Brian Schell joined SS&C in August 2023 as their Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as CFO and Treasurer of Cboe Global Markets since 2018 where he joined as part of the Bats Global Markets acquisition in 2017. As CFO of Bats since 2011, he played a lead role in most of the company’s major accomplishments, including the April 2016 initial public offering and the acquisition by Cboe. Schell also held various senior leadership positions in operations and finance at H&R Block Inc., including chief financial officer of the tax services and financial advisor units, as well as corporate treasurer. Schell began his career as an analyst at JP Morgan & Co. in New York. Early on in his career, he also worked at KPMG and the FDIC, facilitating regulatory-assisted banking transactions. Schell holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from The George Washington University. He holds a Series 27 license.