chief financial officer

noun

The executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole.

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CFOfinancial director
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Meanings

nounchief financial officer (plural chief financial officers)

plural chief financial officers

  1. businessThe executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole.

    Synonyms: CFO, financial director

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole.

Similar
CFOfinancial director

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm

Similar
CFO
Broader
corporate executivebusiness executive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian финансов директор
  • финансов директор (finansov direktor)executive in charge of financial affairs
Chinese Mandarin 首席財務官 /首席财务官
  • 首席財務官 /首席财务官 (shǒuxí cáiwùguān)executive in charge of financial affairs
Danish økonomichef, økonomidirektør
  • økonomichefexecutive in charge of financial affairs
  • økonomidirektørexecutive in charge of financial affairs
Dutch financieel directeur, CFO
  • financieel directeurexecutive in charge of financial affairs
  • CFOexecutive in charge of financial affairs
Finnish talousjohtaja
  • talousjohtajaexecutive in charge of financial affairs
German Finanzvorstand, Finanzvorständin
  • Finanzvorstandexecutive in charge of financial affairs
  • Finanzvorständinexecutive in charge of financial affairs
Icelandic fjármálastjóri
  • fjármálastjóriexecutive in charge of financial affairs
Russian финансовый директор
  • финансовый директор (finansovyj direktor)executive in charge of financial affairs
Spanish director financiero
  • director financieroexecutive in charge of financial affairs
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