Legal Support Rep

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.

At Brown Brothers Harriman, we believe no job is too big or small for any of us to handle if it helps our clients. We value passionate, committed people who enjoy collaborating with others to find new solutions to complex business challenges. We are looking for the type of person who speaks their mind, truly listens and steps outside their role to add value wherever they can. Someone who is driven to get things done and views obstacles as an exciting challenge that demands a creative solution. Above all, we seek someone who takes great pride in their work and is inspired and motivated by their role in protecting and enhancing our client's financial well-being.

If you are looking for an entrepreneurial environment where you can learn and thrive, Brown Brothers Harriman is the right place for you

Join us as a Legal Support Representative

Brown Brothers Harriman is currently recruiting a Legal Support Representative to join our Fund Administration team. The Legal Support Representative reports to Senior Counsel or Practice Leader within Legal Administration which provides full service corporate secretarial and regulatory support services to a variety of mutual fund complexes including open end and closed end funds.

Area of Responsibility:

1. Client Service

• Provide administrative and paralegal support to legal analysts and attorneys within legal administration
• Prepare timelines and request matrices for board and committee book production and regulatory filings
• Create, maintain and update distribution and contact lists for legal administration clients
• Complete administrative aspects of board and committee book production including ordering binders and tabs, coordinating and supervising copy center, preparing covers and spines, assembling and quality checking books, mailing books and coordinating copying of book materials
• Provide billing information to admin for processing
• Complete all administrative aspects of assigned regulatory filings
• Prepare and make various EDGAR filings

2. Control/Risk Management

• Obtain basic understanding of regulations pertaining to mutual funds and other investment structures
• Assist legal analysts and attorneys in following and developing procedures designed to ensure compliance with applicable regulations

3. Leadership/People

• Form solid working relationships within legal administration and with those areas outside legal administration who provide information or support to legal administration
• Demonstrate solid work ethic and team support by volunteering for tasks and assignments, contributing at staff meetings and maintaining office hours conducive to delivering stellar client service

Qualifications:

• Associate/Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent work experience
• Preferably 1+ years prior administrative support in Legal environment but not required
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word
• Strong customer service and problem-solving skills required
• Detail-oriented
• Organized

What We Offer:

• A collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can
• Direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world
• Opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself-without leaving the firm
• A culture of inclusion that values each employee's unique perspective
• High-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind
• Rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage
• Volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others

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.