Enterprise Risk Management Intern

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:

As an Enterprise Risk Management professional 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, and defining, developing, and implementing business processes, controls, and technology solutions. As part of the Enterprise Risk Management / Operational Risk Management team, you will help clients understand their current risk environment, anticipate future risks, and build a sustainable business strategy to manage risk effectively. You will also assist with the implementation of enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks that enable clients to monitor and mature their risk management programs over time. Our Enterprise Risk Management 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, challenge yourself in specialized areas of consulting and technology, and generate impactful solutions that support both firm initiatives and your professional growth. Crowe cultivates a creative and inclusive culture where your ideas and contributions are valued from day one. 

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, etc. 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 will help our clients monitor their risk management programs. 

Skills and Requirements:  

• Business Process Understanding: Understand financial and operational business processes and how they align with proper control environments and industry standards. 

• Client Deliverables: Create and deliver high-quality, value-added reports and project outcomes that simplify complex issues and enable efficient, effective risk management for clients. 

• Client Relationship Building: Cultivate strong partnerships with clients, prospects, colleagues, and communities to support long-term collaboration and trust. 

• Innovation & Risk Awareness: Innovate solutions to address both existing and emerging areas of risk, contributing fresh perspectives and continuous improvement. 

• Communication: Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills when consulting with senior management, C-suite client personnel, and government regulators. 

• Team Collaboration: Thrive in both collaborative team settings and when working independently; demonstrate a proactive and cooperative mindset. 

• Adaptability: Operate effectively in fast-paced an