Interim Managers in the CFO Role in Medium Sized Companies: Relations Between CEO/Top Management Team Fit and Organisations Success

Ralf Schechowiz
(University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)

Abstract: The ideal CFO is either seen as a glorified “bean counter” or as a Yeti. Expectations are high and seem to be overwhelming. Working as an Interim CFO inside a medium-sized company will create much pressure as it is “Management with a constrained duration, in which a manager is appointed from outside the organisation to perform an assignment for a limited period, after which the manager will leave the organisation”. The paper looks at how the relations between the interim CFO and CEO/Top Management are related to organisation success and to what extent the relation qualities influence the organisation success.

Keywords: interim management; CFO; CEO; top management team; organization success

JEL code: M12