Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH)

The Security Administration Analyst

Jersey City Full time

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.

The Security Administration Analyst position requires a strong ability to mentor, understand organizational placement of roles and responsibilities, a desire to learn, intellectual curiosity and an ability to identify and drive opportunities to enhance BBH’s security posture and existing processes.


This position is a lead position overseeing a small team of three administrators administering user systems and data entitlements across multiple platforms and applications, ensuring that access requests are processed with high quality and accuracy. The team is responsible for supporting access and provisioning requests with established Service Level Agreements.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

People Management

  • Leads, mentors, and supports team members to deliver outcomes aligned with the team, Department and Division goals
  • Provides ongoing coaching and development for the future
  • Fosters a collaborative, high performing team culture grounded in mutual support, shared accountability, and collective success
  • Ensures team members adhere to security policies and procedures, promoting accurate, real-time processing and a strong risk mindset

Operational Management

  • Collaborates closely with their Poland counterpart to ensure a seamless consistent product execution and offering across the global organization
  • Partnering with the Identity Access Manager to drive the execution of the IAM business plan, supporting Access Provisioning, Lifecycle Management processes and Client Engagement initiatives
  • Partners and engages with stakeholders globally both within defined organization and more broadly within the Division
  • Balances strategic objectives with daily operations and driving continuous improvement
  • Analyze and understand volume drivers, remediate root cause drivers
  • Communicates clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences

Security Administration

  • Understand the "why" behind the asks; educate administrators and users on key security risks and need for least privileged provisioning
  • Participate in and lead new user onboarding (full time employees and consultants)
  • Perform first-level ISM user system access requests with a 95% completion rate within 48 hours
  • Administer user systems and data entitlements across multiple platforms and applications
  • Ensure system access requests are processed with high quality and accuracy
  • Participate in special projects as assigned
  • Identify and drive opportunities to enhance BBH's security/posture/process improvements

End User Support

  • Coordinate with local Security Coordinators and Application Data Owners to ensure access to BBH Systems and applications are provisioned and verified according to current security standards and requirements
  • Provide support to Information Security team queues (New Hires, Movers and Leavers requests, General User Access Provisioning and Deprovisioning, etc.)
  • Resolve access-related issues reported via incidents
  • Complete ad hoc tasks as assigned, such as updating the Knowledge Base and training new team members

Qualifications include:

  • Bachelor’s degree in systems or related discipline or specialized training required
  • 3-5 years of relevant work experience
  • Strong data analytics skills preferred
  • A strong interest in technology and Information Security, Access/Identity Management
  • Knowledge of security administration technology and tools such as Active Directory, ServiceNow, RBAC, and Least Privilege Access principles
  • Experience with ServiceNow, SailPoint, or relevant access provisioning/identity access management or client support work experience
  • Ability to think analytically and solve problems
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities, while meeting deadlines
  • Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Experience in the financial services industry a plus
  • Experience with the BBH business and its practices, a plus
  • ITIL certification is a plus
  • Cybersecurity-related certification is a plus
  • Ability to communicate effectively
  • Experience in related fields (Identity & Access Control, Information Security, Operational Excellence) is a plus

   

Salary Range

$95,000 to $125,000 base salary + annual target bonus

BBH and its affiliates' compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range(s) shown above are only for the indicated location(s) and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheck—providing you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being. 


 

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.