chief financial officer

English

Alternative forms

• CFO (abbreviation)

Etymology

chief + financial + officer

Noun

chief financial officer (plural chief financial officers)

1. (business) 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

Synonyms

• financial director

Translations

executive in charge of financial affairs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首席財務官／首席财务官 (shǒuxí cáiwùguān)

• Danish: økonomichef c, økonomidirektør c
• Dutch: financieel directeur m, CFO m
• Finnish: talousjohtaja (fi)
• Icelandic: fjármálastjóri m
• Russian: финансовый директор m (finansovyj direktor)