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: membership demographics

Titles/Job Functions

 

CFO, Executive VP, Senior VP, VP-Finance

60 %

 

Controller

14  %

 

Treasurer

7 %

 

Other Titles

19 %


Company Size: Annual Gross Sales

 

Under $50 million

21 %

 

$51 to $499 million

38 %

 

$500 to $999 million

10 %

 

$1 billion to $9.9 billion

24 %

 

$10 billion or more

7 %


Company Size: Total Employees

 

Under 100

14 %

 

100-999

30 %

 

1,000-4,999

26 %

 

5,000-9,999

11 %

 

10,000 or more

19 %


Nature Of Entity:

 

Private

50%

 

Public

45%

 

Non-profit

5%


Industry Breakout:

 

Technology/Telecommunications

9 %

 

Transportation/Energy

7 %

 

Construction

3 %

 

Banking/Finance/Insurance

15 %

 

Communications/Media

5 %

 

Manufacturing

27 %

 

Retail/Wholesale

7 %

 

Professional Services/Consulting

6 %

 

Medical/Pharma/Healthcare

5 %

 

Other

16 %


Professional Profile:

 

Biggest job challenge: Managing for growth and value.

 
 

Other top demands, in order of time commitment:

  • Company strategy & business reviews.
  • Financial reporting.
  • People development.
  • IR and Board relations.
  • IT.
  • M&A.

Functional areas reporting to the CFO:

  • Planning - 84%
  • IR - 66%
  • MIS/IT - 56%
  • Legal - 48%
  • HR - 44%
 

Career Profile:

 
  • 36 percent of FEI members have been in their current position 5 to 10 years; 17% for more than ten years
  • 15 percent have changed jobs in the last year; 31 percent took less than 1 month to find their new position, 24 percent took 1 to 3 months
  • 30 percent plan to make a career change in the next 2 years; of those, two-thirds expect to get promoted
 

What is the primary reason you belong to FEI?

(multiple responses permitted)

 

Networking

55%

 

Information

35%

 

Continuing education/professional development

15%

 

Interaction with local chapters/activities

10%

 

Socializing

5%

 

Conferences/presentations/meeting

4%

 

Career opportunities

3%

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