Risk and Compliance Intern Summer 2025

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Crowe

Crowe

Risk and Compliance Intern Summer 2025

Washington, DC +10 locations
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:

    At Crowe, you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to today’s complex business issues. Crowe’s accounting, consulting, and technology personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies, along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value. Our focus on emerging technology solutions along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value has resulted in a firm that is routinely recognized as a “Best Place to Work.” We are 75 years strong and still growing. Come grow with us!

    Job Description:

    Risk & Compliance

    As a **Risk & Compliance **team member in Crowe’s Consulting Practice, your role will be focused on helping clients resolve business needs through analyzing their risk and control environment, evaluating compliance with regulatory requirements, along with defining, developing, and implementing business processes, controls, and technology solutions. Our Risk & Compliance team members work very collaboratively within and across teams based on our clients’ specific issues and needs. At Crowe, we empower you to take risks, to challenge yourself in specialized areas of consulting & technology, and to generate solutions that impact the firm and your professional growth. Crowe cultivates a creative company culture where you will have the opportunity to share your ideas and knowledge with clients from your very first day with the firm.

    Our team comes from different backgrounds and experience levels and works across many different client types and sizes. From a small business to a global company, you can expect to serve clients in many different industries, including financial services, life sciences, public sector, technology, and more!

    Your career could launch in one of the following areas

    Internal Audit

    Our Internal Audit team helps clients effectively manage the risks of their business and transform their internal audit and regulatory compliance programs. You will meet with clients to understand their business processes and risks, assess and test their control environments, and identify process optimization opportunities to enhance their programs and risk mitigation efforts. You will also design and implement processes and systems for our clients to meet accounting and regulatory requirements. From reviewing organizational activities in an operational audit to helping a client go public by assessing their compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, you will help our clients improve the effectiveness of their risk management, governance, and internal control processes.

    Operational & Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

    Every company has its own set of risks they must understand and monitor. As a part of the Operational & Enterprise Risk Management team, you will help clients understand their risk environment in its current state, anticipate risks for future state, and build a business strategy to effectively manage risk in a sustainable way. You will also assist with the implementation of an ERM framework that help our clients monitor their risk management programs.

    Model Risk Management

    Models are essential for companies to measure risk and meet regulations. Our model risk management team evaluates these financial models to ensure they are operating effectively and in-line with regulatory expectations to effectively mitigate risk. You will help clients build out their model risk management programs by validating, assessing, and testing various components of each model and identifying gaps, issues, and weaknesses that need to be addressed.

    Loan Review

    Our Loan Review team helps financial institutions mitigate their credit risk with in-depth credit file due diligence reviews. You will help clients identify potential issues or risks through loan review, as well as aid in potential mergers or acquisitions by conducting due diligence on credit files.

    Required Qualifications:

    • Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in one of the following, or similar background:

    • Accounting

    • Actuarial Science

    • Business/Data Analytics

    • Business Management

    • Economics

    • Finance

    • Forensic Accounting

    • Informatics

    • Internal Audit

    • Understand financial and operational business processes within an organization in relation to proper control environments and industry standards

    • Moderate understanding of Accounting and Finance structures as it relates to financial reporting

    • Create and deliver value-added reports and projects through strong deliverables that simplify complex issues and enable effective and efficient risk management for our clients

    • Familiarity and/or proficiency with data analytics applications like PowerBI and/or Tableau

    • Ability to travel up to 60% or more annually

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Collaborate and develop partnerships with clients, prospects, colleagues, and communities

    • Innovate new ideas and solutions to address existing and emerging areas of risks

    • Exhibit strong communication skills when consulting with senior management, C-Suite client personnel, and government regulators

    • Learn and work well both in a team environment and independently.

    • Adapt to continuously changing risk environments and effectively manage time

    • Demonstrate intellectual curiosity to enable a deeply specialized skill set

    • Cultivate and enable strong relationships within your clients and community

    • Adapt to continuously changing risk environments and effectively manage time.

    • Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

    • Capable of working in a demanding, deadline-driven environment

    • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

    • Desire to sit for and obtain a firm supported certification ( e.g., CPA, CIA, CRCM, CAMS, CFA, etc.)

    The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $26.00 to $38.00 hourly.

    We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

    Our Benefits:

    At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

    How You Can Grow:

    We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!

    More about Crowe:

    Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. 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. Crowe 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 Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

    Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

    Crowe LLP does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.

  • Industry
    Management Consulting
  • Locations
    Los Angeles, CA • San Francisco, CA • Denver, CO • Washington, DC • Atlanta, GA • Chicago, IL • SPRINGFIELD, IL • New York, NY • Columbus, OH • Austin, TX • Dallas, TX
  • About Us

    You may know Crowe as a public accounting firm. While that’s certainly where we started, we’ve evolved to become a modern, future-focused accounting, consulting and technology firm with a fresh approach to client-service and team member happiness. Today, we bring advanced tech into every part of our business, from the fingertips of our diversely talented colleagues, to the screens of our dynamic clients around the globe. Our culture encourages our people to work on their terms, when and how they want, with a focus on delivering exceptional service to our clients.