About the Role
Consulting at Crowe is a dynamic business focused on solving problems for clients and serving core markets through innovative solutions. As technology and AI reshape the consulting landscape, we seek curious, adaptable individuals eager to learn. Consultants build technical and transferable skills, think critically, and use technology to solve real business problems. In this role, you will continuously learn, collaborate across teams, and explore how tools, including emerging AI capabilities, can improve efficiency, insights, and client outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute model validation testing processes on systems supporting Financial Crime programs, including transaction monitoring, customer risk assessment/rating, fraud detection, and watchlist screening/interdiction systems.
- Design and/or update testing strategies, including creation or enhancement of risk and control matrices, to aid in independent testing of systems.
- Conduct testing, which may include control conceptual design testing, control operating effectiveness testing, and issue validation testing.
- Execute analytical projects, collaborating with senior stakeholders and clients to deliver value to financial institution clients.
- Review model governance and processes surrounding their effectiveness.
- Critically challenge model design and development.
- Test data inputs, including data quality issues, data mapping, ETL processes, balancing and reconciliation controls, data lineage, throughput, and backtesting.
- Verify that model logic is working as intended.
- Assess model user access controls, key performance indicators (KPIs), and alert review processes.
- Evaluate model performance, including tuning and sanctions sensitivity testing.
- Document testing using standardized work papers and model validation reports and other client deliverables.
- Provide oversight and guidance to the testing team for efficient engagement delivery.
- Maintain engagement budget.
- Provide timely reporting of engagement progress to the client and engagement executive.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience within the Financial Crime industry.
- 4+ years of model validation, AML system implementation, data lineage, or quality testing experience.
- Basic knowledge of the software development lifecycle.
- Demonstrated experience with data analysis, business analysis, and data validation activities with financial services institutions.
- Demonstrated experience performing independent testing on models, including an understanding of risks/controls and experience documenting testing within workpapers.
- Experience executing model validations of financial crime systems, including but not limited to: Verafin, Actimize, BAM/BAM+, YellowHammer, FCRM, FinanSeer, FiServ, Lexis Nexis Bridger, FircoSoft, Quantexa, Palantir, Accuity, RDC, and others.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of banking and compliance systems.
- Demonstrated experience working in a results-driven environment within a team environment.
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to actively engage with stakeholders to collect information, identify issues, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
- Highly effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.
- Strong teamwork, communication, and customer service skills.
- Strong analytical, attention to detail, organizational, and core project management skills.
- Possesses knowledge of the challenges of data cleansing and integration.
- Ability to work with IT and business personnel.
- Uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship.
- Act ethically and with integrity at all times.
- Verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States is required.
- Completion of the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Consideration for employment of all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
Skills
- Data Management
- Analytics
- Finance
- Computer Science
- Management Information Systems
- Statistics
- Mathematics
- Data analysis
- Business analysis
- Data validation
- Model validation
- AML system implementation
- Data lineage
- Quality testing
- Software development lifecycle
- Risks/controls
- Banking systems
- Compliance systems
- SQL
- Python
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Cognos
- QlikView
- Spotfire
- D3
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking
- Project management skills
Location
- Remote
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
- Contract
Experience Level
- Manager
- 4+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree
Salary/Compensations
- $102,800.00 - $210,200.00 per year
Benefits
- Comprehensive total rewards package
- Career coaching
- Nurturing talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity
About the Company
- Crowe is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States.
- Crowe uses 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Crowe LLP and Crowe Advisory LLC (and their respective subsidiary entities) 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, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
- Crowe will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.
- We are committed to a merit-based hiring process, evaluating all candidates consistently using objective, job-related criteria such as relevant experience, demonstrated skills, measurable impact, and alignment with the role’s responsibilities, and making employment decisions in a fair and inclusive manner free from discrimination.
