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Chief Financial Officer (CFO) jobs: 935 open roles, pay, industries and skills

935 open Chief Financial Officer jobs (CFO), taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as Head of Finance. Listings that state pay show a median of $200,000 a year.

The market for Chief Financial Officer work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Chief Financial Officer jobs
935

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$200,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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State with the most openings
California (99)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (28%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that are remote
27%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
5%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a CFO does

C-suite role in Finance.

Finance, accounting, planning, capital and the numbers the board and investors see.

Usually reports to the CEO.

Other ways this role is written

  • CFO
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Head of Finance

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Chief Financial Officer jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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CFO salary

From 194 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$171,000
Median
$200,000
Upper quarter
$244,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for CFO jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where CFO jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills CFO jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 256 Chief Financial Officer listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in CFO listings

  1. 1. forecasting52%
  2. 2. budgeting52%
  3. 3. audit40%
  4. 4. treasury27%
  5. 5. risk management26%
  6. 6. gaap23%
  7. 7. fp&a16%
  8. 8. financial modeling16%
  9. 9. regulatory compliance15%
  10. 10. strategic planning13%

Across all Finance openings

  1. 1. audit9%
  2. 2. excel7%
  3. 3. accounts payable6%
  4. 4. accounts receivable5%
  5. 5. forecasting5%
  6. 6. budgeting4%
  7. 7. fp&a4%
  8. 8. gaap4%
  9. 9. risk management3%
  10. 10. erp3%

AI skills for CFO jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

5% of 238 open Chief Financial Officer listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 2% of all Finance openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work2%
  2. 2. AI workflow automation1%
  3. 3. AI adoption and change management1%
  4. 4. AI-enabled analytics0%
  5. 5. LLM application engineering0%
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)0%

Do AI skills change chief financial officer pay?

For Finance roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for chief financial officer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Finance listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +15.4% (about $24k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$172,000
median, from 642 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$117,500
median, from 1,282 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Job titles under CFO

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for CFO roles

  • Reboot Monkey 49
  • Confidential 42
  • Cherry Bekaert 14
  • Tenet Healthcare 12
  • Acadia Healthcare 9
  • Page Executive 9
  • Kimmel & Associates 8
  • TMC Bonham Hospital 7
  • Portage Point Partners 7
  • Creative Financial Staffing 6
  • A La C.A.R.T.E. Solutions 5
  • Iq-Eq 5

CFO questions

What does a CFO do?
Finance, accounting, planning, capital and the numbers the board and investors see. Usually reports to the CEO.
What does CFO stand for?
CFO stands for Chief Financial Officer. The same job is also written Head of Finance.
How many CFO jobs are open?
935 verified open Chief Financial Officer jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a CFO make?
Among 194 open Chief Financial Officer listings that state pay, the median is $200,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $171,000 and $244,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are CFO jobs?
California (99), New York (89), Georgia (74), Illinois (60) have the most open Chief Financial Officer listings. About 27% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a CFO the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $237,500.
Which industries hire for CFO roles?
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (28%), Financial Services & Banking (12%), Education & EdTech (12%), Nonprofit & Social Impact (10%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do CFO jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Chief Financial Officer listings are forecasting, budgeting, audit, treasury, risk management.
Do CFO jobs ask for AI skills?
5% of 238 open Chief Financial Officer listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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