Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Synchrony Financial (SYF)

Brian Wenzel

A named executive officer of Synchrony Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$6,362,973

FY2024: $5,681,467

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Synchrony Financial by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Synchrony Financial, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 29, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Brian Wenzel compensation by year

Synchrony Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Synchrony Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$526,329$653,005$700,000$700,000$700,000$720,673$745,673
Bonus$0$665,000$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,285,061$1,800,039$2,600,000$3,000,036$3,050,061$3,506,896$3,924,614
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$678,000$0$980,000$1,262,800$1,767,150$1,141,875$1,442,500
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$101,632$146,334$150,151$197,891$224,560$312,023$250,186
Total$2,591,022$3,264,378$4,430,151$5,160,727$5,741,771$5,681,467$6,362,973

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Synchrony Financial DEF 14A filed April 29, 2026, accession 0001601712-26-000017, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Synchrony Financial filed document, accession 0001601712-26-000017. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 29, 2026.

$2.6M
$3.3M
$4.4M
$5.2M
$5.7M
$5.7M
$6.4M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU46,869$3,910,260—
PSU36,744$3,065,591—
RSU30,064$2,508,211—
RSU25,565$2,132,909—
RSU13,538$1,129,451—
Option8,799—$33.53

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Synchrony Financial's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 29, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-17Grant or award—272$80.7564,763
2026-05-15Grant or award—270$71.3864,491

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Synchrony Financial discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Retirement$0$0$0$0
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0
Death$0$12,746,423$0$16,463,792
Change in control and involuntary termination$5,501,271$12,746,423$56,214$22,021,277
Involuntary termination without cause$750,000$7,172,619$0$11,639,988
Disability$0$12,746,423$0$16,463,792

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Synchrony Financial's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Synchrony Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Brian DoublesPresident and Chief Executive Officer$21,373,734
Brian Wenzel · this pageExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$6,362,973
Jonathan MothnerExecutive Vice President, Chief Risk and Legal Officer$5,367,606
Carol JuelExecutive Vice President and Chief Technology and Operating Officer$5,345,403
Curtis HowseExecutive Vice President and CEO, Home Auto$4,503,303

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