Company Overview
Every firm has a culture – the values, beliefs, methodology, attitudes and standards that reflect an organization’s DNA. But the truly inspiring firms – the game-changers, the industry leaders and the disruptors – have cultures that propel them to innovate and stand out. At Brown Advisory, we aim to be one of those inspired firms. Over the years, we have purposefully built and nurtured our client-first culture.
Brown Advisory is an independent investment management and strategic advisory firm committed to delivering a combination of first-class performance, strategic advice and the highest level of client service. The firm’s clients—including individuals, families, family offices, endowments, foundations, charities, institutions, consultants, and financial intermediaries—are served by over 1,000 colleagues worldwide, all of whom are equity owners of the firm.
Position Summary
Brown Advisory is seeking a collaborative, solutions-oriented leader to join our Operations department as Team Lead of Transaction Management. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys leading people, solving complex operational problems, building strong relationships, and improving how critical workflows are executed across a growing investment platform.
The Transaction Management Team is responsible for reconciliation, corporate actions, transaction oversight, and related portfolio accounting workflows that help ensure Brown Advisory’s books and records are accurate, complete, and ready to support daily trading, portfolio management, client reporting, and investment operations.
The Team Lead will oversee the team’s daily execution while also helping shape the future operating model for Transaction Management. This includes developing colleagues, managing our outsourced reconciliation relationship with Broadridge, partnering with internal stakeholders and external service providers, and driving improvements to strengthen controls, reduce manual effort, and improve scalability.
This role is well suited for someone who enjoys operating in the details while also stepping back to improve processes, build trust with stakeholders, and strengthen how the team supports a growing investment platform.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Lead the daily oversight of Transaction Management workflows, including reconciliation, corporate actions, transaction processing, and related portfolio accounting responsibilities, ensuring work is completed accurately and within established deadlines.
Oversee Brown Advisory’s outsourced reconciliation model, including service delivery, escalation management, exception review, performance oversight, issue resolution, and ongoing control improvements.
Serve as a primary escalation point for complex reconciliation, corporate action, transaction, and portfolio accounting issues, including identifying root causes, assessing downstream impact, coordinating across teams, and driving issues to resolution.
Oversee the full lifecycle of mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, including event research, interpretation of terms, communication and election management, transaction processing, and post-event validation.
Build strong relationships across Operations, Investment teams, Client Service, Compliance, Technology, custodians, vendors, and other business partners to manage dependencies, resolve issues, and support business priorities.
Translate complex operational issues into clear, practical explanations for stakeholders with varying levels of operational or technical knowledge.
Manage team resources and daily workload allocation to ensure appropriate coverage of critical responsibilities, including planning for absences, high-volume periods, competing priorities, and changing business requirements.
Develop Transaction Management colleagues through coaching, feedback, training, cross-training, and clear expectations, while promoting ownership, accountability, and broader team coverage.
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