Paul Bruce is stepping into an executive spot at Union Savings Bank in Danbury. The interim financial controller has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, the bank announced on Thursday.<br /><br />As CFO, Bruce will take responsibility for a broad range of operations at the bank, including the accounting and financial risk management operations, directing the management of assets, monitoring finance and treasury activities and overseeing the IT, general services and data management. He will relocate to Danbury, along with his family, to take up the post.<br /><br />"Paul is an important addition to our team," Fran Dattalo, president and CEO of Union Savings Bank, said in a statement. "His more than 25 years of leadership experience and highly strategic and analytical approach will be invaluable as we continue to strengthen our processes, hone our strategic plan and look toward the future."<br /><br />Bruce's career in finance has spanned a number of institutions across the eastern seaboard, starting as a tax senior assistant at Deloitte & Touche in Hartford, and then a tax manager at Ernst & Young in Providence. He has also worked as a financial controller at the Association of Marian Helpers in Stockbrigde, Mass., where he managed the general allocation of financial resources for non-profit printing and publication organizations. Before joining Union Savings Bank, Bruce was CFO of another Massachusetts-based company, Legacy Bankcorp in Pittsfield, where he functioned as the bank's investor relations officer and directed treasury and investment programs, among other responsibilites.<br /><br />Bruce is a certified public accountant, as well as a member of the American Institue of Certified Public Accountants, the Massachusetts Scociety of Certified Public Accountants and the Institure of Internal Auditors. He received a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from the University of Notre Dame, a master of science degree in taxation from Bryant University, and a master's of business adminstration in finance from Western New England University. Bruce is also a graduate of America's Community Bankers -- School of Banking and the American Management Association's management course.