Large Bank Internal Audit Senior Consultant (Temporary)

About the role

As a Large Bank Internal Audit Senior Consultant (Temporary) on Crowe’s Internal Audit team, you will assist clients with transforming their governance, embedding risk in their decision-making, and maintaining efficient compliance. We enable an entrepreneurial and innovative environment for you to deliver transformative consulting services and develop deeply specialized skill sets demanded in today’s market.

Responsibilities

• Provide risk management and operational internal audit services to clients in the tech, media & entertainment, real estate, oil and gas, and life science industries.
• Perform SOX readiness and SOX compliance services.
• Assist in planning and managing staff on engagements, including reviewing staff work papers and providing feedback and guidance to staff.
• Conduct fieldwork, prepare work papers to support conclusions, discuss findings and observations with management, and prepare written reports of various types and formats.
• Advise clients on improving and optimizing internal controls, best practices, and help clients deal with routine issues within the scope of the engagement.
• Provide other value-added recommendations both to clients and to help improve the firm.
• Communicate audit scope, engagement status, issues, emerging risks, and recommendations through written reports and presentations to appropriate audiences.
• Maintain consistency and quality in Internal Audit work across the organization, providing guidance and feedback to staff.
• Meet quality guidelines within the established turnaround time or budget for assigned tasks, ensuring high standards of work.
• Apply solution-based approaches to problem-solving during client engagements, and document working papers to support conclusions.
• Develop positive relationships with key stakeholders to facilitate open communication regarding pending due dates and questions.
• Balance competing priorities and manage time effectively to maintain audit deliverable schedules.
• Uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship, acting ethically and with integrity at all times.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or a relevant field.
• Professional Certification or working toward a CPA or CIA is strongly preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in operational internal audit, internal controls assessment, and/or SOX 404 evaluation and testing.
• Progressive responsibilities including supervising and reviewing the work of others, and project management, including self-management of simultaneous workstreams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for formal and informal settings, including interviews, meetings, calls, emails, reports, process narratives, and presentations.
• Experience in internal operational and technology audit planning and execution, including risk assessment.
• Understanding of internal control design and effectiveness.
• Business process flow and flowcharting experience.
• Strong understanding of PCAOB requirements, industry best practices, GAAP financial accounting, and SEC Reporting.
• Experience working with companies in the oil and gas industry is a plus.

Benefits

Crowe offers a comprehensive total rewards package, including:

• Exceptional people experience with real flexibility to balance work and life.
• Equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership.
• Consistent career coaching and guidance from a dedicated Career Coach.
• Inclusive culture that values diversity and nurtures talent.