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Don’t Get Trapped in the Treasury Box: How Treasurers Create Real Business Impact
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- The Treasury Career Corner
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- Feb 17, 2026
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Summary
What separates a treasury leader from a scorekeeper? In this episode, you’ll learn how to step out of the traditional treasury box and drive strategic, high-impact results across your organization - straight from Scott Paredes who’s done it across multiple industries. Scott Paredes is a seasoned finance and risk management executive known for his innovative strategies and for leading high-performing treasury teams across global organizations. Throughout his career, Scott has consistently positioned treasury departments at the forefront of business transformation. He pioneered multiple first-of-their-kind capital markets transactions - including the first Sustainability-Linked Asset Based Loan and was recognized with a 2022 Alexander Hamilton Award by Treasury & Risk for developing a cutting-edge cyber-fraud prevention solution. Host Mike Richards sits down with Scott to explore his multifaceted treasury journey - from leading funding strategies in Latin America to pioneering sustainability-linked lending and combatting cyber fraud. Scott shares how thinking differently, collaborating internally, and continually evolving treasury strategy can move the function from back-office to business-critical. What We Cover in This Episode: Scott’s unique journey working alongside his twin brother in treasury Lessons from managing liquidity and FX through 9/11 and global crises Launching new asset classes in underdeveloped capital markets How Scott approached massive M&A integration and refinancing at Ensco Implementing the first sustainability-linked asset-based loan at Southwire Real-world fraud prevention strategies that won awards Creative cash flow improvements through customer partnerships Why AI and cyber controls are central to treasury’s future Career-building stra…