Technology Risk and Controls Senior Consultant with Crowe Advisory, LLC (Plano TX)
About The Position
The Technology Risk and Controls Senior Consultant serves as a key contributor and individual project lead on Information Technology Internal Audit engagements, primarily within financial services. The role owns core engagement components—including planning, fieldwork, and delivery of internal audit services—and evaluates business and technology risks, internal control design and effectiveness, and opportunities to strengthen control environments. The consultant leads audit procedures, prepares and reviews work papers, and contributes to audit reports and other client deliverables. The position works directly with client stakeholders to understand processes, communicate findings, and provide practical insights. It coordinates engagement planning, manages priorities across multiple tasks and clients, and monitors progress against client expectations, budgets, and resource allocations. The consultant provides day-to-day oversight, task assignment, review, training, and mentorship to junior team members and offshore resources; resolves complex technical and client-service issues; and supports continuous improvement of firm methodologies and client services. The role also supports client relationships, planning and exit meetings, report issuance, risk assessments, internal audit planning, budgeting, staffing, and engagement economics. The position is based at the company’s Plano, Texas office, with three days per week in the office and two days of remote work. Up to 60% domestic and international travel may be required for client fieldwork at client offices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Informatics, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or foreign equivalent.
- Two years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation, such as Internal Audit Senior Associate, Staff Auditor II, Senior IT Auditor, Information Technology Specialist, or IT Risk and Controls Specialist.
- Experience with emerging information technology trends, including cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data governance, and their impact on risk and control environments.
- Experience with internal control frameworks and standards, including FFIEC IT Handbooks, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Federal Reserve FedLine Security and Resiliency, SWIFT Customer Security Controls Framework, and IIA guidance and topical requirements.
- Applied knowledge of IT internal audit methodologies and development of key audit deliverables.
- Experience with appropriate sampling and gathering complete and accurate evidence for IT general controls, IT application controls, and key report testing.
- Experience with financial services core applications and Governance, Risk, and Compliance platforms, such as FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry, CSI, Corelation, RSA Archer, ServiceNow, Optro, Workiva, Diligent, and TeamMate.
- Experience with IT infrastructure, including operating systems and databases such as SQL, iSeries, UNIX, and Linux, as well as cloud environments such as AWS and Azure.
- Experience with IT control domains, including access and security administration, configuration management, interface controls, report validation, and system implementation and change management controls.
- Eligible to sit for CISA, CIA, CISSP, or CPA.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute core components of Information Technology Internal Audit engagements, including planning, fieldwork, and delivery.
- Identify and evaluate business and technology risks and assess the design and effectiveness of internal controls.
- Develop actionable recommendations to improve control environments.
- Lead audit procedures and prepare and review work papers, audit reports, and other client deliverables.
- Collaborate with client stakeholders to understand business processes, communicate findings, and provide practical insights.
- Coordinate engagement planning, including scope documents, request letters, sample selections, staffing logistics, and audit timelines.
- Manage priorities across tasks and clients, deliver on time, and monitor engagement progress against budgets and resource allocations.
- Guide junior team members and offshore resources by assigning tasks, reviewing work papers, clearing review notes, supervising fieldwork, and providing technical training and mentorship.
- Ensure work complies with professional standards, firm methodologies, and client service expectations.
- Perform procedures requiring advanced technical expertise and independently resolve complex audit and client-service issues.
- Contribute to improvements in internal methodologies and client service approaches.
- Build client relationships and participate in identifying opportunities to expand services.
- Lead or participate in client planning and exit meetings; communicate observations and recommendations to management; and coordinate draft and final audit reports.
- Assist management with risk assessments, internal audit planning, engagement budgeting, staffing coordination, and monitoring engagement economics.
Benefits
- Comprehensive total rewards package
- Career Coach support for career goals and aspirations
- Inclusive culture that values diversity
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
