CFO Briefing

Higher Pay, Shorter Tenure: The CFO Tradeoff

Compensation jumps 62% since 2019, even as CFOs’ time in the role averages just 2.1 years.
Photographer: Francesca Volpi/Bloomberg
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Welcome to CFO Briefing, a newsletter dedicated to corporate finance and what leaders need to know. This week’s edition features a Bloomberg interview with KKR CFO Robert Lewin. But first, here’s a look at finance chiefs’ pay and tenure.

Companies are getting pickier about who they want to lead their finance departments, and they’re willing to pay a premium for the right candidate.