Senior Consultant - Risk Advisory

Company: Cross Country Consulting
Location: Chicago
Posted on: November 6, 2024

Job Description:

By joining our rapidly growing Risk Advisory practice you will serve as a trusted partner to our clients. You'll bring your first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver tailored integrated solutions that solve today's challenges and set the foundation for future success. With support from experienced leaders and a dedicated coach, you will join a collaborative community that invites you to contribute beyond the scope of client delivery. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects that will typically fall into one of the following categories: Financial and Compliance Risk (e.g., SOX and FIDICA compliance, ESG, regulatory reporting); Technology Risk (e.g., IT controls, cybersecurity, cloud, emerging technology); Strategic and Operational Risk (e.g., privacy, data governance, third party risk), and Enterprise-Wide Risk (e.g., Internal Audit, enterprise risk management programs and risk transformation). What You'll Do:

• Serve as an analyst on a broad range of audit, risk assessment, control testing, and risk management projects by conducting fieldwork, testing controls, preparing work papers, and ensuring the creation of exceptional deliverables that surpass client expectations
• Conduct preliminary analyses and assessments of assigned operating units, business areas, or controls
• Perform walkthroughs with management to document processes, including narratives, flow charts, and risk control matrices
• Evaluate, design, and test internal controls, and develop tailored remediation strategies for identified risk and control gaps
• Assist Managing Consultants in driving operational excellence by actively participating in ongoing projects, including engagement planning, budget development, progress monitoring, and quality control of deliverables
• Develop a comprehensive knowledge of business and operational processes, controls, and flow
• Cultivate new client relationships and deepen existing ones, leveraging a deep understanding of their business and delivering exceptional results
• Collaborate with CrossCountry and client team members to address business obstacles, explore potential solutions, and create impactful deliverablesWhat You'll Bring:
  • 3+ years of prior experience in professional services (public accounting, advisory fi rm, or management consulting firm)
  • A working knowledge of risks and internal controls
  • Excellent written and verbal communications and analytical thinking skillsQualifications:
    • A bachelor's degree from an accredited university
    • Willingness to travel domestically up to 20% - 30% (travel varies based on client preferences)
    • Willingness to be present on client site or in office 3 days a week, with 2 days a week remote (hybrid office environment) $71,000 - $145,000 a year#LI-CH1
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