Software Implementation Consultant Jobs in Illinois

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.
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.
As a D365 ERP Implementation Consultant team member in Crowe's Consulting Practice, your role will be focused on helping clients resolve business needs to improve operating performance, use of technology, delivery of customer experiences and/or management decision making. You will define, craft, develop and implement business and technology solutions based on analysis of current practices, processes, technologies and data in comparison to leading industry practices, technologies and benchmarks.
Projects in this role could include business process consulting/reengineering, organizational change management, project management support, technology assessments, financial analysis, municipal advisory, data analysis, and functional assistance implementing new technology systems that enable clients to improve the performance of their organizations. Typical project responsibilities could include process mapping, data and requirements gathering and analysis, client meeting facilitation support, preparing and supporting presentations, project management support, change management, business process analysis, strategic planning, and financial analysis. Projects in this role could also be structured around the finance and regulatory compliance needs of state and local governmental organizations in the areas of public finance (municipal advisory, budgeting & forecasting, financial management, arbitrage rebate liability calculations and verification services) or rate and feasibility studies.
Your career could launch in one of the following areas:
Manufacturing and Distribution
You will work with clients in the manufacturing industry to help transform their business requirements into a state-of-the-art technology solution that will enable their organization to exploit new opportunities, engage better with their customers and compete globally in the dynamic "Cloud-First" era. New hires will assist in software implementation through requirements gathering, configuration, testing, rollout and training. Our technology solutions help support business functions such as finance, operations, risk management and compliance.
Public Sector
You will have the opportunity to work with clients in a wide variety of state and local government agencies to help solve problems. This includes helping them determine their needs or assisting them in defining, designing, developing and implementing solutions that provide critical value to their organization.
At Crowe, we empower you to take risks, to challenge yourself in specialized areas of consulting & technology, and to generate solutions that impact the firm and your professional growth. Crowe cultivates a creative company culture where you will have the opportunity to share your ideas and knowledge with clients from your very first day with the firm.
Skills and Requirements:

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to troubleshoot and identify root cause and resolve issues.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively simplify and communicate complex concepts to stakeholders.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively across skillsets and geographies. Strong interpersonal skills and team building
• Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environment. Willingness to learn new technologies and continuously upskill

Education:
We're looking for college seniors or graduate students graduating within the next year who are pursuing degrees in Industrial Engineering/Supply Chain, Public Policy/Public Finance, Business, Technology, or a related field, and are eager to launch a career in a fast-paced, client-focused environment. Preferred areas of study include:

• Industrial Engineering or Systems Engineering
• Economics, Public Policy, or Public Finance
• Operations Management or Supply Chain
• Public & Environmental Affairs
• Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance
• Information Technology or Management Information Systems
• Information Science, Computing & Informatics
• Computer Science with a focus on cybersecurity, networks, or security engineering

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.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $27.00 - $42.00 per hour.
Our Benefits:
Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards 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 provides professional services through two separate entities: Crowe LLP delivers audit and attest services, and Crowe Advisory LLC provides tax, advisory, consulting, and other nonattest services.
The Crowe Global network consists of more than 300 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 150 countries around the globe, making it one of the largest accounting networks in the world.* As independent members of Crowe Global, Crowe LLP and Crowe Advisory LLC serve clients worldwide.
*As of July 2026.
Crowe LLP and Crowe Advisory LLC (and their respective subsidiary entities) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Crowe LLP and Crowe Advisory LLC (and their respective subsidiary entities) 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.
Crowe will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws.
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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.
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