Functional Tester

Pay rate range - $60/hr. to $65/hr. on W2Hybrid- twice a week in office, subject to changeWorking hours: 9-5 ESTJob Description:Role Mandate:Managing and tracking currency maintenance, requirement documentation, project delivery, risk/problem identification and remediation, security compliance, business as usual (BAU) support, process optimization and roadmap alignment for Branch QA finances.Role Responsibilities:• Conducts independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues.• Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.• Monitors and tracks performance, and addresses any issues.• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.• Leads and implements core initiatives with complete test strategies.• Able to develop test automation suites, design frameworks, and define standards.• Oversees several test projects simultaneously and provides scheduling support to operations.• Ensures that systems and software are functionally appropriate, technically sound and well integrated.• Reviews, evaluates, and derives requirements for testability.• Designs, develops, executes, and maintains testing strategies and plans to ensure stability and efficiency, enabling a seamless customer experience.• Executes and verifies test cases as part of the overall functional testing of Information Technology products as well as reporting defects and test results to the stakeholders.• Recommends approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes and systems in the organization to improve overall efficiency and improve the bank.• Ensures the accuracy and consistency of test results through documentation processes. Follows CLIENT's SDLC process.• Communicates the overall quality of a deliverable and ensures metrics are used to drive delivery and identify any areas of concern.• Participates in programs/projects across the enterprise.• Participates as an active stakeholder in every initiative, driving quality based on fact-based metrics.• Ensures development teams' unit testing practices are in place and confirms core criteria met prior to integrated testing delivery.• Proactively provides improvement opportunities to the team to enhance the customer experience.• Drives the testing automation capabilities.• Identifies opportunities to strengthen the quality assurance capability, such as: sharing expertise to promote technical development, mentoring employees, building communities of practice and networks.• Stays abreast of industry technical and business trends through participation in professional associations, practice communities & individual learning.• Focus is primarily on business/group within CLIENT; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.• Works independently on a range of complex tasks, which may include unique situations.• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.Must Have Skills:• Have past working experience in managing finances in clarity/PPM.• Primary metric - Customer Connect application knowledge and working experience.• 10+ years of work experience in IT or business environment and/or B.S./B.A. in computer science, engineering, information systems, math or business. Is another degree fine as well?• Knowledge of the SDLC, testing concepts, methodologies, metrics, and automated testing frameworks• Problem solving skills including the ability to troubleshoot and identify problem areas throughout testing.• Able to analyze data and use testing metrics to highlight improvement opportunities.• In-depth verbal & written communication skills• Ability to communicate and manage with multiple PMs and finance teams on test estimations/finances/portfolio management/clarity related aspects/ financial reconciliations.• In-depth collaboration & team skills• In-depth analytical and problem solving skills• In-depth influence skills• Data driven decision making