Chief Financial Officer

Owns financial strategy at the executive level.

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Also known as:CFO

Compensation by seniority

Simulated

Median

$754k

Mean

$784k

10th–90th pct

$573k–$1041k

Observations

601

Confidence: 34% · based on 601 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated

Common skills

Corporate Finance

Core

Strategic Planning

Core

Budgeting & Forecasting

Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated

Bachelor's Degree

57% require · 27% prefer

MBA

14% require · 35% prefer

Master's Degree

12% require · 23% prefer

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Common next roles

Corporate Finance Manager-37.9%FP&A Analyst-79.5%FinTech Product Manager-75.5%FinTech Compliance Manager-47.3%Payments Analyst-77.3%

Common previous roles

Corporate Finance Manager-60.9%FinTech Compliance Manager-89.8%Payments Analyst-341.2%FP&A Analyst-387.1%FinTech Product Manager-307.8%

Demand snapshot

Active openings (simulated)8,269

Posting growth-0.6%

Median days to fill34 days

Simulated

Employed (US, simulated)54,191

Projected growth5.4%/yr

Simulated

Role characteristics

Remote-friendliness40%

Automation exposure25%

Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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