Financial Services Internal Audit Manager

Crowe • Washington, DC

2d • $97,600 - $199,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Crowe’s Financial Services Consulting practice to help banking and financial services organizations strengthen governance, manage risk, enhance internal controls, and navigate regulatory complexity. The Internal Audit Manager leads client engagements across internal audit, risk management, internal controls, and compliance, while developing team members, building trusted client relationships, and recommending practical improvements to how clients manage risk.

The role combines project leadership and client service with account development and practice growth. The manager plans and oversees engagements, guides teams, communicates findings, manages engagement economics, and contributes to proposals and sales pursuits. The successful candidate brings a growth mindset, strong communication and critical-thinking skills, and confidence in addressing new challenges. The position is hybrid, with travel as needed based on client and engagement requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in internal audit, internal controls assessment, and/or SOX 404 evaluation and testing, including experience serving banking or financial services organizations.
• Experience managing projects and multiple concurrent workstreams and responsibilities.
• Experience supervising, coaching, and reviewing the work of other professionals.
• Strong understanding of internal control design and operating effectiveness.
• Experience evaluating business processes, process flows, and flowcharts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with clients and internal teams through interviews, meetings, presentations, reports, process narratives, and other formats.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed based on client and engagement requirements.
• Uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship and act ethically and with integrity.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or a Business or Economics degree with an Accounting minor or concentration.
• Consulting or professional services experience supporting banking and financial services organizations.
• Knowledge of GAAP financial accounting and SEC reporting requirements.
• Experience advising organizations on internal audit transformation, risk assessments, internal controls optimization, or related risk and governance initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to develop client relationships, identify improvement opportunities, and provide practical, value-added recommendations.
• Experience in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where initiative, sound judgment, and effective project leadership are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver internal audit, risk management, and internal control engagements for banking and financial services clients.
• Plan engagements and manage project teams, including reviewing workpapers and coaching, guiding, and providing feedback to team members.
• Conduct and oversee fieldwork, evaluate processes and controls, and develop supported conclusions and recommendations.
• Communicate findings and observations to client management and prepare clear, actionable reports and presentations.
• Advise clients on ways to strengthen and optimize internal controls and risk management practices.
• Help clients enhance and transform internal audit approaches, methodologies, and operating models.
• Perform risk assessments and identify opportunities to improve governance, processes, controls, and compliance.
• Manage multiple projects and workstreams while maintaining client service and quality standards.
• Manage engagement scope, staffing, workplans, budgets, schedules, billing, and engagement economics to deliver work on time and on budget.
• Build trusted client relationships and contribute ideas that create value for clients and the firm.
• Develop relationships with client executives, identify emerging needs, and lead or contribute to proposals, scoping, presentations, and sales-pursuit activities.
• Coach and develop professionals through feedback, performance guidance, and career-development support, and hold project teams accountable for commitments.
• Contribute to market and practice growth through thought leadership, professional associations, recruiting, knowledge sharing, and development of new or improved service offerings.

Benefits

• Crowe offers a comprehensive total rewards package; specific benefits are not detailed in the posting.
• Consistent meetings with a Career Coach to support career goals and aspirations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager