Finance Transformation Internship

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 Finance Transformation team member, in Crowe’s Consulting Practice your role will be focused on helping clients resolve business needs in the areas of accounting and finance. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse teams with experienced experts to problem-solve and present constructive solutions to our clients. 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.

Your career could launch in one of the following areas:

Public Sector

You will assist Public Sector clients with navigating the financial and capital markets, developing strategies for funding various projects, and completing long-term capital and operational planning. Typical projects in this role include budget assistance (both revenue and expenditure estimation), bond market research, financial modeling, revenue analysis, assistance preparing utility rate and fee studies, attendance at public meetings; participation in client meetings; and assistance preparing analyses for economic development projects.

Additional roles are focused on the following areas:

• Accounting Consulting (Financial reporting, accounting standard implementation, finding mitigation)

• Compliance (Attestation engagements, incurred cost audits, GAGAS performance audits, grant compliance consulting, subrecipient monitoring, indirect cost compliance)

• Internal Audit (Audits, co-source internal audit, outsourced internal audit, risk assessment, internal control assessment, Enterprise Risk Management)

Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Help serve clients in the following ways:

• Providing accounting support services to clients such as SOX and Internal control services, IPO readiness support, and process optimization and automation.

• Assisting with accounting standard implementation projects, such as - Leasing ASC842 Projects that involve contract review, data extraction, creation of amortization and depreciation tables using Crowe developed software, initial and periodic journal entry calculations

• Researching and devising solutions to complex issues involving accounting and finance processes and technical accounting matters.

• Drafting technical accounting memos

• Providing other value-added recommendations both to our clients and to help improve the firm

Expectations/Responsibilities:

• Understand financial and operational business processes within an organization in relation to proper internal controls and their execution

• Create and deliver value-added reports and projects through strong deliverables that simplify complex issues

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

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

• Learn and work well both in teams and independently

• Adapt to continuously changing risk environments and effectively manage time

• Demonstrate intellectual curiosity to enable a deeply specialized skill set

• Demonstrate strong writing and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work both independently, in a team environment, and effectively manage time

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

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

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

• Aptitude for Technical Accounting; Analytical

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

• Familiarity and/or proficiency with data analytics applications like PowerBI and/or Tableau and with programming languages (e.g., SAS, R, Python, etc.) a plus

• Desire to sit for and obtain CPA, or other supported certification

• Willingness to travel up to 60% or more annually (when working as a full-time staff consultant)

Qualifications:

Pursuing Bachelor or Masters degree in one of following preferred majors or similar background:

• Accounting

• Actuarial Science

• Forensic Accounting

• Internal Audit

• Economics

Locations:

• Austin, TX

• Chicago/Oak Brook, IL

• Cleveland, OH

• Dallas, TX

• Indianapolis, IN

• Los Angeles, CA

• New York, NY

• Springfield, IL

• Washington, D.C.

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 $25.00 to $38.00 hourly.

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.

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.