Paul Young

Paul Young

Accounting Advisory Board

 

Paul S. Young

Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives

CIT Bank, NA

 

Paul Young is the Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives for CIT Bank, N.A.  In this role, Paul provides leadership for large scale strategic projects across the Bank with a focus on enhancing the Bank operating model and platform, strengthening risk capabilities and the control environment, improving profitability and returning capital. Paul is also the Head of CIT’s Finance Academy that develops and delivers a comprehensive training curriculum for all accounting and finance employees in the company.

Paul has over 25 years of diversified financial services experience and before joining CIT Bank, was the Head of U.S. Strategy and Corporate Development for TD Bank. Prior to leading Strategy, Paul served as the Chief Financial Officer for TD Bank’s U.S. Lines of Business including Consumer Banking, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Specialty Banking, Product Management, Wealth and TD Auto Finance.

Prior to joining TD Bank in 2009, Paul held various financial leadership positions including Chief Financial Officer for CIT Corporate Finance and Senior Vice President & Controller for Siemens Financial Services, North America.  Paul also held financial positions of increasing responsibility at Prudential Financial, First Fidelity Bank, HSBC and Spicer & Oppenheim.

Paul received a B.S. in Accounting from Bloomfield College, completed the Duke University – Fuqua School of Business Advanced Management Program, and earned his MBA from Temple University – Fox School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Global Management Accountant and a member of the Americas Regional Advisory Panel (AMRAP) of the AICPA.

Paul is a member of the Accounting Advisory Board and Student Development Committee for the Rowan University, Rohrer College of Business.  In addition, Paul is an Adjunct Accounting & Finance Professor at Caldwell University.

Paul lives in Jackson, NJ with his wife Maryann and daughters Alaina & Kelly Anne