The Quality Assurance Compliance and Training Department (QACT) within CPD’s Support Services Department performs reviews to proactively assess CPD operations, including reviews of efficiency, compliance with contract document, best practices, and applicable mandates, to identify areas of deficiency and to help improve the quality of CPD operations. Within QACT, the Compliance Section reviews internal processes that relate to all CPD operation and makes recommendations for improvement; the Engineering Audit Unit assesses City funded payment and change order requests (through desk and field audits) prior to their approval to verify the quantity and quality of worked performed; and the Technical Compliance Unit reviews construction design documents and change orders at various stages of the work and after completion.

Reporting to the Vice-President of Quality Assurance, the successful candidate will provide, with great latitude for independent judgment and discretion, management and oversight of the Department. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Lead and direct the team.
2. Update and implement review procedures to align with industry best practices.
3. Set performance expectations for the Department that align with executive expectations and provide performance feedback through KPIs, reports, etc.
4. Work with Departments to provide responses to audits conducted by NYCHA’s Internal Audit Office and outside entities such as the NYC Comptroller’s Office.
5. Assist in the development of training programs, administering training as necessary, and ensuring that CPD employees receive appropriate professional training annually.
6. Develop complex and detailed technical, financial, administrative and procedural compliance protocols.
7. Create tracking methods and systems and assist in the development of databases/database modules.
8. Present and communicate quality and compliance issues to CPD Executives.
9. Provide project control guidance with respect to technology, architecture, design, financial and procedural protocols.
10.Participate in joint committees to establish and implement quality assurance policies and implement corrective action plans to address deficiencies identified.

SPECIAL NOTE: Effective August 16, 2021, all persons newly hired for employment by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) must provide proof of having received at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine prior to beginning their employment, except for those who obtain an exception due to medical or religious reasons through the reasonable accommodation process.

After receiving a conditional offer of employment from NYCHA, an applicant for employment must provide proof of having received at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine within a reasonable period of time. Failure by the applicant to provide NYCHA with proof of having received at least one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine will result in NYCHA revoking the conditional offer, unless the applicant obtains an exception through the reasonable accommodation process.

Any person who begins their employment with NYCHA after providing proof of having received only one dose in a 2-dose series of a COVID-19 vaccine, will also be required to provide NYCHA with proof of receipt of a second dose within 30 days of the first dose. Failure to do so will result in termination.

NOTE: IF THIS APPOINTMENT IS MADE ON A PROVISIONAL BASIS PURSUANT TO 65 OF THE NYS CIVIL SERVICE LAW, NO TENURE OR PERMANENCE ACCRUES TO AN INCUMBENT IN THIS POSITION BY VIRTUE OF SUCH APPOINTMENT.

NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a Program. For detailed information regarding the 55-a Program, please visit the link below:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/psb/100_1.pdf

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting, auditing and cost accounting and five years of full-time experience in management auditing, EDP auditing, financial accounting and/or financial auditing, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or in the supervision of several teams of auditors; or
2. A valid Certified Public Accountant License or a certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor and four years of full-time experience as indicated in "1" above, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or in the supervision of several teams of auditors.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.