Senior Trust Officer

At BBH we value diverse backgrounds, so if your experience looks a little different from what we’ve outlined and you think you can bring value to the role, we will still welcome your application!

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 Trust Officer

Brown Brothers Harriman is currently looking for a Senior Trust Officer to join our National Trust Company in our New York headquarters.  The New York Office consists of a team of 14 professionals that administer over $4 billion in trust assets for ultra-high net worth clients for the Private Bank.  In this role, you will be responsible for managing a book of sophisticated trust relationships with the support of administrators, and you will work closely with clients, prospects, advisers, and the relationship management team to provide superior client service.

Some of your key responsibilities include:  

Trust Administration

• Work with wealth planners and relationship management team to ensure the proper administration of a book of sophisticated trust accounts.
• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of trust administration for a book of accounts, from account opening, funding, distributions, investments, account closing, etc.
• Prepare memos for discretionary actions (e.g., distributions, special investments) and present to the Trust and Investment Committee
• Review governing instruments (e.g., trusts, wills) and prepare trust summaries as part of the initial review and onboarding process; coordinate with client and advisers on execution and funding of trust, including working with predecessor trustees as applicable
• Oversee all trust-related transactions (e.g., sales, loans), coordinating with the client and advisers to ensure transaction documents are reviewed and approved internally

Client Relationship Management

• Serve as a trusted adviser to clients with respect to trust matters
• Communicate regularly with grantors, beneficiaries and co-trustees regarding planning, trust terms, and solutions to address various issues or opportunities that present during administration

Leadership and Development

• Oversee trust professionals who support a shared book of business
• Provide guidance to team on day-to-day trust administration responsibilities
• Serve as mentor and coach for team’s career development goals
• Ensures that team is appropriately staffed with the required skillset to serve book of trust business

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Trust Administration experience
• JD or other advanced degree, preferred
• Strong working knowledge of trust law, the interpretation and application of trust and estate provisions, and the legal framework for trust administration
• Knowledge of income tax, estate tax, gift tax, and GST tax
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Solutions oriented
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills; is solutions-oriented and exercises independent judgment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate with a variety of different people
• Thrives in a team environment, is collaborative and enjoys mentoring and developing others

This role is based in our Wilmington location and is a hybrid role, with three days per week in office.

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.