The Treasury Update Podcast

The Treasury Update Podcast host Craig Jeffery kicks off a new series featuring interviews with treasury and finance leaders exploring: challenging situations; fresh ideas, innovative approaches, case studies and recommendations from senior treasury practitioners. These stories from the front provide a transparent look at various industries and challenging situations that provide insights and wisdom to help guide the profession into a proper mindset and approach as we continue the path of recovery. On this first episode of the Stories from the Front series, he interviews LeeAnn Perkins, Assistant Treasurer at ION Geophysical to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the oil and gas industry at large and her story of how they are navigating this disruptive event. Listen in to this conversation and learn some valuable lessons and useful insights.

What can Winnie-the-Pooh teach us about treasury? On this episode of the Becoming a Treasurer series, Host Craig Jeffery continues the Learning from Literature subseries showcasing English author A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh character. This thinking and analysis session covers concrete examples of persevering, focusing and being thoughtful while overcoming the bumps on your journey. Listen in to this engaging conversation to find out some tools for success on becoming a treasurer.

What is a treasurer? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook talks with colleague Melody Hart, Senior Consultant at Strategic Treasurer to discuss the profession of a treasurer. Learn what is common for treasurer's to do, some pathways to become a treasurer and more around their important role. Listen in and learn a little bit about treasurers.

On this episode of the Becoming a Treasurer Series, Managing Partner Craig Jeffery of Strategic Treasurer kicks off a sub-series called "Learning From Literature". He showcases Robert Frost's poem The Door in the Dark as a metaphor to discuss the lessons of risks. Listen in as he shares how treasury professionals can increase visibility as disruptive events arise on their way to success.

Host Craig Jeffery catches up with Mike Richards, Managing Director at The Treasury Recruitment Company and Founder & Host of The Treasury Career Corner. They discuss treasury career changes amid COVID-19 and bring to light the current situation on treasury positions across the globe. Topics of discussion include the changing dimensions of work, career mobility and the work from home environment, the outlook on job recruitment, and key findings and trends from the ongoing global treasury salary survey. Listen in to this informative and engaging conversation to find out more.

On this episode of the Global Recovery Monitor Series, Host Meredith Zonsius joins Craig Jeffery and Alexa Cook of Strategic Treasurer on the thirteenth period results from the COVID-19 Impact & Response Survey. This new iteration of the micro-survey reflects how respondents feel about their organization's outlook on health and economic positions during today's global state of recovery. They reveal exclusive data on top concerns around work from home challenges, views on revenue levels, organizational outlook on liquidity positions, time estimates for health and financial normalcy, and more. Listen in to this brief discussion to find out how treasury and finance organizations are being impacted and what to expect next.

What are Alternative Payment Types? Coffee Break Session Host Alexa Cook catches up with Stephanie Villatoro, Senior Consultant at Strategic Treasurer, to discuss Alternative Payment Types. They discuss the what some different types of Alternative Payments are, how alternative payment types have evolved and how some alternative payment types are being used. Listen in and learn a little bit about Alternative Payment Types.

Compliance and security matters are escalating in today's business environment. Host Craig Jeffery talks with Scott Lambert, Treasury Managing Director of Cigna on updating treasury organizations to reflect the new reality of analytics and compliance. Topics of discussion center around payment hub as a leading practice, compliance role in treasury, improving payment security, data management and more. Listen into this insightful discussion to find out how to take your treasury group to the next level of success in today's business environment.

On this episode of the Becoming a Treasurer series, Special Host Meredith Zonsius has a timely conversation with Craig Jeffery about the vital component of the treasurer's responsibility over payment security. They kick off the discussion with an explanation of payment security and cover various elements including the role of the treasurer across different types of security platforms, payment processes, security training, system audits, banking frameworks and more. Listen in as they explore successful methods to help equip the new treasurer on their ongoing journey.

On this special edition of the podcast, Host Craig Jeffery interviews coauthor Kevin Coldiron on the book, The Rise of Carry: The Dangerous Consequences of Volatility Suppression and the New Financial Order of Decaying Growth and Recurring Crisis. Coldiron provides examples of and arguments that explain how the use of carry trades and the impact that excessive financial backstopping of natural volatility invariably creates greater volatility for all market participants and the global economy. This rapid growth of carry trades will inevitably lead to faster and deeper corrections that reflect an increasingly distorted market. Listen in as they discuss the concept of carry and its historical and looming consequences.