Third Party Risk Senior Associate

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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.

As you grow, you’ll also begin to take ownership of client relationships, contribute to account strategy, and support the delivery of high-impact work. Developing a sense of account leadership, including understanding client needs, ensuring delivery excellence, and building trusted partnerships, is part of what sets successful consultants apart.

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

Job Profile Summary

The Third Party Risk Senior Associate supports the day-to-day operations of the Third-Party Risk Management pillar within Consulting Quality & Risk Management. Based in Noida, this position will provide third-party risk management (TPRM) expertise to maintain and evolve Crowe Consulting’s TPRM program. The position will be responsible for supporting Consulting’s daily TPRM queue, operations, reporting, and process improvement while working on a team under the direction of the Consulting TPRM program leader.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to Crowe Consulting partners and other leaders regarding third-party matters, including, but not limited to, risk assessments, Request for Proposal (RFP) support, and findings remediation.
• Proactively monitor TPRM requests and identify stalled, slow-moving, or stopped matters for resolution or escalation.
• Monitor the Q&RM mailbox and administer the day-to-day workflow, including the review, execution, triage, follow-up, and finalization of inquiries and requests.
• Partner with internal stakeholders—including Information Security, Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Risk Management, and business unit leaders—to ensure alignment on responses and supporting documentation.
• Assist in the preparation of TPRM-related reports, ensuring accurate data capture and up-to-date documentation.
• Maintain clear handoffs and documentation to support seamless coordination with U.S.-based team members.
• Help identify and implement improvements to third-party risk management processes, working with TPRM leadership to streamline workflows and reduce inefficiencies.
• Update policies and procedures and educate the Consulting team on key TPRM risk issues.
• Maintain insight into trends and changes in the TPRM landscape through industry insights, partnerships, and ongoing development. 
• Support firmwide risk management changes, including, but not limited to, technology transformation, process changes, and training and education. 
• Provide value-added recommendations and share best practices with the Consulting team.
• Support the Enterprise Risk Management program and additional risk domains, as required.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience: Senior Associate: 3+ years of relevant experience, with a demonstrated ability to manage TPRM activities independently.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills to identify quality, risk, and compliance issues and develop processes to prevent or detect future issues.
• Demonstrated professionalism and confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet critical deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment while maintaining accuracy and quality.
• Team-oriented, with experience working with diverse teams.
• Ability to leverage available resources and contribute through others.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across teams, time zones, and levels of seniority.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, ServiceNow, and AI productivity tools.
• Willingness to participate in both routine Quality & Risk Management (Q&RM) tasks and strategic cross functional projects.
• US Collaboration: willingness to work 4–5 hours of daily live overlap with U.S. Eastern Time (EST/EDT) teams for standups, handovers, and real-time collaboration to start.
• Candidate must have reliable means of commuting to and from local office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the professional services or financial services industry.
• General knowledge of banking compliance.
• Experience working with commercially available TPRM and/or GRC solutions.
• Relevant professional certifications preferred.
• Experience in project management.
• Experience working in a global capability center or similar distributed operating model supporting U.S.-based stakeholders.

Work Environment

This role sits within a growing, fast-paced Third-Party Risk Management function supporting a high volume of consulting engagements. Priorities can shift quickly, and the Senior Associate should be comfortable balancing routine, standardized work with time-sensitive requests. The role is based in Noida, India, and works extended hours to provide coverage aligned with U.S. business-day overlap. US collaboration is required with shift flexibility possible upon demonstration of functional proficiency.

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.

Our Benefits:
At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

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 Capability Center – India, operating under the legal entity C3 India Delivery Centre LLP (formerly known as Crowe Horwath IT Services LLP) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crowe LLP (U.S.A.), a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe LLP is an independent member firm of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

Crowe 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.

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.