Test Specialist

Acts as a trusted advisor to assigned business group

Influences and negotiates to achieve business objectives

Assists in the development of strategic plans

Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision making

Makes recommendations to the business group and project team on the strategy approach and rigor of UAT required based on the Enterprise UAT Operating Guideline and Process and Industry best practices

May review the work of other UAT analysts to ensure quality of work

Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders

Helps determine business priorities and best sequence for execution of business group strategy

Conducts independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues

Supports the UAT intake process by making decisions regarding the prioritization of work assignments based on project timelines and workload

Acts on behalf of the business and Accountable Executive

Develops leads the strategy of UAT across various projects typically for large complex projects Class A B projects

Coordinates the management of databases ensures alignment and integration of data in adherence with data governance standards

Monitors and tracks performance and addresses any issues

Designs and produces regular and adhoc reports and dashboards

Coordinates the work of UAT Testers and acts as a senior resource on the team and provides feedback on the tests plans

Builds change management plans of varying scope and type leads or participates in a variety of change management activities including readiness assessments planning stakeholder management execution evaluation and sustainment of initiatives

Leads or participates in defining the communication plan designed to positively influence or change behaviour develops tailored messaging and identifies appropriate distribution channels

Manages significantly more business users to perform testing based on the complexity of the projects supported eg 25 business users

Directs the planning implementation of operational programs and executes within required service level agreements and standards

Performs user acceptance testing for projects of various complexities including but not limited to developing managing the test strategy creating reviewing test cases to ensure traceability executing test cases escalating issues logging outcomes facilitating participating in defect meetings reviewing validating defect resolutions and developing the exit report

Develops UAT solutions and makes recommendations based on an understanding of the business strategy and stakeholder needs

Provides advice and guidance to assigned business group on implementation of UAT solutions

Develops and maintains in-depth knowledge of end to end business processes and project requirements through close partnership with business group stakeholders

Coordinates the appropriate parties to execute the overall test plan for project including identifying key participants to execute the plan providing estimates on the UAT cycle determining the UAT schedule prioritizing test execution monitoring the test progress and escalating as required

Collaborates with internal external stakeholders to provide business context in the design develop and implementation of UAT solutions

Builds effective relationships with internal external stakeholders

Leads or participates in change management activities of varying scope and type

Breaks down strategic problems and analyses data and information to provide UAT insights and recommendations

Monitors and tracks UAT performance results and addresses any

Mandatory Skills : Card Acquiring Domain, Card Issuing Domain, Functional/System Testing, InSprint Testing, Payments (SWIFT, ISO20022, Real-Time, Instant, Request to Pay, Domestic, Cross-Border, High Value, Low Value and Mass Payments), Regression Testing, RTM -Testing, SIT -Testing, SQL & Database testing, Test Design and Execution -Testing, Test Reports and Dashboards -Testing, User Acceptance Testing