A recently completed search for a Chief Financial Officer for a private equity-backed, Northeast-based consumer goods company presented the following executive compensation insights:
the Highlights:
- Title/Function: Chief Financial Officer
- Ownership Structure: Private Equity-backed in Growth Mode
- Industry: Consumer Goods: Home Textiles
- Location: Northeast, USA
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, we conducted a CFO search for a private equity-backed consumer goods company specializing in home textiles.
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.
Executive Compensation Survey Data - CFO, Consumer Goods, Northeast
Bonus Structures:
As a percentage of base salary.
CFO Executive Compensation Survey tabular Data:
| Base | Bonus | Total Comp | Bonus as % Base | |
| Average | 348,000 | 176,000 | 498,000 | 46% |
| Median | 355,000 | 144,000 | 479,000 | 40% |
| Bottom Quartile | 300,000 | 123,000 | 311,000 | 35% |
| 2nd Quartile | 355,000 | 144,000 | 479,000 | 40% |
| 3rd Quartile | 381,000 | 180,000 | 544,000 | 45% |
| Top Quartile | 550,000 | 500,000 | 1,050,000 | 111% |
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