Brown Brothers Harriman
Senior Risk Manager
Brown Brothers HarrimanLuxembourg16 days ago
Full-timeFinance, Sales
At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships. We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.

What You Can Expect At BBH

If you join BBH you will find a collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can. You will have direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world. BBH will provide you with opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself—without leaving the firm. We encourage a culture of inclusion that values each employee’s unique perspective. We provide a high-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind. Ultimately, we want you to have rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage. Our BBH Cares program offers volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others.

Join us as a Senior Risk Manager

The successful candidate will be responsible for proactive identification, assessment, monitoring, measurement, and mitigation of risks. As a risk management subject matter expert, the Risk Manager will also provide analysis and support the Product Divisions in understanding their risk profile. This role will provide the right candidate with an opportunity to gain exposure to senior leadership of a variety of business functions, including other control functions such as Internal Audit, Legal and Compliance, and make an impact within a critical and highly visible firm.

Key Responsibilities Include

  • Lead and further develop the framework of risk driven analytics, insights, trending, while serving the Investor Services pillar.
  • Leveraging existing risk management tools, such as the firmwide risk event database and risk and control self-assessment database to assist in causal analysis of risk matters/incidents.
  • Identify assess and escalate trends, control weaknesses and support the development of sustainable solutions for the management of risk in the business.
  • Develop and implement new tools and processes for capturing and reporting Risk insights.
  • Providing a high standard of risk transparency; reporting and communication on risk and control topics and representing the ERM InServ Risk function within the line of business (“LOB”) and on a firmwide basis.
  • Acting as a strategic ally to Product division leaders in their proactive identification, measurement, management and monitoring of risk within the InServ line of business.
  • Leading and driving a culture of risk awareness, transparency and escalation across the LOB.
  • Leading and developing a team of risk professionals to carry out the mission of ERM in the proactive identification and management of risk.
  • Lead the oversight program for outsourced activities: actively participating in various forums and meetings designed to assess outsourced activities to ensure all identified risks have been appropriately defined and proper mitigating controls have been identified and implemented, and all residual risks are acknowledged and accepted by the business prior to outsourcing and reflected in relevant documentation.
  • Supporting the holistic management of risk associated with development of new technology systems-based solutions, including new technology, working together with product risk advisors in their identification, measurement and derisking initiatives related to operational processes.
  • Fostering a culture of risk transparency, regulatory risk awareness and appropriate risk escalation to the senior management team.
  • Supporting the InServ Risk Leadership team with implementation of the risk and control framework within Investor Services (including governance, procedures, and risk-control infrastructure) for InServ’s strategy that aligns with the Firm’s risk management policies and meets regulatory expectations.
  • Developing and supporting training initiatives for InServ staff to develop risk awareness, risk culture and understanding of fundamental control principles.
  • Providing support and insights on industry best practice to initiatives impacting the Investor Services Line of Business.
  • Working closely with senior business leadership and peers in ERM, Legal, Compliance and Internal Audit to ensure effective and proactive business risk mitigation.

Requirements

  • Experience in external audit as controls auditor within financial services at an international accounting firm is a prerequisite.
  • University graduate.
  • A minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience is required, with a minimum of 7 years of risk and control focus.
  • Experience and certification in auditing, controlling and securing information systems.
  • Proven track record of leadership and continuous improvement.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English language including presentations
  • Strong interpersonal, relationship and negotiation skills
  • Motivated with ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, while meeting deadlines
  • Strong analytical skills pertaining to risk identification
  • Ability to articulate risk management policies and methodologies
  • Understanding of operational procedures and controls related to fund services practices
  • Knowledge of BBH products, services and practices, preferred

We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.

About BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.

We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice—creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another.

We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often—pushing the boundaries of innovation. As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.

Go to BBH.com to learn more about our rewards and benefits, philanthropy, approach to sustainability or how we support you to thrive personally, physically and financially.
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