This has been an amusing discussion as it appears your complete focus has been on compensation which reflects your lack of experience (imo). I would suggest you demonstrate how you could implement process changes that increase efficiency, potentially reduce headcount and add value to the organization.
These are the traits I wanted when replacing or adding staff. Worked my way up the finance ranks of a MNC (staff, internal audit, corp, M&A, outsourcing/insourcing, global finance services) and then went into consulting. Improving an organization is more important to management.