{"podcast":{"title":"The Treasury Career Corner","slug":"the-treasury-career-corner-939354","podcast_index_feed_id":939354,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/treasury-career-corner/","website_url":"https://treasuryrecruitment.com/podcast","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cfc35d07-c093-4838-8a00-a50123925bcc/_S20SyfJvv-08URLDJBYH_dk.jpg","author":"Mike Richards","episode_count":437,"summary":"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 profession As a treasury recruitment company, we also explore treasury talent issues and what they believe is the future for treasury profession?","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-treasury-career-corner-939354"},"episode":{"title":"How Innovation and Automation Transformed Treasury at a Leading University","slug":"how-innovation-and-automation-transformed-treasury-at-a-leading-university","published_at":"2026-04-28T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-treasury-career-corner-939354/how-innovation-and-automation-transformed-treasury-at-a-leading-university","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-treasury-career-corner-939354","url":"https://treasuryrecruitment.com//ep-429-how-innovation-and-automation-transformed-treasury-at-a-leading-university","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4f86f041-1323-4c92-9337-9f3839e581aa.mp3","summary":"How do you transform a treasury function from manual processes into an AI-powered, automation-driven strategic partner? In this episode, we’re joined by Karen Kearney , Treasurer at Stanford University . She leads treasury across one of the world’s most complex and innovative institutions, overseeing areas including capital markets, cash management, and financial strategy within a large, mission-driven environment. On the episode Karen Kearney , Treasurer at Stanford University shares her unconventional journey into treasury, from starting in audit to exploring a career in the culinary world before returning to finance and ultimately leading treasury at Stanford. The conversation dives into how treasury can evolve into a strategic function through innovation, automation, and collaboration. Karen explains how her team implemented predictive cash forecasting, automated complex processes, and developed in-house solutions that outperform market offerings. She also discusses the unique challenges of operating in a nonprofit, consensus-driven environment, the importance of institutional understanding, and how AI will shape the future of treasury. What We Cover in This Episode: Transitioning from audit to treasury through a non-linear career path The complexity of managing finances in a large research university Differences between corporate and nonprofit treasury environments Driving transformation through automation and process optimisation Managing a multi-billion-dollar debt portfolio and internal banking structure Creating a scalable merchant services solution and winning a major industry award The role of innovation and Silicon Valley influence on treasury strategy Elevating treasury as a strategic partner within an organisation The growing importance of AI, data qualit…","meta_description":"How do you transform a treasury function from manual processes into an AI-powered, automation-driven strategic partner? In this episode, we’re joined by K…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2226,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-treasury-career-corner-939354/episodes/how-innovation-and-automation-transformed-treasury-at-a-leading-university/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-treasury-career-corner-939354/how-innovation-and-automation-transformed-treasury-at-a-leading-university.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}