Senior Third Party Risk Consultant

Crowe

Third Party Risk Senior Consultant at Crowe assessing key clients’ information security posture and managing third party risk assessments across multiple industries.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $80,500 - $159,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

assessing the information security posture of key clients’ third parties and coordinating the overall execution and delivery of assessments
leading the effort to identify key risks and information security gaps
Conducting Third Party Risk Assessments by evaluating third party questionnaire responses, performing control validation, and assessment of documentation per established procedures and standards
Performing site visits to third-party facilities
Evaluating the effectiveness of security controls for compliance with applicable policies, security laws, and regulations
Assessing cloud technologies such as Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted applications, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service deployments (IaaS)
Documenting information security risk and compliance findings and recommendations for remediation
Perform quality assurance and review of assessments performed by other team members
Delivering high quality, thorough reports
Coordinating the schedules and assessments for key third party clients and overseeing all key deliverables

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree
Information Technology and/or Cybersecurity background and/or experience, including 2-4 years IT experience with network, platform, and/or application technology
Willingness to obtain the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified Third Party Risk Assessor (CTPRA) designations
Knowledge of security areas such as auditing, policy, database security, firewall design and implementation, risk analysis, identity management, access management, or web
Working knowledge of at least one compliance framework, such as SOC2, ISO 27001, NIST, HIPAA
Experience managing multiple projects, in a fast-paced environment
Proven ability to learn new technologies and systems, especially through independent research and self-study
Ability to communicate technical information verbally and through written documentation
Ability to manage project schedules and client expectations
Ability to travel domestically an average of 20%-50% per year

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive total rewards package

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Hard Skills & Tools

information securitythird party risk assessmentscontrol validationsecurity controls evaluationcloud technologiesSaaSPaaSIaaSrisk analysisdatabase security

Soft Skills

communicationproject managementquality assuranceindependent researchclient managementteam coordinationreport writingproblem solvingtime managementadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor's DegreeCertified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)Certified Third Party Risk Assessor (CTPRA)