Senior Audit Manager – IT Cyber and Infrastructure

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Join us as a Senior Audit Manager – IT Cyber and Infrastructure

Brown Brothers Harriman is currently recruiting a Senior Audit Manager – IT Cyber and Infrastructure to join our Audit Team.  In this role you will provide services that assist BBH’s businesses and support areas in improving their control environments, streamlining their businesses, and achieving operational excellence. The Senior Audit Manager- IT Cyber and Infrastructure is responsible for delivering audit services, as well as risk and controls. S/he manages the work of multiple project-specific teams simultaneously, providing supervision and direction on specific technology audit engagements, and is responsible for providing ongoing progress reports to the business line and audit management.

The Senior Audit Manager- IT Cyber and Infrastructure may also serve as a key Internal Audit representative in important new business initiatives, new products, special investigations, and other control-related projects, working with senior management to facilitate the identification and resolution of risk and control issues. The Senior Audit Manager- IT Cyber and Infrastructure will in most instances work directly with senior stakeholders from the Systems LOB and will be responsible for reporting and working through audits independently, presenting results to LOB management, and supporting control groups. The individual will play a key role in developing and driving strategic direction to problems and issues.

Administratively, the Senior Audit Manager- IT Cyber and Infrastructure is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with business counterparts, developing risk assessments and the annual plan (including resource allocation and scheduling), coordinating regulatory requests, developing staff (including formal performance evaluations and development plans), and leading department initiatives.    

Some of your key responsibilities include:  

Management / Staff Leadership:

• Direct and review the activities of the audit managers and maintain ownership for audit reports.
• Provide overall leadership to the team in connection with performance of the work and personal development and growth.
• Plan and conduct effective meetings with staff and internal clients.
• Maintain final accountability and ownership for staff effectiveness and growth.

Analysis and Reporting:

• Participate in more complex audits and/or subject matter and deliver industry expertise and perspective to the team and management.       
• Evaluate risks, controls, policies, and procedures and how management monitors, communicates, and mitigates risk.
• Follow up on identified issues and recommend corrective actions to ensure problem resolution.
• Prepare audit reports that provide a clear description of issues identified, related implications to the business or company as a whole, and recommendations to resolve the issues.
• Maintain final accountability for result messaging to senior management/partners as well as analysis of the evolution of controls.

Communications:

• Maintain effective working relationships at all levels of management in client organizations.
• Escalate significant audit issues, set direction/communicate proposed manner of resolution of audit issues and concerns that have a significant impact.
• Develop and maintain peer relationships with auditors to share best practices.
• Present audit results and recommendations to senior management and partners.
• Provide clear guidance on new business initiatives where Internal Audit is participating.
• Work with senior management to stay abreast of changes in the business and growth plans and provide strategic advice and counsel on risk-related matters.

Administrative/Other:

• Assist regulators and external auditors in accomplishing their goals.
• Recruit, train, supervise, and develop staff.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field of study.
• Minimum of 10+ years of IT audit experience required
• One or more professional audit certifications required (CIA, CPA, CISA, CISSP, etc.)
• Areas of expertise should ideally include abilities in computer systems, banking applications, regulatory, etc.
• Demonstrate technical abilities for most of the following: Access control, Cyber Security, Security policies and standards, Operating systems (Windows NT, UNIX/Linux, MVS) Database platforms (SQL, Oracle, DB2), IT Business Continuity and Recoverability, IT Production Operations, Active Directory, and Third-Party Services (including Cloud)
• Advanced knowledge in IT Frameworks (COBIT, NIST, FFIEC, ISO, ITIL)
• Resolves complex issues independently, or in close collaboration with the business.
• Can be depended upon to solve problems, negotiate solutions, and act with best judgment for the good of the Firm / Department.
• Able to operate well in an environment of change, savvy in figuring out best people for a task, best approach to a problem, etc.
• Project management experience.
• Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills required with ability to present complex and sensitive issues to senior management.

This role can be based in either our New York or Boston locations and will be a hybrid role, with a minimum of three days in office.

Salary Range

$150k-$200k base salary + annual bonus target

BBH’s 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.

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