---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001866633-22-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCSI"
cik: "0001866633"
company_name: "Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T19:59:17.681128+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Consensus Cloud appoints James Malone as CFO effective Jan 10, 2022

## Summary
- James Malone named CFO, replacing interim CFO Scott Turicchi; effective January 10, 2022.
- Malone, 72, was EVP and Chief Legal Officer at XIFIN; previously CFO at American Well, Misys, TriZetto.
- Base salary $350,000; eligible for up to $210,000 annual bonus in 2022.
- Equity grant valued at ~$600,000: 5,091 performance-based RSUs (4 tranches) and 5,091 time-based RSUs (4-year vest).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001866633-22-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCSI
- cik: 0001866633
- company_name: Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866633/000186663322000002/0001866633-22-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866633/000186663322000002/ccs-20220103.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Malone was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 3, 2022, the Board of Directors of Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed James Malone as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 10, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866633/000186663322000002/0001866633-22-000002-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.