Her Story
About Tolieka
Tolieka Walker serves as a Treasury Management Payments Consultant at U.S. Bank, where she leads the Money Movement Team in the Charlotte, North Carolina office. She assists businesses in understanding and optimizing their cash flow while helping to prevent fraud, working primarily with owners of companies generating between $2.5 million and $50 million in revenue. Walker brings 12 years of experience in payments, having begun her career in sales with door-to-door roles that led to promotions as a recruiter and sales manager overseeing 15 team members. She later transitioned into account payables at a dealership, where her passion for payments grew, and she developed skills in process improvement, software development, and risk management. A dedicated relationship builder, Walker attributes her success to her strong faith in God, which sustained her through years as a single mother of four children before her marriage five years ago. She emphasizes authenticity, empathy, and treating others with love and respect in both her professional leadership and personal values.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Tolieka
01What do you attribute your success to?
My faith is extremely strong. The faith that I have in God blows me away because I believe for things that others think aren't possible. I had a lot of adversity in my life. I have 4 kids and I was a single mom going through my career journey for years until I got married about 5 years ago. That journey took me in every direction possible with every hurdle but I never quit because I knew the power of God.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Be comfortable with being yourself. Understand who you are and the identity that you have and be so comfortable with that. As women especially influential women continue to grow in their careers it's very easy to want to shift and conform to what everyone wants you to do and be but if you were the same you wouldn't be where you were at. It's okay to be you the flaws and everything and continue to grow.
03What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Being able to love people and treat people the way you want to be treated. When you really have that foundation of I'm going to treat you the way I want to be treated and I'm going to love regardless it kind of can't go wrong. You go into everything genuine with an open heart but also that strength. Vulnerability is power.
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