It's the burning question executives in the Bay Area want to find out. Armanino McKenna's 2011 Bay Area Financial Compensation and Hiring Survey provides these answers and more. The report includes compensation data by position, insight into the best resources for finding top talent or finding a new job, information about what is keeping people in their jobs and tips for a successful hiring process. Over 160 Bay Area CFOs, VPs, Controllers and other finance executives were surveyed to take a mid-year pulse on compensation and hiring trends for finance professionals in the Bay Area.
SAMPLE TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS
- Salaries have gone relatively unchanged from last year, but most will receive bonuses this year
- Over 45 percent of financial hiring managers hired to their staff in the last six months
- 60 percent of finance executives expect to hire more people by year end
This is the second year Armanino McKenna has conducted its Bay Area Compensation and Hiring Survey. The survey was conducted in the last three weeks of June 2011 and was completed by over 160 finance executives representing private, publicly held, investor-backed and nonprofit organizations from multiple industries ranging in size from just a few million dollars in annual revenue to more than $1 billion.