Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Career Path in 2024
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Career Overview
- Determine and formulate policies and provide overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations within guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body.
- Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) U.S. Salary in 2024
Data sourced from O*NET Online, provided by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics wage estimates.
Projected Job Openings for Chief Financial Officer (CFO)s by 2031
Projected Growth Rate in Job Openings by 2031: -7%
Data sourced from CareerOneStop, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Typical Tasks for Chief Financial Officer (CFO)s
Confer with board members, organization officials, or staff members to discuss issues, coordinate activities, or resolve problems.
Direct or coordinate an organization's financial or budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, or increase efficiency.
Prepare budgets for approval, including those for funding or implementation of programs.
Accounting software
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Sage 50 Accounting
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Oracle PeopleSoft
Presentation software
- Mentimeter
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Basic Skills
- Talking to others
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
People and Technology Systems
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
Problem Solving
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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