Why You Should Use a Treasury Recruiter to Grow your Team with Stephen Long

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Featuring

Mike Richards

CEO, The Treasury Recruitment Company

About this episode

In this episode of The Treasury Career Corner Podcast, I’m delighted to be joined by a good friend of mine, Stephen Long, the Group Treasurer at Williams Lea Tag.

Stephen is an experienced treasury professional having worked within the treasury field for over 20 years. He has specialist knowledge in international cash management, six sigma, project management, and treasury management to name just a few!

Williams Lea Tag (WLT) is the leading independent provider of Marketing and Communications Services. Every day, they help organisations transform business processes, enhance their customer conversations and realise the potential of their brand. Founded in 1820 as a company providing printing services to the financial industry, Williams Lea Tag went through a number of changes to its business model and now provides services including mail processing, bulk mailing, printing, and page layout.

On the podcast we discussed…

  • Stephen shares stories from his existing and previous treasury roles
  • How the ACT has helped people who start out in finance move into treasury
  • An insight into Steve’s recruitment methodology
  • The role of communication in the treasury industry
  • How technology and machines can help assist treasury teams in the future
  • The importance of grabbing opportunities that present themselves and learning from the people around you

You can get in touch with Stephen and connect with him via his LinkedIn profile.

Are you interested in pursuing a career within treasury?

Whether you’ve recently graduated, or you want to search for new job opportunities to help develop your treasury career, The Treasury Recruitment Company can help you in your search for the perfect job. Find out more here. Or, send us your CV and let us help you in your next career move!

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🎧 Earn CTP & FPAC Credits by Listening to the Podcast

Whether you’re at the gym, on your commute, or walking the dog – you can now make your podcast time count toward your professional development.

We’re thrilled to share that Treasury Career Corner podcast episodes now qualify for CTP and FPAC recertification credits through the AFP’s Independent Study category.

How It Works:

  • Listen to a Treasury Career Corner podcast episode
  • Complete the short multiple-choice quiz
  • Score 80%+ to pass
  • Submit your credits to AFP as part of your recertification record

➡️ Credits earned per episode length:

  • 30 mins = 0.6 credits
  • 45 mins = 0.9 credits
  • 60 mins = 1.2 credits

No filler. Just real treasury conversations covering leadership, strategy, risk, technology, and team building.

🧠 Quick Facts:

  • 📝 Quizzes contain 6–10 multiple-choice questions
  • 🎯 You need 80%+ to pass
  • ✍️ Quiz submissions are reviewed manually
  • 📋 We must then VERIFY you are a CTP treasury professional to help prevent automated or non-genuine submissions
  • ✅ Once verified, we mark your quiz and send CTP credit confirmations every Friday
  • 📨 If you need results sooner? Then email mike@treasuryrecruitment.com and we’ll try to prioritise the marking of your latest quiz

NOTE: In line with AFP compliance requirements, no more than two quizzes may be completed per day.