Total 4 Manager level Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Little Rock

Company Description:

We are a reputable audit firm based in Singapore, specializing in serving small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across various industries. Our firm is committed to delivering high-quality audit services and providing valuable insights to our clients to support their growth and success.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Audit Manager / Supervisor to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have 5 years of audit / accounts experience in a Singapore audit firm, with a strong background in consolidation and the ability to handle audit work independently.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute audit engagements for our clients in accordance with Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (FRS).
• Plan, coordinate, and manage audit timelines, resources, and deliverables to ensure timely completion of engagements.
• Conduct risk assessment, identify control weaknesses, and provide recommendations for improvement to clients.
• Review and analyze financial statements, including consolidation and group reporting, to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Mentor and supervise junior team members, providing guidance and support to facilitate their professional development.
• Cultivate strong relationships with clients by delivering exceptional service and addressing their needs effectively.

Other requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CA qualification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Singapore FRS, and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in consolidation and group accounting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Singaporean or Permanent Resident, EP holders only.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development.
• Dynamic and supportive work environment with opportunities to make a meaningful impact.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• The reviewing of site purchase orders to ensure that the applicable requirements are met
• The control of on site and off site vendor inspectors
• The compilation of vendor inspection assignments packages
• The coordination and resolution of any nonconforming product Reviewing vendors QA/QC systems in accordance with contractual requirements
• The attendance at site and inspection procurement meetings
• Coordination of vendor quality approvals when required
• Ensure the verification of documentation and certificates for materials purchased by vendors
• Review of suppler quality plans against contract requirements
• Review procurement documents to ensure that quality requirement have been correctly translated into purchase requisitions and design documents
• Review supplier inspection procedures and personnel qualifications
• Review supplier material certificates
• Take part in supplier audit and surveillances
• Coordinate with the companies discipline engineers for the resolution of technical discrepancies
• Coordinate with management for quality improvements
• Issue of nonconformance reports
• Track all nonconformance reports
• Coordinate with the owners representative on all procurement issues
• Monitor progress of all purchase requisitions

Working Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 6 pm.

May need to work on Sundays if required.

To align with the Digital Government Blueprint’s vision of “Digital to the Core, and Serves with Heart”, LTA is embarking on a digital transformation journey by harnessing new technologies to drive broader efforts to revamp the digital platform, develop and integrate enterprise-wide IT systems. We envision to leverage cloud services such as government commercial cloud infrastructure for enhanced business agility and build stakeholder-centric services that cater to businesses’ needs.

You will be responsible for quality assurance through carefully curated testing standards, methodologies and automations for the development of applications across legacy and new systems for the transformation and modernisation of applications.

You will be involved in:

•Collaborating with business analysts, technical architects, application and integration leads, frontend and backend development teams to understand the requirements, identify key areas of testing required across application, infrastructure and security domains and implement testing activities to address the testing needs of these areas

•Defining overall testing strategy to ensure that IT systems meet required quality standards. This includes test frameworks, test methodologies, test planning, test team management, test execution, test automation, stakeholder communication etc.

•Developing test plans, test scenarios, test scripts, test conditions, test data and test cases with expected results for tests such as integration, interfaces, user story acceptance, regression, smoke, system, performance, deployment and user acceptance tests.

•Managing all aspects of the testing efforts, including plans, interdependencies, schedule and tools etc. required

•Creating and building high quality, maintainable, and performant code for automated test cases identified and the frameworks to execute and report them

•Ensuring that defect tracking (identification, fixing, re-testing) is properly addressed and all testing results are easily accessible and understandable.

•Reviewing test results to ensure that they meet the acceptance criteria, work with development team to resolve any issues that arise out of the testing process and report the test status to stakeholders involved

Requirements:

•Tertiary qualification in Computer Science/Engineering or any relevant qualification with at least 5 years’ IT experience in IT systems delivery and testing

•Experience in software engineering / enterprise architecture across multiple products, systems and platforms coupled with strong business acumen experience in solutions design and enterprise architecture delivering IT solutions for both legacy and modern applications

•Strong understanding of testing concepts and how testing fits in with the overall project life cycle. Ability to develop and manage all aspects of the testing effort.

•Knowledge of the continuous integration environment with automated testing components implemented

•Knowledge in IT automation tools IT infrastructure and applications and automated testing concepts for web development

•Ability to review project deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards.

•Able to document and follow detailed instructions within test scripts as well as defects tracking documents (i.e., steps to recreate the problem)

•Ability to document and communicate the status of testing progress against plans, taking corrective action as necessary

•Ability to define, implement, and maintain project process guidance related to testing

•Ability to consult with and develop technical resources for methods, procedures, and standards to use during testing

Job Summary:
The Assurance Manager- Internal Auditor, assigned to one of Pinkerton's largest global clients, will oversee multiple projects or a portfolio of related projects that are aimed at achieving the department objectives, specifically for the Security Assurance Program workstream. The Manager ensures that the projects are delivered on time, within budget, meet required quality standards, and, when possible, implement improvements.

This role supports the associated global assurance efforts and leads audit projects from simple activities to more complex plans. Through collaboration with colleagues, security teams, and business stakeholders, the Manager prepares comprehensive project planning, manages resources, coordinates tasks, and maintains project documentation and data. The utilization of Lean Six Sigma and ISO standards to identify issues with documented processes, data analysis, and recommendations to improve quality control are important aspects of the position. Candidates are encouraged to apply directly through Pinkerton’s Career page: https://pinkerton.com/job/PINKERTONR4947/assurance-manager-internal-auditor

Essential Functions:

1. Represent Pinkerton's core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
2. Serve as the primary resource for assurance issues for internal audits.
3. Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans, and reports.
4. Perform assigned tasks within assigned deadlines and requirements, including oversight of all incoming and outgoing project documentation.
5. Act as the point of contact and communicate project statuses with management.
6. Develop and establish program processes and procedures.
7. Manage and coordinate goals and activities in conjunction with sound assurance and personnel management concepts.
8. Planned, coordinated, and directed the work of others in discharging the company assurance mission.
9. Supervise contracted vendors and resources within the assigned team.
10. Develop and manage all team-related training programs.
11. Maintain good working relations with external and internal customers.
12. Provide advice and counsel to regional and area security managers on matters relating to inspection, testing, assessment and validation.
13. Identify and define objectives, strategies, and priorities relating to assurance and validation matters.
14. Conduct process compliance and quality management system internal audits, per schedule and defined procedures, using audit checklists and other documentation tools and standards.
15. Investigate and follow-up on issues observed during internal audits to determine impact and recommend mitigation strategies.
16. Adhere to and apply all aspects of assurance and validation protocols in a consistent manner.
17. Ensure audits and remote tests are closed out and submitted to Corporate Security on time.
18. Complete and ensure quality of assurance assessments and preparation of reports.
19. Comply with all applicable laws, statutes, or standards from regulatory and accrediting agencies as applicable.
20. Initiate and facilitate changes to improve services through effective communication, collaboration, and interdisciplinary problem-solving.
21. All other duties, as assigned.

Education, Experience, and Certifications:
Bachelor's degree with five or more years of risk, assurance, compliance and/or governance experience and related audit requirements. Auditor certification is required. Pinkerton is an inclusive employer who seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law. Pinkerton also adheres to all local, state, federal, and country hiring requirements.