Technology Risk and Controls Senior Consultant with Crowe Advisory, LLC (Plano TX)
About The Position
Serve as a key contributor and individual project lead on Information Technology Internal Audit engagements, primarily within financial services. Own core engagement components—including planning, fieldwork, and delivery—and identify and evaluate business and technology risks, assess internal-control design and effectiveness, and develop actionable recommendations. Lead audit procedures; prepare and review work papers; and contribute to audit reports and other client deliverables. Work directly with client stakeholders to understand processes, communicate findings, and provide practical insights. Coordinate engagement planning, including scope documents, request letters, sample selections, staffing logistics, and timelines. Manage competing priorities across clients, deliver on schedule, and monitor engagement progress against budgets and resource allocations. Guide junior team members and offshore resources through task assignment, work-paper review, review-note resolution, fieldwork oversight, technical training, and mentorship. Perform procedures requiring advanced technical expertise and independently resolve complex audit and client-service issues. Help improve internal methodologies and client-service approaches, build client relationships, and identify opportunities to expand services. Lead or participate in 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, budgeting, staffing, and engagement economics. The role requires up to 60% domestic and international travel to client offices for fieldwork. The position is based at the Plano, Texas office, with two remote-work days and three office days per week.
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 in 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, and 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.
Nice To Haves
- Eligible to sit for CISA, CIA, CISSP, or CPA.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute Information Technology Internal Audit engagement components, 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 and client deliverables.
- Coordinate engagement planning activities, including scope documents, request letters, sample selections, staffing logistics, and timelines.
- Manage priorities across tasks and clients, meet delivery expectations, and monitor budgets, resources, and engagement progress.
- Guide junior team members and offshore resources by assigning tasks, reviewing work papers, clearing review notes, overseeing fieldwork, and providing training and mentorship.
- 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 relationships with client personnel and participate in identifying opportunities to expand services.
- Lead or participate in client planning and exit meetings and communicate audit observations and recommendations to management.
- Coordinate preparation and issuance of 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 to guide career goals and aspirations.
- Flexible work arrangement allowing two remote-work days per week.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
