The PFM Group, a national provider of independent financial advisory services to governments and non-profits and an investment manager for municipal entities, their agencies, and non-profit institutions, announced it has taken another major step in the company’s ongoing growth with the naming of Robert J. Delany as a managing director and chief financial officer.

Delany was most recently chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Sciens Capital Management, headquartered in New York City, where he managed strategic planning, acquisitions and corporate development. Prior to that, he managed similar functions as EVP and chief operating officer for European operations for American Financial Realty Trust/European Financial Realty.