Financial Crime Consulting Manager

Crowe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe in Chicago is seeking a Financial Crime Consulting Manager to lead and grow our financial crime practice across the US. You will guide a diverse team, drive client engagements, and design compliance programs for financial services clients, including banks and FinTechs.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in financial crime compliance, strong leadership, and hands-on expertise in model risk, risk management, and regulatory expectations. Travel around 30% is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of financial services Financial Crime compliance management and/or consulting experience.
• Ability to lead teams of 5+ personnel and manage multiple projects.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the expansion of our brand and connections in the market through participation in industry groups and events.
• Collaborate with executive management at financial services organizations, including FinTech's, to assess, design, and build financial crime programs.
• Expand our current ecosystem of technology and industry partners to enhance our ability to serve our clients
• Lead a dynamic and diverse team of individuals throughout the US to grow our financial crime business
• Innovate through our firmwide innovation program to develop new offerings to meet dynamic customer needs
• Collaborate with data, technology and financial crime compliance professionals to lead analytics offerings
• Oversee the delivery of financial crime consulting services to Financial Services companies, including Banks, Money Service Businesses (MSB's), Third Party Payment Providers, and FinTechs, and other financial services companies (e.g., Banks, MSB's, etc.) including building and enhancement of financial crime compliance management systems.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Team management

Job description

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description:

What It Means to Be a Consultant at Crowe

Consulting is a dynamic business focused on solving problems for our clients and serving our core markets through innovative solutions. As technology and AI continue to reshape the consulting landscape, we are looking for individuals who are curious, adaptable, and eager to learn. At Crowe, consultants are expected to build both 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.

In management at Crowe, you play a pivotal role in leading teams, guiding project execution, and deepening client relationships. You are expected to contribute to account planning, identify opportunities to add value, and ensure high-quality delivery. As your responsibilities expand, you take on broader account ownership, balancing project leadership with growing involvement in client strategy and solution development.

Success in this role comes from a growth mindset, strong communication skills, advanced critical thinking, and the ability to navigate new challenges with confidence.

Financial Crime Consulting Manager

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the expansion of our brand and connections in the market through participation in industry groups and events.
• Collaborate with executive management at financial services organizations, including FinTech's, to assess, design, and build financial crime programs.
• Expand our current ecosystem of technology and industry partners to enhance our ability to serve our clients
• Lead a dynamic and diverse team of individuals throughout the US to grow our financial crime business
• Innovate through our firmwide innovation program to develop new offerings to meet dynamic customer needs
• Collaborate with data, technology and financial crime compliance professionals to lead analytics offerings
• Oversee the delivery of financial crime consulting services to Financial Services companies, including Banks, Money Service Businesses (MSB's), Third Party Payment Providers, and FinTechs, and other financial services companies (e.g., Banks, MSB's, etc.) including building and enhancement of financial crime compliance management systems.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of financial services Financial Crime compliance management and/or consulting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams of 5+ personnel
• Understanding of Financial Crime compliance management system expectations for alternative Financial Services providers (E.g., FinTech)
• Intermediate level understanding of Model Risk Management principles (OCC 2011-12, SR 11-7) including System Optimization (methodology development, ATL/BTL approaches and execution, documentation development) and/or Independent Testing of models (i.e., model validation)
• Ability to anticipate, draw conclusions, and adapt to changing needs and demands.
• Ability to develop and maintain new and existing Crowe client relationships
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management.
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving, strategic thinking and reasoning abilities.
• A high degree of integrity, professionalism, and capacity to excel in a cohesive team environment.
• Working knowledge of project planning and project management methods and tools.
• Supervisory experience,includingleading diverse teams and management of multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to lead projects with little oversight or to contribute to a broad Program (multiple project) leadership team

Preferred:

• Expertise in Financial Technology (FinTech) business models and applicable financial crime risks and providing compliance focused solutions within the FinTech domain
• Expertise in FinTech ecosystems including use of Banking and technology partners, Fintech product offerings, technology payment platforms
• Awareness of regulatory and independent testing (e.g model validation, internal audit) expectations for FinTechs and partner banking organizations
• Practical and operational experience implementing financial crime solutions and controls to mitigate risks
• Expertise in common financial crime technology platforms
• Prior financial crime consulting experience
• Detail oriented with the ability to multitask and quickly adapt to changing assignments
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification
• Expected travel will be approximately 30%.

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We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

The application deadline for this role is 10/