Brown Brothers Harriman
Brown Brothers Harriman
Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a privately held global financial services firm serving institutions, businesses, and private clients from its headquarters in New York City. Its Investor Services business supports investment operations through custody, fund accounting, administration, capital markets services, and operating model solutions. Through Capital Partners, BBH provides wealth management, corporate advisory and banking, investment management, and private equity services. The firm’s range of financial expertise creates opportunities across investment operations, advisory, banking, technology, and other functions supporting its client-focused platform.

Compensation Analyst

Support compensation reporting, promotion programs, market pricing, and pay equity analysis. This hybrid role is based in Boston or New York City.

Description

  • Lead firm-wide compensation analysis and reporting, tracking key metrics.
  • Prepare year-end compensation reports and materials for the Senior Executive Committee.
  • Check source data for accuracy in the year-end compensation system.
  • Support year-end process analytics and reporting.
  • Maintain the year-end compensation system and compensation pages on the HR Portal.
  • Help administer the BBH promotion program and act as the primary contact for HR Business Partners.
  • Develop compensation increase recommendations using established guidelines.
  • Review trends and present findings in graphs and charts.
  • Lead reviews to identify opportunities to improve processes.
  • Prepare reports for compensation initiatives and Senior Executive meetings.
  • Conduct ad hoc analyses for firm-wide initiatives and programs.
  • Manage employee and survey data uploads to safeguard data integrity.
  • Lead survey submissions and work with vendors on custom reports.
  • Lead or contribute to compensation projects, program design and implementation, and external benchmarking studies.
  • Represent Compensation in broader HR initiatives.
  • Support pay equity and gender pay gap analyses.
  • Respond to ad hoc compensation requests.
  • Manage meeting agendas.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
  • At least 2–3 years of compensation experience; financial services experience is preferred.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, charting, and scenario modeling.
  • Advanced PowerPoint skills.
  • Strong analytical ability.
  • Ability to identify root causes and understand technical and business impacts.
  • Able to resolve routine issues independently and consult subject matter experts on complex cases.
  • Excellent organization and attention to detail.
  • Able to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
  • Experience supporting compensation year-end salary and bonus cycles.
  • Experience leading projects using project management practices.
  • Working knowledge of Workday is preferred.
  • Progress toward CCP or another HR certification is a plus.
  • Able to work from the Boston or New York City office at least three days each week.

Benefits

  • Annual bonus target.
  • Profit sharing.
  • Long-term savings benefits.
  • Healthcare benefits.
  • Income protection benefits.
  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Paid time off.
  • Guidance and mentoring.
  • Hybrid work arrangement.

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