Titles/Job Functions

CFO, Executive VP, Senior VP, VP-Finance

51%

Controller

11%

Treasurer

3%

Other Titles

35%

Company Size: Annual Gross Sales

Under $50 million

65%

$51 to $499 million

16%

$500 to $999 million

4%

$1 billion or more

15%

Company Size: Total Employees

Less than 500

75%

500 to 999

5%

1,000 to 2,499

5%

2,500 to 4,999

4%

5,000 to 19,999

6%

More than 20,000 Employees

5%

Nature Of Entity:

Private

41%

Public

22%

Non-profit

4%

Other

33%

Industry Breakout:

Manufacturing

10%

Banking / Finance / Insurance

6%

Professional Services / Consulting

6%

Retail / Wholesale

6%

Technology / Telecommunications

6%

Education

4%

Medical / Pharma / Healthcare

4%

Energy

3%

Communications / Media

2%

Aero/Defense/Government

1%

Agriculture

1%

Hospitality

1%

Non-profit

1%

Real Estate

1%

Other

48%

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 percent 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 %