EY Testing - WAM Functional Manager 

India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai 

943823234

As a Test manager in our quality engineering practice, you will work across our consulting teams to identify, sell, design, and lead end-to-end, complex, functional and automation test engagements in wealth and asset Management sector.

Your primary focus will be to work with our leading clients and their executive teams to define delivery approach, design, plan and execute functional and automation testing services and to support large scale agile transformation programs that drive growth and deliver long term value. You will also lead business development, driving discussions with clients and delivering market leading ideas and proposals to clients.
You will design the approach to delivering the engagement, assembling teams to deliver each work stream. You will also manage the relationships with clients and guide the overall delivery of value to clients. You will manage multiple high performing teams and lead the development of careers of colleagues.

Your expertise in Wealth and Asset management domain working on products like CRD, Aladdin building testing strategy to test through core module like Portfolio Analysis and Management, Order management, Trade settlement along with Middle office and back-office operations will be pivotal for this role.

Skills and attributes for success

• Manage and direct quality engineering team throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain robust testing strategies and processes, and ensure they are properly implemented and followed.
• Participate in planning, estimation, and scheduling processes for all testing activities.
• Ensure the execution of functional, integration, system, and regression through Manual and Automation test processes.
• Review application designs, requirements, and specifications to create comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Implement and manage quality control standards, methods, and procedures to ensure the software meets both technical and customer requirements.
• Identify, analyse, and mitigate risks related to software quality at each phase of the software development process.
• Coordinate with different teams, including software developers and project managers, to understand and incorporate their input in the testing processes.
• Maintain a detailed record of test results and relay these results to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Manage resources effectively ensuring on-time delivery of products.
• Mentor, coach and train the quality engineering team, promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Continually research and implement best testing practices, tools, and methods.
• Should be able to drive projects based out of global delivery model managing deliverables from APAC and EMEA regions
• Should be able to report to stakeholders - Test Status, KPI Metrics and Dashboard Reporting
• Expertise in Stakeholder Managements, Risk Management, Conflict Management
• Good Client interfacing skills & should have involved in client interactions.
• Collaborate with other team members to ensure proper delivery of the requirement.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and best practices in testing and automation to continuously improve the testing processes.

Academic and Work experience

• BE/BTech/MCA/M.Sc.
• 10+ years of UAT/Business testing experience in Wealth and asset management
• 2+ years of Test Management experience.
• Investment Banking/Capital Markets/Wealth and Asset Management with hands on experience in CRD (Charles River Development) application, Functional automation testing.
• Working experience in Agile environment with excellent stakeholder management skills.

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