term career, not just a role
So rather than leaving you to figure it all out yourself, this is a curated set of episodes to help you shortcut that process.
These are the conversations I’d recommend if you want to understand how treasury careers really develop, what great looks like, and how to position yourself for the next step.
🎧 Recommended Listening for Early Stage Treasury Professionals
Starting Out in Corporate Treasury:
What I have seen in Great Treasury Managers:
What I’ve Learnt About Group Treasurers from 200+ Episodes:
Our Take on the Corporate Treasury Industry:
How Taking Calculated Risks and Strategic Moves Created a World-Class Treasury Career:
Why Corporate Treasury Needs to Be a Career Choice, Not Just a Happy Accident:
How to Build a Strategic, High-Impact Treasury Team – Lessons in Process, Progress and People:
How to Build a Strategic, High-Impact Treasury Team – Lessons in Process, Progress and People:
The Treasury Playbook: Centralize Cash, Scale Globally, and Build a Function That Delivers:
How Do You Build a Treasury Function from Scratch in a Global Company?:
How Tradeweb Enhanced Its Treasury Team with Tech – No Expansion Required:
Write Your Own Career Playbook: Lessons from Amazon Treasurer Tony Masone:
From Banking to Treasury: The Career Move That Seemed Like a Step Back But It Wasn’t:
How Treasurers Can Avoid Costly Mistakes and Master Risk, Hedging and Liquidity Strategies:
What You Should Take Away From This
Don’t try to listen to everything in one go.
Pick one or two episodes, take notes, and actually reflect on what you’re hearing.
Ask yourself:
- What skills do I need to build next?
- Where am I adding value today and where am I not?
- Am I being proactive in my career, or just reacting?
Because the biggest difference I see between those who progress and those who don’t is simple:
The successful ones take action.
They don’t wait for someone to map it out for them. They learn, they apply, and they keep moving forward.
If you treat these episodes as more than just background listening and actually use them as a guide, you’ll be in a much stronger position than most of your peers.
And if you want a bit of help along the way, whether that’s career advice, market insight, or just a sounding board…
Let’s grab a coffee and chat treasury careers.
