Functional QA Tester

Expectations for the Functional QA Role

• QA should articulate clearly.
• Should be able to share a summary: “This is what I tested. This is what failed. Here is the reason.”
• When the Automation testing started in Q2’27, more of BA activities to be performed by this team’
• Interview focus more on QA and then consultant’s BA knowledge

Primary Requirements

• Strong testing knowledge.
• Experience in any Banking / Investment Banking LOB.
• Market Treasury knowledge would be an added advantage. (Knowing Fixed income, Security Bonds, are added advantage)

QA JD – Manual Testing: JD:

• QA/Testers with experience of more than 5 years and not beyond 10-12 years.
• Preferred Domain skill: Experience in Financial Service industry background working on Trading platforms (Pre & Post Trade Systems).
• Preference here is experience in Treasury Front office.

Should understand full front to back workflow for asset classes (MM and FX ) viz deal capture deal execution risk management confirmations accounting settlements etc. ..

-Knowledge of FX, Bonds , Rates is a plus.

• Skills Competencies
• Proactive mindset with the ability to think critically, influence to solve complex problems, and drive innovative solutions.
• Strong SQL skills for data querying and validation.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills ability to understand requirements and develop testing plan, strategy and test scenarios .
• Adaptability, able to work with ambiguity and change to prioritize conflicting tasks identifying what is essential and focusing.
• Ability to explain /articulate the issues found to BA leads and Dev team and raise Jira clearly explaining the testcase and result /issue found and expected result.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Experience in the developing Test Strategy, Test Plan and performing Functional and Non-Functional Testing

• Documents all details and findings and performs preliminary root causes analyses to provide recommended improvements for issues/bugs identified.
• Ensures all corrective actions are assigned, documented, and completed.
• Ensures project standards and procedures exist, are fully clearly documented, and followed throughout the software development life cycle; makes recommendations for enhanced documentation.
• Gathers, maintains, and creates reports on quality metrics.

Location:

• Onsite: Canada (preferred)