Chicago, Illinois, USA
64 days ago
Risk and Compliance Consultant Summer 2025

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:

At Crowe, you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to today’s complex business issues. Crowe’s accounting, consulting, and technology personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies, along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value. Our focus on emerging technology solutions along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value has resulted in a firm that is routinely recognized as a “Best Place to Work.” We are 75 years strong and still growing. Come grow with us! 

Job Description:

Risk & Compliance

As a Risk & Compliance team member in Crowe’s Consulting Practice, your role will be focused on helping clients resolve business needs through analyzing their risk and control environment, evaluating compliance with regulatory requirements, along with defining, developing, and implementing business processes, controls, and technology solutions. Our Risk & Compliance team members work very collaboratively within and across teams based on our clients’ specific issues and needs. At Crowe, we empower you to take risks, to challenge yourself in specialized areas of consulting & technology, and to generate solutions that impact the firm and your professional growth. Crowe cultivates a creative company culture where you will have the opportunity to share your ideas and knowledge with clients from your very first day with the firm.

Our team comes from different backgrounds and experience levels and works across many different client types and sizes. From a small business to a global company, you can expect to serve clients in many different industries, including financial services, life sciences, public sector, technology, and more!

Your career could launch in one of the following areas

Internal Audit

Our Internal Audit team helps clients effectively manage the risks of their business and transform their internal audit and regulatory compliance programs. You will meet with clients to understand their business processes and risks, assess and test their control environments, and identify process optimization opportunities to enhance their programs and risk mitigation efforts. You will also design and implement processes and systems for our clients to meet accounting and regulatory requirements. From reviewing organizational activities in an operational audit to helping a client go public by assessing their compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, you will help our clients improve the effectiveness of their risk management, governance, and internal control processes.

Operational & Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Every company has its own set of risks they must understand and monitor. As a part of the Operational & Enterprise Risk Management team, you will help clients understand their risk environment in its current state, anticipate risks for future state, and build a business strategy to effectively manage risk in a sustainable way. You will also assist with the implementation of an ERM framework that help our clients monitor their risk management programs.

Model Risk Management

Models are essential for companies to measure risk and meet regulations. Our model risk management team evaluates these financial models to ensure they are operating effectively and in-line with regulatory expectations to effectively mitigate risk. You will help clients build out their model risk management programs by validating, assessing, and testing various components of each model and identifying gaps, issues, and weaknesses that need to be addressed.

Loan Review

Our Loan Review team helps financial institutions mitigate their credit risk with in-depth credit file due diligence reviews. You will help clients identify potential issues or risks through loan review, as well as aid in potential mergers or acquisitions by conducting due diligence on credit files.

Required Qualifications:

Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in one of the following, or similar background:

Accounting

Actuarial Science

Business/Data Analytics

Business Management

Economics

Finance

Forensic Accounting

Informatics

Internal Audit

Understand financial and operational business processes within an organization in relation to proper control environments and industry standards

Moderate understanding of Accounting and Finance structures as it relates to financial reporting

Create and deliver value-added reports and projects through strong deliverables that simplify complex issues and enable effective and efficient risk management for our clients

Familiarity and/or proficiency with data analytics applications like PowerBI and/or Tableau

Ability to travel up to 60% or more annually

Preferred Qualifications:

Collaborate and develop partnerships with clients, prospects, colleagues, and communities

Innovate new ideas and solutions to address existing and emerging areas of risks

Exhibit strong communication skills when consulting with senior management, C-Suite client personnel, and government regulators

Learn and work well both in a team environment and independently.

Adapt to continuously changing risk environments and effectively manage time

Demonstrate intellectual curiosity to enable a deeply specialized skill set

Cultivate and enable strong relationships within your clients and community

Adapt to continuously changing risk environments and effectively manage time.

Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

Capable of working in a demanding, deadline-driven environment

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Desire to sit for and obtain a firm supported certification (e.g., CPA, CIA, CRCM, CAMS, CFA, etc.)

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.


The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $55,510.00 to $109,620.00.


Our Benefits:

At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

How You Can Grow:

We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!

More about Crowe:

Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Crowe LLP does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.

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