In his role, Weisenseel will lead the firms’ global finance and reporting functions and will report to the company’s COO James Gingrich.

Gingrich said that "John brings a wealth of experience from his years of managing corporate finance and treasury functions for multi-billion-dollar corporations, as well as deep industry knowledge from the time he’s spent in trading and risk management."

Weisenseel joins the firm from The McGraw-Hill Companies, where he most recently served as senior vice president and CFO of Standard & Poor’s since 2007.

Prior to Standard & Poor’s, Weisenseel was McGraw-Hill’s senior vice president and corporate treasurer.

AllianceBernstein said that Edward Farrell, who has served as its interim CFO since February 2011, will return full-time to his responsibilities as its corporate controller and chief accounting officer.