TJX Cos., Inc. announced that John Klinger had been promoted to executive vice president, chief financial officer, effective January 29, 2023, the beginning of its fiscal year.
Klinger will oversee corporate finance for TJX, including audit, treasury, tax, and investor relations. He will continue reporting to Scott Goldenberg, CFO, since 2012.
Goldenberg will continue as senior executive vice president, Finance, responsible for certain other corporate functions, including global communications, risk management, new business development, and financial aspects of real estate.
Ernie Herrman, CEO and president, The TJX Companies, Inc., said, “I am very pleased with John’s promotion to TJX’s CFO position. John has worked for TJX for over two decades and has both the financial expertise and deep understanding of TJX that are vital to this role. He has worked closely with Scott over many years and for the past few years, has overseen most of the corporate finance functions as corporate controller. John has worked in both divisional and corporate areas for TJX and in the U.S. and internationally. He is seen as a leader within TJX with a strong commitment to the professional development of the Finance team.
“I want to express my great gratitude to Scott for his exceptional decade of service to TJX in the CFO role. I especially want to recognize Scott’s dedication and financial expertise, which were critical to TJX as we navigated the COVID pandemic and helped this company emerge in a very strong financial position. I am very pleased that Scott will remain in the SEVP role, and with John in his new role, I am very confident that TJX will continue to benefit from their combined off-price experience, financial expertise, and leadership.”
Klinger joined TJX in 2000 as a manager of business analysis at Marmaxx. He held various finance positions with increasing responsibility within HomeGoods and Marmaxx before being promoted to vice president, divisional chief financial officer for AJWright in 2007. In 2011, he became VP, corporate finance and received a promotion to SVP, divisional CFO, TJX Europe, later that year. He returned to the U.S. in 2015 and assumed the role of SVP, corporate controller. In April 2019, Klinger was named executive vice president, corporate controller. Before joining TJX, Klinger was with the Stride Rite company starting in 1994. He held various finance roles, eventually becoming the director of finance in 1998.
