Senior Consultant- Risk Advisory

By joining our rapidly growing Risk Advisory practice you will serve as a trusted partner to our clients. You’ll bring your first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver tailored integrated solutions that solve today's challenges and set the foundation for future success. With support from experienced leaders and a dedicated coach, you will join a collaborative community that invites you to contribute beyond the scope of client delivery. What You'll Do · Provide excellent timely client service, deliver high quality work, and foster client relationships · Assist in design and implementation of the internal control framework, identifying risks and corresponding key controls surrounding internal controls over financial reporting · Collaborate with process owners to create process narratives, risk and control matrices and flowcharts, and ensure documentation is kept up to-date for scoping, testing, and remediation activities · Lead process walkthrough inquiries with management, develop probing questions, and identify relevant control attributes · Evaluate, synthesize, organize and interpret data and information to conclude on design and operating effectiveness of key controls · Identify control deficiencies and develop value add solutions to that are actionable by leveraging your knowledge, prior experiences, and leading practices · Assist with Active Project Manager with project management activities including status tracking, reporting, and oversight of offshore delivery team · Demonstrate clear and concise writing and verbal skills to communicate complex issues in simple terms to clients and team members · Active effort in improving technical and project management skills by leveraging on the job feedback, performance evaluations, mentoring and firm-sponsored formal training programs including monthly CPE and Subject Matter Expert (SME) training · Be a trusted advisor and intermediary between our clients and their auditors; responding timely to client needs and acting as a key contact with clients · Balance competing priorities with minimal client disruptions, managing time effectively to maintain project progress What You'll Bring · Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Finance or a related field of study · Minimum 3 years of experience at a public accounting firm with external audit, advisory, or internal audit services · Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions and methodologies for achieving compliance · Experience with evaluating and testing the design and operating effectiveness within both a 404(a) and 404(b) SOX environment is preferred · Have an understanding of core business processes such as Financial Close, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Revenue etc. · Ability to communicate effectively, clearly, and concisely · Experience translating complicated issues into simple and easy to understand terms to guide clients · Ability to adapt to unexpected changes in timelines, deadlines, and scope of work Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) CrossCountry provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and believes that respect and fair treatment are critical to creating a productive, diverse, and inclusive workplace. As an equal opportunity employer, CrossCountry is fully committed to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, pregnancy, genetics, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy also complies with pay transparency and labor laws and applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.