Life Sciences Senior Consultant

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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:

We are looking for an individual with a hybrid skillset that can consult with clients on both overall general business risk as well as their IT risk control environment. This individual will be responsible for being a contributing team member on overall client consulting, Risk Assessments (both IA and IT), segregation of duties (SOD), implementation reviews, SOX, and similar engagements. Typical Senior Staff responsibilities include:
Generate innovative ideas and challenge the status quo
Present creative and logical solutions to identified problems
Identify and evaluate business and technology risks, internal controls which mitigate risks, and related opportunities for internal control improvement
Communicate issues and status to Crowe and Client senior management
Assist with the development and quality assurance of key deliverables
Educational and Professional Credentials
Bachelor's degree required. Major in Accounting, Computer Information Systems, or Management Information Systems is preferred.
3+ years working in internal audit and/or IT consulting, internal controls assessment, and/or Sox 404 evaluation and testing, either in professional services or industry.
Professional Certification or working toward CPA, CIA, or CISA strongly preferred.
Preferred Knowledge and Skills
Understanding of commonly used internal control frameworks, including COSO and COBIT and knowledge of audit methodologies and developing key internal audit deliverables.
Working experience with IT general controls, IT application controls and key report testing is required.
Technical knowledge in any of the following: SAP, Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, WorkDay, JDE; Operating Systems and Databases such as Windows, SQL, iSeries, UNIX, LINUX; Cloud, AWS, Azure.
Technical skills in ERP security administration, configuration controls, application controls, report baselining, interface reviews, configuration reviews or system implementations are a plus.
Business process flow and flowcharting
Knowledge of emerging trends in information technology.
Prior experience should include progressive responsibilities, including supervising and reviewing the work of others, and project management, including self-management of simultaneous work-streams and responsibilities
Strong written and verbal communication and comprehension both formally and informally to our clients and our teams, in a variety of formats and settings, including in interviews, meetings, calls, e-mails, reports, process narratives, presentations, etc.
Project management and supervisory experience is preferred.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact in a team environment and foster client relationships.
Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.