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%