#169 Ask a Treasurer Live with Matthew Fortunak - Treasurer at Owens Corning

Today we are joined by Matthew Fortunak, the Vice President, Treasurer at Owens Corning. The reason why we want to get him today as he had a really broad background working a long time with Delphi. He worked in treasury but also did a broad financial working strategy.

In this episode we discuss:

• How he came to the treasury and what made him choose treasury as a career
• His career highlights
• His preparations for his position now
• Maintaining relationships
• Growing with the company and its culture
• Mentorship in Matthew’s perspective
• Key things he looks for when hiring people
• Skills that are important for Matthew
• When looking to grow in a career, should someone be seeking opportunities in their current role or look externally?
• Determining the company’s culture
• Advice for someone who’s from a more sophisticated treasury org into one that’s further behind
• Advice for someone in the middle of a job search