Pennsylvania Public School Employees names Brian Lyman as CFO

The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) has announced that Brian Lyman has been named as its CFO. This appointment comes after an extensive nationwide search that took place over several recent months.

Lyman, a CPA with 25 years of experience in government and corporate accounting, finance and auditing, will oversee the PSERS Office of Financial Management (OFM) commencing on February 26. He will replace Andy Fiscus, who has served as interim CFO following a key staff retirement. Fiscus will return to his previous position as director of investment accounting at PSERS, as planned.

As CFO, Lyman will be responsible for the OFM, which has a complement of 45 employees and interfaces with the governor’s Office of the Budget, various state agencies, public school employers and independent actuarial and auditing consultants. The office is responsible for budgeting, accounting, employer and member payroll collections, and annuitant benefit paym