Technology Risk and Controls Senior Consultant

About this role

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here: At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description: What It Means to Be a Consultant at Crowe Consulting is a dynamic business focused on solving problems for our clients and serving our core markets through innovative solutions. As technology and AI continue to reshape the consulting landscape, we are looking for individuals who are curious, adaptable, and eager to learn. At Crowe, consultants are expected to build both technical and transferable skills, think critically, and use technology to solve real business problems. In this role, you will continuously learn, collaborate across teams, and explore how tools, including emerging AI capabilities, can improve efficiency, insights, and client outcomes.

As you grow, you’ll also begin to take ownership of client relationships, contribute to account strategy, and support the delivery of high-impact work. Developing a sense of account leadership, including understanding client needs, ensuring delivery excellence, and building trusted partnerships, is part of what sets successful consultants apart.

Success in this role comes from a growth mindset, strong communication skills, advanced critical thinking, and the ability to navigate new challenges with confidence.

About the Role Joining our Consulting Technology Audit practice is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic and growing team with a passion for serving our clients and communities. From day one, you will help clients strengthen governance, embed risk considerations into decision-making, and develop insights that enable stronger business and technology environments. You will work in an entrepreneurial and innovative environment while delivering transformative consulting services and developing specialized skills that are in demand in today’s market.

As a Technology Risk and Controls Senior Consultant , you will play a key role in the execution of IT General Controls (ITGC), IT Audit, IT SOX, and Technology Risk Consulting engagements. You will work directly with clients and engagement teams to assess technology risks, evaluate and test controls, identify opportunities for improvement, and communicate results.

Typical responsibilities include: • Execute IT audit, IT SOX, and technology risk consulting engagements, including risk assessments, fieldwork, testing, documentation, and reporting. • Evaluate and test IT General Controls (ITGCs), IT Application Controls (ITACs), and other technology controls across a variety of systems and environments. • Perform testing of system-generated reports and other key information used in financial and operational processes. • Assess controls related to system development, change management, access management, IT operations, and technology governance. • Develop and monitor workplans, deadlines, and assigned budgets; proactively communicate status, risks, scope changes, and barriers to engagement leadership. • Prepare clear, accurate, and well-supported workpapers and engagement deliverables. • Identify control gaps, assess risks, and develop practical recommendations to strengthen clients' technology control environments. • Communicate testing results, observations, and recommendations to client and engagement team stakeholders. • Build strong client relationships through responsive communication, quality service delivery, and effective project execution. • Support project planning, status tracking, and coordination of engagement activities. • Provide guidance and coaching to junior team members and review work as appropriate. • Leverage technology-enabled tools and methodologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of audit and risk activities. • Lead assigned workstreams within IT audit, IT SOX, and technology risk consulting engagements, managing activities from planning through reporting. • Serve as a day-to-day client contact and build trusted relationships through responsive communication, sound judgment, and proactive problem-solving. • Participate in proposals, sales pursuits, thought leadership, training, and other practice-development activities, and identify potential opportunities to provide additional value to clients.

Basic Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or a related field. • 3+ years of experience in IT audit, internal audit, IT SOX, technology risk consulting, or a related technology risk and controls role. • Experience evaluating and testing IT General Controls (ITGCs), including user access, change management, and IT operations controls. • Experience evaluating or testing IT Application Controls (ITACs), including automated controls embedded within business processes. • Experience testing the accuracy and completeness of system-generated reports or other key information used in business processes. • Understanding of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), change management, and IT governance processes and related controls. • Ability to identify technology risks and control gaps and clearly document testing procedures, results, and conclusions. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical and control-related matters to both technology and business stakeholders. • Strong

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