Finance company executives appear happier with their roles than most other employees, according to a new survey by human-capital consultancy Hudson.Some 34 p.c of accounting and finance workers reported being completely satisfied with their compensation, compared to just 28 p.c of all survey respondents. And 78 % are extremely or moderately pleased with their roles, compared to 72 p.c for the survey population in total. Reasons for the higher satisfaction, recommended Hudson, include that accounting and finance workers are rather more likely than the final work-force to have received a raise inside the year ( 46 p.c vs 41 % ) and likelier to receive quarterly performance reviews ( fifteen % vs 10 p.c ).

Hudson surveyed ten thousand employees in a fortnight period in March ; 873 were employed in the accounting and finance sector.

"The survey uncovers a work force with shifting compensation demands that may be hard for bosses to interpret and even harder to satisfy," related Peg Buchenroth, a CEO for Hudson's parent company, Hudson Highland Group, in an announcement. " Though money is still king, employees are coming to grips with paycheck-squeezing facts like higher health-care costs and self-funded retirement programs. At the very same time, they're placing much larger price on less tangible, lifestyle-oriented benefits."

Survey respondents claimed a flexible schedule was more crucial than family benefits, further job coaching, or additional supplemental insurance. That was especially true for accounting and finance employees ( 39 p.c ) compared with the final workforce ( thirty three % ).