The career path for a Based on 150 Jobtrees users who were a Controller in their career, on average, they have 3.93 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 4.4 years on average and earn $127K per year on average in this more senior role.
9% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Controller are Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Of Finance and Finance Director. Chief Financial Officer, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Chief Financial Officer isn't from the Accounting job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Controller shown by Vice President Of Finance also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Assistant Controller, Accountant and Manager as they commonly lead to Controller as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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