Crowe Horwath
Chicago, IL
Req #: 12004_3
Job Category: Risk
Job Category: Risk
Job Summary
Crowe Horwath (“Crowe”) is looking for an ambitious and motivated individual to join its Risk Consulting group to provide leadership in its Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) practice area. We are looking for a professional with a solid understanding of GRC strategy, processes and technology with demonstrated expertise and experience in the financial services industry including strong regulatory compliance, third party risk or enterprise risk management experience. Experience in other industry verticals would be a plus. Crowe is looking for this individual to lead and grow this practice area with responsibilities for selling and delivering consulting services at complex large and mid-sized financial institutions. Projects are fast-paced and facilitated in a team atmosphere. Crowe Risk professionals take pride in providing industry best practices with the goal of assisting clients to achieve a sustainable risk management program. This individual would be responsible for delivering consulting services including solution development, leadership, client relationship development, business development, and managing client service delivery, including a team of other professionals.
Qualifications
Required:
EOE M/F/D/V
Company Overview
Crowe Horwath LLP (www.crowehorwath.com) is one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. Under its core purpose of “Building Value with Values®,” 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. With a total of more than 3,000 personnel, Crowe and its subsidiaries have offices coast to coast. The firm 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 Horwath International, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, consisting of more than 150 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 100 countries around the world.
Crowe Horwath (“Crowe”) is looking for an ambitious and motivated individual to join its Risk Consulting group to provide leadership in its Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) practice area. We are looking for a professional with a solid understanding of GRC strategy, processes and technology with demonstrated expertise and experience in the financial services industry including strong regulatory compliance, third party risk or enterprise risk management experience. Experience in other industry verticals would be a plus. Crowe is looking for this individual to lead and grow this practice area with responsibilities for selling and delivering consulting services at complex large and mid-sized financial institutions. Projects are fast-paced and facilitated in a team atmosphere. Crowe Risk professionals take pride in providing industry best practices with the goal of assisting clients to achieve a sustainable risk management program. This individual would be responsible for delivering consulting services including solution development, leadership, client relationship development, business development, and managing client service delivery, including a team of other professionals.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 15+ years minimum experience within industry or professional services firm.
- Highly proficient experience developing, governance, risk and compliance programs within complex organizational structures.
- Experience with implementing GRC programs and related supporting technology in the financial services industry. Experience in additional industry verticals would be a plus.
- Experience with designing and implementing regulatory compliance, third party risk management or enterprise risk management processes and programs.
- Demonstrated expertise with industry leading GRC tools such as Archer, MetricStream or other.
- Experience with leading and managing teams of people and large project budgets.
- Highly effective communication with all levels of the organization including senior and executive management
- Strong organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with all levels of an organization including senior management
- Business writing proficiency including report and proposal writing
- Ability to lead a sales cycle from opportunity identification through closure
- Client relationship management experience
- MS Office proficiency including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects at the same time
- Team-oriented with experience working with diverse teams
- Ability to leverage available resources and contribute through others
- Exceptional problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
- Ability to evaluate the current state, identify gaps and weaknesses, define a path to solution, and develop and execute a plan to achieve success
- Willingness to travel 60% or more annually.
- Experienced and successful professional services/financial services industry background.
- Relevant professional certifications.
- 12+ years of experience in executing and leading risk and compliance programs.
- Experience in additional industry verticals including life sciences, high tech or manufacturing
- Highly proficient GRC knowledge in a broad range of processes across an enterprise.
- Industry thought leader with speaking engagements.
- Experience with international institutions would be a plus
- Supervisory and Management experience
- Experience working in a project environment with top 100 banks
- Experience working for a top ten accounting or consulting firm
- Expertise working with commercially available GRC solutions
- General banking compliance knowledge
- Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration
EOE M/F/D/V
Company Overview
Crowe Horwath LLP (www.crowehorwath.com) is one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. Under its core purpose of “Building Value with Values®,” 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. With a total of more than 3,000 personnel, Crowe and its subsidiaries have offices coast to coast. The firm 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 Horwath International, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, consisting of more than 150 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 100 countries around the world.