Corporate Actions Testing IC Associate
(1pm-9pm Shift)
Wrexham/Hybrid
Circa £30,000 - £35,000
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Being a member of the Corporate Actions Testing Team the Corporate Actions Testing IC Associate supports User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Corporate Actions.
- Corporate Actions UAT consists of support for the following functions: Voluntary & Mandatory Reorganisation, Issuer Services, Principal & Interest, Cash / Stock Distributions, International Dividends & US Tax Operations.
- The Corporate Actions Testing IC Associate demonstrates an aptitude for technology and working with financial systems.
- The role requires the individual to work with operations and development teams to write appropriate testing scripts and execute testing and reporting/remediation.
- The individual is a detail-oriented, methodical professional who will apply excellent communication skills in collaborating with team members.
- They will demonstrate a willingness to learn and advance their knowledge of software testing and quality assurance best practices with an added focus on automation.
- Requires knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle model (SILC), Agile and Waterfall methodologies, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), and JIRA reporting for issues. The individual will need in-depth knowledge of Corporate Actions.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Analyses and understands business requirements
- Develops test plans and cases via ALM
- Reviews test plans/cases with stakeholders, obtains approval
- Executes test cases required for end-to-end testing on distributed and/or mainframe test environments
- Discovers, reports and tracks defects via JIRA
- Participates, takes ownership of workload, ensures deliverables are met while adhering to critical timeframes with the ability to manage competing priorities on projects and initiatives.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Stays current on changes in their own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up-to-date.
- Requires a functional understanding of distributed and/or mainframe test environments
- Strong knowledge of Corporate Actions and the securities industry in general
- Possesses an in-depth knowledge of the entire software implementation lifecycle (SILC)