"chief financial officer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chief financial officers [plural]
Etymology: chief + financial + officer Head templates: {{en-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 Categories (topical): Business, Occupations, People Synonyms: financial director, CFO [abbreviation] Translations (executive in charge of financial affairs): 首席財務官 (Chinese Mandarin), 首席财务官 (shǒuxí cáiwùguān) (Chinese Mandarin), økonomichef [common-gender] (Danish), økonomidirektør [common-gender] (Danish), financieel directeur [masculine] (Dutch), CFO [masculine] (Dutch), talousjohtaja (Finnish), fjármálastjóri [masculine] (Icelandic), финансовый директор (finansovyj direktor) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-chief_financial_officer-en-noun-HcHTBcgK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: business

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