CFOs and the C-Suite: High Stakes, High Rewards in America’s Most Volatile C-Suite Role
CFOs are staying in post an average of 3.1 years over the latest five-year period analyzed, falling from an average of 3.5 years two years ago. Datarails, the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform for Excel users, analyzed SEC filings by 1,657 of the biggest US listed companies between 2018 to 2023, the latest period for which official data exists. The methodology involved analyzing CFO tenure and compensation mandated by the SEC in annual filings.