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Financial Executives International · Requirements

Financial Executives International membership requirements

Every criterion Financial Executives International publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it — plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

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Read a requirement as the organization's published floor, not as a promise. A revenue test may have alternative versions for different business types, chapters can set stricter local tests, and invitation-only bodies publish criteria that describe members rather than admit them.

Current published criteria

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CriterionPublished requirementNoteProvenance
Role or title Qualifying title: CFO, chief accounting officer, controller, treasurer, VP of finance, tax, risk management or planning and analysis, a director in those functions, or audit committee member FEI describes membership as "exclusive to senior-level financial executives". Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum company revenue Company must have at least $10 million in annual revenues (or meet an alternative size test) Alternative tests are $2 million in net worth or $6 million in capital (combined net worth and long-term debt). Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Minimum net worth Alternative company test: $2 million in net worth This is a company balance-sheet test, not a personal net-worth test. Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion Financial institutions: at least $200 million in total assets Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion Government authorities: $40 million threshold; the Sacramento chapter states direct responsibility over budgetary expenditures of at least $25 million for government/military members The two published government thresholds differ between FEI chapter pages. Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion FEI is not open to service providers or start-ups Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Geographic restriction United States; members within 75 miles of a chapter must join that chapter Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗

Requirements are recorded from official FEI chapter sites. FEI's own national Membership Categories page returns HTTP 403 to automated retrieval and could not be read directly.

How admission works

Application process
Candidates complete an online membership application on the FEI site, which checks the qualifying title and company size test and presents chapter options and rates. Chapter membership is required for those within 75 miles of a chapter. No sponsor or nomination is needed.
Invitation required
No
Sponsor required
No
Selectivity
No acceptance rate is published. Selectivity operates through the published title and company-size tests and the exclusion of service providers and start-ups.
Membership term
Annual
Primary audience
Senior corporate finance executives - CFOs, chief accounting officers, controllers, treasurers, tax executives and audit committee members
Typical member
Members hold policy-making finance roles at companies across every major industry, from Fortune 500 businesses to mid-sized enterprises. Eligibility requires both a qualifying title and a company that clears a size test.

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If not: alternatives to Financial Executives International — Society for Information Management, CFO Leadership Council, The PEER 150, CREDA (formerly NAIOP).

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

  1. FEI Chapter List, Financial Executives International. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
  2. Join FEI - FEI Kansas City, FEI Kansas City chapter. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  3. Join FEI - FEI Northeast Ohio, FEI Northeast Ohio chapter. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  4. Membership Qualifications & Fees - FEI Sacramento, FEI Sacramento chapter. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
  5. Financial Executives International, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8
  6. FEI | Financial Executives International, LinkedIn. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.