Crowe LLP – Cloud Solutions Consultant Intern

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:

At Crowe LLP, 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, industry-focused expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies, along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value. Crowe’s Consulting team is frequently praised by satisfied clients for their high professional standards, industry expertise, innovative technology solutions and responsive hands-on approach to client service. 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.”

As a Cloud Solutions Consultant Intern in Crowe’s Consulting Practice, you will have the opportunity to play a crucial role in our emerging Cloud Practice. You will work with clients to help transform their business requirements into a state-of-the-art cloud solution that will enable their organization to exploit new opportunities, engage better with their customers, and compete globally in the dynamic “Cloud-First” era. This critical role will be primarily technical but will also expose you to business acumen by providing opportunities to assist in developing new solutions to add to our existing portfolio of cloud offerings.

Job Description:

Are you looking to apply your academic achievements into a successful consulting career? At Crowe, we empower you to take risks, challenge yourself in specialized areas of consulting & technology, and to generate solutions that impact the firm and your professional growth.

Crowe’s Public Sector division within our Consulting Practice helps public sector entities improve performance and efficiency across a broad array of their operational needs by implementing technology. By implementing business applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other no-low code business applications such as Power BI and Power Apps, our public sector team members bring a solution that helps public sector entities with issues across financial management, operational efficiency, and information technology. 

As a Business Technology Consultant, you will be part of the team that assists with facilitating meetings and documenting client requirements for public sector clients.

Additionally, you will assist with designing, configuring, and implementing the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution to meet the requirements while providing guidance based on industry best practices.  You will also assist in analyzing key data sets and business intelligence metrics resulting in dashboard creation.  ERP is integrated business management software used to collect, store, manage and analyze data from many business activities.  Crowe has been successful in building ERP solutions for transportation authorities, counties, airports, lotteries, and other public sector agencies throughout the United States.

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop knowledge in business best practices as it relates to vendor management and procure to pay processes, financial accounting and reporting standards, business intelligence in order to improve our clients’ business processes.
• Learn Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations in detail, and assist with the configuration of key public sector business areas, including: 
  • General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Power BI, Budgeting, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Cash Management, Projects & Grants, Accounts Receivable and Fixed Assets Learn Microsoft Power BI and Power Apps to extend the user of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 product.

   

• Build new business applications and or business intelligent reports using the no-to-low code Power Platform.
• Assist in gathering the client’s business requirements and configuring Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations in detail to meet their needs
• Assist in designing and testing potential customizations to the solution, including data conversions, interfaces, and functional enhancements
• Develop procedure documents to support new solution and client business processes
• Work with clients to test and validate that the final configured solution meets the requirements
• Assist with executing detailed cutover activities needed to migrate to the new system
• Assist clients with questions and issues after cutover
• Work with Microsoft support if issues arise with the Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations solution

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a degree in:  Accounting, Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related major (any focus on information systems or technology is a plus) GPA of 3.3 or above
• Desire to work with public sector clients
• Willingness and ability to travel

Additional Skills:

• Strong analytical, organizational and core project management skills
• Ability to help client personnel leverage technology to solve business problems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Possess conceptual thinking skills, creativity and flexibility
• Work well both independently and in a team
• Must be self-sufficient and have the ability to self-manage

Locations:

Chicago, IL

Our Benefits:

At Crowe, we know that great people are what make a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. 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 who will guide you in your career goals and aspirations.

More about Crowe:Crowe LLP (www.crowe.com) is a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities. The firm and its subsidiaries also help clients make smart decisions that lead to lasting value with its tax, advisory, and consulting services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

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.

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.