Associate, Quality Assurance Job Job in Chicago, Illinois US

Business Title: Associate, Quality Assurance
Requisition Number: 31322
Function: Advisory
Area of Interest: Quality Assurance
State: Illinois
City: Chicago

Description:
Do you have a passion for solving complex business problems? KPMGs Advisory Services Practice focuses on fundamental business issues managing risk, increasing revenues, controlling costs that organizations, across various industries, should address in order to help them flourish. We help companies to identify and manage risks inherent in business processes and technology systems that support business objectives, and provide them with the information needed to help them meet their strategic and financial goals. Services are specialized to help clients mitigate risks across an overall risk spectrum. We are currently seeking a Quality Assurance Associate in the Management Consulting Advisory practice to join us in our Chicago office.

IT Advisory professionals help align an organizations information technology capabilities with the strategic and financial objectives of the organization. IT Advisory professionals help clients achieve improved performance from their IT investments, manage technology risks, and manage information more effectively to achieve business goals. We assist throughout the IT transformation lifecycle -- with strategy development and implementation, change management, performance measurement, and integrating sustainability and risk management into suggested technology solutions.

Responsibilities:

- Support the delivery of advisory services to clients, primarily with services related to business integration and testing
- Support business development activities at clients, such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities, while working with the appropriate KPMG resources from other service lines and industries
- Develop and guide client development and realization of testing strategy and test cycle planning, including seven cycles of testing
- Develop and maintain/manage client relationships
- Manage engagements according to KPMGs financial/cost management policies
- Develop test governance processes and manage testing

Qualifications:

- Two years of experience in software development and testing
- Knowledge of software quality principles: risk based testing, requirements testing and management
- Experience supporting large testing organizations, selling, delivering, building teams and managing a practice
- Support multiple projects, including but not limited to: project, resource, defect, issue and risk management
- Understanding of and ability to apply process improvement techniques
- Knowledge of the following development methodologies as it relates to Testing RUP, Agile, and ERP, Oracle and SAP

KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. MNST.

No phone calls or agencies please.
KPMG Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. KPMG maintains a drug-free workplace.

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