A recently completed search for a Chief Financial Officer for a private equity-backed, Mid-Atlantic-based retail food service company presented the following executive compensation insights:
As executive search consultants, a by-product of our expertise is creating a wealth of knowledge on executive compensation.
When we complete an assignment, we aggregate the compensation data we have collected across the search, and share it with the executive talent community from which it came. In this case, in Q1, 2020 we conducted a CFO search for a private equity-backed company in the franchised retail food service industry.
To support our talent strategy, we focused on the target talent pool comprising those who either currently or in recent past roles held titles of CFO, VP Finance, and a host of related senior operational roles in the finance and accounting functions.
| Base | Bonus | Total Comp | Bonus as % Base | |
| Average | 247,000 | 50,000 | 283,000 | 23% |
| Median | 238,000 | 50,000 | 288,000 | 21% |
| Bottom Quartile | 200,000 | 46,000 | 231,000 | 20% |
| 2nd Quartile | 238,000 | 50,000 | 288,000 | 21% |
| 3rd Quartile | 271,000 | 54,000 | 324,000 | 29% |
| Top Quartile | 500,000 | 75,000 | 500,000 | 35% |
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