Three in four senior finance professionals are open to a new role within the next 12 months.

We surveyed 564 CFOs, Finance Directors, Financial Controllers and senior finance leaders across Private Equity and Venture Capital backed businesses to understand what’s really driving the restlessness at the top of finance functions.

The result is in our Flight Risk Report: a data led look at what makes exceptional finance talent walk, and more importantly, what makes them stay.

Inside the report, we break down:

• Which senior finance roles are most likely to be exploring the market right now, and why some are far more retainable than others
• The single factor that predicts flight risk more reliably than pay
• The specific point in someone’s tenure where retention risk quietly peaks, and how to get ahead of it
• What separates the small group of finance leaders who stay in a role for 5+ years from everyone else
• Role by role guidance on what actually motivates CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers and Transformation leaders, because a one size fits all retention strategy doesn’t work at this level

Data from the Pearse Portfolio 2026 Senior Finance Market & Salary Survey – 564 respondents across CFO, Finance Director, Financial Controller, Commercial Finance and Transformation roles.

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