Synchrony Financial Executive Compensation (FY25)
SYF · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 25, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Brian Doubles: $18,776,256 → $21,373,734 (13.8% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 90.6% → 93.5% (2.9 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 323:1 → 337:1 (4.3% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Synchrony Financial's chief executive and what were they paid?
Brian Doubles was paid $21,373,734 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Doubles' total moved 13.8% higher from the $18,776,256 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Synchrony Financial's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 93.5% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 24, 2026.
Which companies are in Synchrony Financial's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Ally Financial Inc., American Express Company, Block, Inc., Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. and Capital One Financial Corporation, among others.
What is Synchrony Financial's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 337:1, against median employee compensation of $63,465.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonathan Mothner Executive Vice President, Chief Risk and Legal Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Doubles President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Brian Wenzel Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jonathan Mothner Executive Vice President, Chief Risk and Legal Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Carol Juel Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Alberto Casellas Executive Vice President & CEO, Health & Wellness | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Doubles President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Brian Wenzel Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Jonathan Mothner Executive Vice President, Chief Risk and Legal Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Carol Juel Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Curtis Howse Executive Vice President and CEO, Home Auto | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Doubles | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Brian Wenzel | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Carol Juel | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Curtis Howse | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
| Jonathan Mothner | PSU | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wenzel | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/1/2028 | |
| Curtis Howse | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Jonathan Mothner | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/1/2028 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/1/2027 | |
| Carol Juel | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Brian Doubles | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/1/2028 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 4/1/2027 | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Brian Doubles
President and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
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Brian Wenzel
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
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| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
Carol Juel
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Operating Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
Curtis Howse
Executive Vice President and CEO, Home Auto · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
Jonathan Mothner
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk and Legal Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Severance cash amount | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
| Benefits continuation on change in control | ◇ |
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Colao | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Roy A. Guthrie | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Arthur W. Coviello, Jr | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Laurel J. Richie | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fernando Aguirre | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ellen M. Zane | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paget L. Alves | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kamila Chytil | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
P.W. Bill Parker | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Deborah Ellinger | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jeffrey G. Naylor and Brian D. Doubles served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Ally Financial Inc. ALLY
- American Express Company AXP
- Block, Inc. XYZ
- Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. BFH
- Capital One Financial Corporation COF
- Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. FIS
- Fiserv, Inc. FI
- Global Payments Inc. GPN
- Mastercard Incorporated MA
- PayPal Holdings, Inc. PYPL
- Visa Inc. V
- Voya Financial, Inc. VOYA
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 24, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | June 17, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 11, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 18, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | May 19, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Synchrony Financial disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Synchrony Financial sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
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216 figures on this page: 211 cited to the filing that reported them, 5 calculated from figures it prints.
211 cited to the filing
5 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001601712-26-000025Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001601712-26-0000172025 Outstanding Synchrony Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End · 2025 Summary Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · and 2 more sections
- 0001601712-25-000200
- 0001601712-25-0001492024 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001601712-24-000218Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001601712-24-0001682023 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001601712-23-000170Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001601712-22-000181Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}