Rudolf Bless CPA

Rudi Bless is the chief accounting officer at Bank of America. He is responsible for a variety of functions, including managing and executing legal entity reporting; interpreting and applying accounting policy and standards; overseeing financial controls and operational risk assessments; managing and maintaining financial data and systems; managing general ledger and sub-ledger accounting; and tax activities. Rudi joined Bank of America in November 2014. Previously he was with Credit Suisse (CS), where he held various roles over 12 years, most recently as deputy chief financial officer and chief accounting officer.

While at CS he led a number of major initiatives, including managing the implementation of Basel 3 for capital and liquidity and a finance transformation with a focus on data, systems and global footprint. In addition, he has broad experience in financial and regulatory accounting both from a policy and reporting standpoint. Prior to joining CS, Rudi spent 20 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, Frankfurt and Zurich. He was a partner for eight years and focused on clients in the financial services area. Rudi holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Delaware.