Senior Test Analyst

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Functional testing for applications used in Finance program.
- Work closely with the Development and Business team to agree on test requirements and deliverables.
- Participate in requirements and technical specification meetings.
- Provide QA test status reporting on a weekly basis to management both onshore/offshore.
- Create tests using the automated test components available.
- Test case development and defect management using QUALITY CENTER.
- ESCALATE ISSUES ENCOUNTERED DURING TEST PLANNING AND EXECUTION.
- Attend DAILY SCRUM and weekly tactical meetings.
- Provide release estimates for User Stories or requirements.
- Participate in requirement and design reviews.
- Conduct tests based on test schedules and on an ad hoc basis as needed for Production Support.
- Proactive communication related to any issues.
- Build domain knowledge.

REQUIREMENTS:

- BS or MS Degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
- 3 - 5 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN WITH THE FULL SPECTRUM OF FUNCTIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING AND SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLES.
- Working experience in FUNCTIONAL TESTING AND DATABASE TESTING, INCLUDING STRONG SQL KNOWLEDGE.
- Previous Financial Services experience. Knowledge of Asset Management processes, specifically Performance analytics and experience with Fund principles (ie allocations, fund profitability models etc) would be a strong advantage.
- Excellent problem analysis and creative solution-building skills.
- Prior experience working with remote teams.
- Experience working on projects using an Agile methodology would be an advantage.
- Working knowledge of testing tools such as QualityCenter, RTC, Jira, Rally.
- Proven customer and relationship management experience.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Familiarity with Test Automation is highly valued.
- Experience testing Data warehouse applications strongly desired.
- Experience in Oracle Business Suite preferred.
- Familiarity with Informatica, Netezza or similar would be an advantage.
- UNIX knowledge would be an advantage