IT Risk Senior Consultant

Kearney is seeking an IT Risk Senior Consultant to join our growing consulting practice and play a key role in expanding our federal IT risk and advisory business. This position is responsible for leading client engagements, developing trusted executive relationships, growing existing accounts, and identifying new opportunities to apply IT risk, governance, internal controls, cybersecurity, and financial systems expertise to complex federal challenges.

The Senior Consultant will serve as a senior advisor to federal clients and provide strategic direction across IT risk and control initiatives, including IT governance, financial systems modernization, cybersecurity governance, regulatory compliance, internal controls, and remediation. The role will lead multidisciplinary teams, oversee the quality and successful delivery of engagements, and work closely with firm leadership to develop new business, shape solutions, and expand client relationships.

This position is intended for an experienced consulting leader who combines deep technical, federal experience, client relationship, and team leadership capabilities.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Client Leadership & Engagement Delivery.
• Serve as a senior advisor to federal executives, CIO organizations, CFO organizations, business leaders, system owners, and other senior stakeholders on IT risk, governance, controls, and technology transformation.
• Lead complex consulting engagements from opportunity development through delivery, ensuring high-quality work, strong client relationships, and successful outcomes.
• Provide strategic direction for IT governance, risk management, internal controls, cybersecurity governance, financial systems, and regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Oversee IT control assessments, including IT General Controls (ITGCs), Business Process Application Controls (BPACs), internal IT audits, OMB A-123 evaluations, and related compliance assessments.
• Assess complex technology and business risks and develop practical, sustainable recommendations that improve security, compliance, operational effectiveness, and organizational resilience.
• Advise clients on designing, implementing, and maturing governance and control environments across enterprise applications, ERP systems, cloud platforms, and business systems.
• Lead remediation and transformation initiatives, including development of actionable remediation strategies, Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), and sustainable long-term control improvements.
• Support financial system modernization, ERP implementations, cloud migrations, and digital transformation initiatives by integrating governance, risk, and control considerations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead executive briefings, workshops, risk assessments, walkthroughs, and other client forums and communicate complex technical and compliance issues in a clear, business-focused manner.
• Ensure deliverables, methodologies, and client recommendations meet the firm’s quality standards and effectively address client objectives.
• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with senior federal clients and serve as a strategic partner in identifying and addressing emerging client needs.
• Identify, qualify, and pursue new business opportunities within existing accounts and across new federal agencies.
• Lead or support capture, proposal, and business development activities, including opportunity shaping, client engagement, solution development, teaming, pricing strategy, and proposal development.
• Develop differentiated solutions and offerings that leverage the firm’s IT risk, financial systems, cybersecurity, governance, and compliance capabilities.
• Expand existing client relationships by identifying follow-on opportunities and translating client challenges into additional consulting solutions.
• Represent the firm in client meetings, industry events, professional organizations, and other forums that support market visibility and business growth.
• Partner with firm leadership to establish and execute account growth strategies and contribute to annual revenue and pipeline objectives.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of federal market…