Retired EVP and Chief Financial Officer · COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. (CBU)

Joseph Sutaris

A named executive officer of COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,150,397

FY2024: $1,218,057

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Joseph Sutaris compensation by year

COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$475,180$489,435$263,053
Bonus—$0$0
Stock awards$258,966$250,463$271,947
Option awards$87,117$85,365$88,714
Non-equity incentive$168,243$315,759$0
Pension and deferred compensation$114,238$50,111$499,340
All other$26,104$26,924$27,343
Total$1,129,848$1,218,057$1,150,397

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC. DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-011565, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.2M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU17,613$1,086,370—
RSU4,040$249,187—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INC.'s FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Dimitar KaraivanovPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director$2,793,781
Jeffrey LevyRetired SVP and Chief Banking Officer$1,169,360
Joseph Sutaris · this pageRetired EVP and Chief Financial Officer$1,150,397
Maureen Gillan-MyerEVP and Chief Administration and Human Resources Officer$1,131,000
Michael AbdoEVP and General Counsel$1,113,222
Marya Burgio WlosEVP and Chief Financial Officer$881,134

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