Test Analyst

Job Description

• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with project stakeholders, Interface teams and Performance Test team during planning, preparation & execution stage to ensure quality of delivery
• Demonstrate team work and collaborative efforts always and create a healthy & vibrant work environment in the work place
• Prepare and publish Demand & Supply of testing resources to application delivery team and ensure optimum use of testing resources
• Ensure Test strategizing & planning, budgeting, estimating, tracking and running the tests is as per the plans and within approved Budgets.
• Ensure tests cycles are run as per the Quality Processes, and under the Governance structure agreed with all stake-holders in the Test Strategies and Test plans
• All Test artefacts prepared by self and the team, meets the Testing standards & process requirements
• Develop skills set of the team on automation tools & utilities consistently
• All projects testing to be delivered within the estimated cost & schedule and with quality outcome
• Manage day-to-day testing activities and provide timely resolution of the issues reported by the team
• Highlight risks proactively to project stakeholders, work collaboratively with them to mitigate any project risks, to resolve any critical issues and try to bring the project on track during testing phase
• Ensure all the test results/evidences are available, defect logging and make sure the correctness of defect classification by the team as per the guideline document
• Ensure that test managers and teams work closely with the delivery functions and comply with testing, configuration and release management processes for the projects responsible.
• Work closely with Programme Managers to minimize duplication of effort
• Ensure the quality of the status reports such as DSR, WSR & MSR prepared by the team/self, and make sure the reports contain, concise & precise testing progress update, risks & issues and relevant testing metrics
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting & surface key issues / risk to Management
• Provide inputs to management to enhance the quality of testing, testing efficiency, new testing approach, productivity improvement and thereby reduce the testing window/timelines
• Deliver key technology enablers & Testing transformation initiatives as planned for the year
• Perform resource capacity planning (ramp up /down, increasing strength of automation resources and Perm staff) on regular basis, based on the BOW, D&S and Organisation / Business function policy
• Adhere to the company s Compliance requirements & Policy standards
• Follow the Organisation s QA process, Testing standards & controls
• Facilitate regular (at least monthly) team discussions on risk awareness, operation and risk control improvements, lessons learnt from incidents and identify best practices to strengthen the team s operational risk awareness and knowledge.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Domain Banking
• Specialisation Payments/Collections/Messaging
• Sound knowledge in swift payment infrastructure.
• Sound knowledge in ISO payment infrastructure.
• Well versed knowledge and experience in payment messages such as MT103,202,202Cov, MT199,299, 192,101,102,203 etc.
• Experience in the clearing markets such US, Germany, UK
• Good knowledge and experience in FED and CHIPS messages.
• Good knowledge experience in Chaps messages and clearing Mechanism.
• Good knowledge and experience in SEPA messages and NACHA clearing Mechanism
• Good knowledge in ISO20022 message types such as (pacs, pain and camt )messages.
• Tools: HP ALM, JIRA, MS Project
• Automation: Selenium, Java, UFT
• Certification: ISTQB/CSQA/CSM/PMP

,

Keyskills :
automation toolsoperational riskdefect logginghp almcapacity planningcustomer relationsfinancial marketstest casesautomationrisk controlregression testingreporting