Financial services internal audit

Financial services internal audit

Your organization is unique, and our financial services internal audit approach is anything but one-size-fits-all. Our team combines deep financial services expertise with flexible delivery models to help you stay on time, on budget, and aligned with your goals. 

Do more with an internal audit team that scales with your organization


With rock-solid credentials and a proven track record for virtually every type of financial services internal audit, our team has been where you are and can get you where you want to go.

Financial services organizations face daily pressures, from regulatory shifts to M&A activity and digital transformation. Keeping up requires investment, which means it can be a challenge to maintain a robust internal audit team. At Crowe, we stay on the cutting edge of financial services internal audit change for you. Plus, we’re continually looking for ways to help your internal audit function inform better business decisions.

Whether you’re a community bank needing right-sized coverage, a midsize organization growing through acquisition, a fintech scaling through innovation, or a large bank requiring specialized expertise, our team adapts to your pace and complexity.

We know what success looks like

2,700+

Financial services clients*

More than ¾

Of the top 100 U.S. banks work with Crowe*

400

Financial services organizations have worked with Crowe 10+ years*

1,200+

Crowe banking specialists

* Source: Crowe client data, as of January 2025.

Our team is ready to help you strengthen your financial services internal audit function


At Crowe, we deliver a full spectrum of financial services internal audit solutions in a single team that combines proven methodologies, deep specialization, and modern technology to help you manage risk and create value.

Operational audits

Our team helps identify risks in your current processes and opportunities for long-term improvement. We also apply our risk-based, data-driven approach in specialized service areas, including trust audits.

Consumer compliance audit

Compliance functions are charged with enabling the business to stay ahead of regulatory expectations while protecting brand value and customer trust. We help businesses keep pace with the rapidly advancing financial services landscape.

IT audits

Very few teams in the U.S. specialize in IT audits for banks and financial services. You’ve found one of the best.

Explore IT audit services 

 

Anti-money laundering and sanctions independent testing

Our team can help you respond confidently to regulatory findings and strengthen financial crime defenses with independent validation.

Explore AML and sanctions testing

Loan review audits

We can help protect your organization from potential risk by confirming that borrowers follow the principles and policies of credit agreements.

Explore loan review services

SOX and FDICIA

Crowe can help you develop and implement your SOX Section 404 and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA) compliance programs and other internal controls over financial reporting frameworks.

Internal audit transformation

We can help you position your internal audit department as an incubator for new and promising practices with a variety of services, including an external quality assessment review.

Explore how to transform your internal audit function

Crowe Analytics Advisor for banking

Our team uses Crowe Analytics Advisor, a solution built by auditors, and the power of the Crowe digital banking platform to deliver visuals and insights that show you where and what to audit.

Explore Crowe Analytics Advisor for banking

Work with a financial services internal audit team that meets you where you are


Every organization’s internal audit maturity and staffing model is different. That’s why we offer flexible engagement options designed to meet your unique needs.

Get internal audit outsourcing tailored to your organization

Your organization might not have the time or resources to maintain your own internal audit methodologies – and that’s where we come in. We can manage your internal audit program from end to end with an approach that’s customized to your goals, size, and risk profile. Plus, we stay on the cutting edge of internal audit best practices so you gain consistent coverage, continual insight, and confidence in your internal audit function.

Explore internal audit outsourcing

Work through challenges with co-sourcing support

As the banking and financial services industries become more complex, you need a team with highly specialized skills and areas of expertise, but some of that expertise might be outside of your day-to-day team’s capabilities. When you need experience to strengthen your team, our co-sourcing specialists can help. We work alongside your team to supplement their processes and knowledge with niche expertise from regulatory interpretation to emerging technology audits while maintaining your governance and quality framework.

Explore internal audit co-sourcing

Maintain consistency with staff augmentation

Your bank might already have an internal auditing team and process. But if you’re short on specific resources, our staff augmentation services can help. Whether you’re looking for a specific role or you need a defined skill set, our experienced team can help you fill in the gaps so you can keep your internal audit processes running smoothly and more consistently.

Explore staff augmentation

Transform your financial services internal audit function

When you’re ready to modernize your internal audit processes and procedures, our team is here to help. Our specialists offer extensive insights across analytics and automation to help internal audit teams support organizational improvement and transformation.

Explore internal audit transformation services

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Work with us


We offer an integrated One Crowe approach that weaves risk, compliance, cyber strategy, and analytics into internal audit as appropriate. Our team doesn’t just react to risk. It anticipates what you might need to stay resilient in an evolving financial ecosystem. Contact us to see how you can experience a financial services internal audit team that puts your needs at the center.

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Joshua Brown
Principal, Risk Consulting
Joseph Garcia
Joseph Garcia
Partner, Risk Consulting
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Dawnella Johnson
Partner, New York Metro Market Leader
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David R. McKnight
Principal, Risk Consulting

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