Test Manager

**Test Manager** (Contract)

Duration: 6 Months (Possibility for extension)

Location: London/Hybrid (3 days per week on site)

Rate: A highly competitive Umbrella Day Rate is available for suitable candidates

Role Profile

We are seeking a highly experienced, strategic and dynamic QA Lead/ Test Manager to partner with key departments across the EMEA region to lead and drive testing and automation requirements for specific projects within the ECB programme.

This pivotal role is accountable for the successful delivery of key vertical cross functional test activities covering Test Strategy and Planning, Test automation, effective ECB test team management, and comprehensive stakeholder engagement. The QA Lead/ Test Manager role will work closely with the Programme Test Manager, IT PMs and Project stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage FT, SIT, UAT, targeted release BAU testing and regression testing
• Demonstrate via testing that regulatory rules are understood and followed as they are intended.
• Demonstrate adaptability around key Firmwide decisions and directives.
• Manage test environment requirements
• Facilitating Test calls and coordinating defect resolution with the business, development and vendor
• QA Testing of data flows, transformation rules, system integration (E2E), exceptions and control logs.
• Report to Project and Programme Manager for weekly progress and updates.
• Engage with monthly batch runs to monitor if any failure triggers and need to be covered on Quality Assurance.
• Ensure effective delivery of planned releases for AQR and Stress Test.
• Ensure that business changes are reviewed for impact on existing and functional DataMart, so that planned changes are implemented safely and effectively.
• Overseeing defect management by logging and tracking issues in Jira
• Generating Test pack for planned releases covering all test reports and evidences, aligning to all critical stakeholders to get sign off for QA activities.
• Create Regression Test Pack and track the execution using the Jira add-in X-ray.

Skills & Experience:

• Excellent QA Lead experience
• Understanding of Risk, finance and Regulatory Initiatives.
• Experience in data warehouse testing, process flow, good knowledge of risk, finance and regulatory data.
• Experience in the following tools and platforms: ETL (preferred DataStage), Tivoli,
• Experience of working in regulatory environment with sensitive data covering Risk, Finance and Regulatory.
• Experience of working on regulatory reporting and business-wide projects
• Established network within the Regulatory Reporting space.
• Proven "hands on" experience with Test regulatory reporting requirements.
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Demonstrated experience of creating technical requirements/specification documentation
• Strong work ethic with focus on meeting deadlines and objectives
• Demonstrated understanding and delivery, including migration, Transformation, Datawarehouse implementation, data quality and analytics.
• Understanding of Regulatory processes and BAU expectations
• Demonstrated experience dealing with high level stakeholders in a financial environment.
• Qualification in Finance or Regulatory discipline preferred (not necessary)
• Must have hands on knowledge for ETL tool like DataStage, Tivoli.
• Experience with SQL, data profiling, data quality and analytics.
• Good Excel based spreadsheet, quantitative and data management skills.
• Experience in both waterfall and agile delivery preferred.
• Knowledge of software for use in project life cycles, e.g., JIRA, Confluence, MS Office Suite.
• Strong skills working with MS Excel, MS Project, MS Word, MS Power Point, and SQL.
• Familiarity with VBA preferred.
• Experience using XRAY test management tool.
• Risk, Finance and regulatory reporting experience
• Experience of end to end testing the new framework implementation in regulatory space.
• Ideally familiar with XRAY test management tool.

Candidates will need to show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

If you feel you have the skills and experience and want to hear more about this role 'apply now' to declare your interest in this opportunity with our client. Your application will be observed by our dedicated team.

We will respond to all successful applicants ASAP however, please be advised that we will always look to contact you further from this time should we need further applicants or if other opportunities arise relevant to your skillset.

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