Empleos de quality assurance

Requisition ID: 244139

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Join a purpose driven winning team that promotes creativity and innovation in a fast-paced environment, where we’re always committed to results, in an inclusive, diverse, and high-performing culture.

Purpose

The incumbent is responsible for execute, supervise and coordinate the testing of medium to large projects using multiple delivery channels across various platform. The incumbent is also responsible to assess the risk and quality of changes and enhancements in existing applications and processes which support the Bank network.

Accountabilities

1. Assist the Senior Manager/Project Manager in resolving highly complex, multi-faceted problems to meet the needs of the supported Line of Business, by applying their financial and technological knowledge to the design of test methodologies, models, and/or systems solutions.

2. Development of detail Test plan and monitoring of progress against planned objectives. Participate in the systems implementation process performing testing, defining user procedures and workflows, developing conversion and implementation strategies, verifying conversion, providing user documentation, providing user training, and providing post-implementation support.

3.Provide business support to all global units, including new and existing product and deal structuring, user training, and assisting with the design and implementation of systems enhancements. This is made more challenging due to differences in time zones and the variation in the business lines. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that management is kept informed, and that problems and issues are escalated appropriately.

4. Continually evaluate priorities for various projects in response to directional changes and take decisive action as required.

5. Assess the results of QAT tests and take appropriate action, work closely with development group to resolve defects, escalate issues to management when necessary, make recommendation for Production readiness.

6. Participate in the systems implementation process performing testing. Development of detail Test plan and monitoring of progress against planned objectives. Defining user procedures and workflows, developing conversion and implementation strategies

7. Work with project team during development cycle to ensure business and technical requirement have been fulfilled; contribute recommendations and assessments to ongoing project reviews.

Dimensions:

• The incumbent is responsible for undertaking small projects (< 100 workdays) and participating on large projects (> 500 workdays), with budgets of approximately $500,000. The systems developed are on-line real time, mission critical applications to support the trading and risk management operations where the consequence of implementing functionality based on inaccurate requirements could expose the Bank to significant losses or undue risk.
• The incumbent is guided by Bank policy and receives general supervision from both the Director and the Senior Manager, and direction from individual Project Managers. The incumbent is expected to function independently to ensure that the project's objectives are met, while ensuring that management is kept informed and that problems are escalated appropriately.

Education and experience

• A recognized under-graduate degree in business, econometrics, mathematics or a related discipline, along with 3-5 years of practical experience is required.
• The incumbent must have a very good knowledge of testing methodology, procedures, and standards. With the ability to adapt quickly and decisively to changing priorities.
• Manual Test execution and Postman execution experience require.
• Good understanding of the current financial instruments, including market conventions and valuation methods, and risk management methodologies and models including best practices, current and anticipated regulatory requirements, Back Office processes, and the end-to-end workflows among the Front, Middle, and Back Offices, within at least one financial market area and a good knowledge of at least one other financial market area.
• The incumbent must be a creative, self starting, results-oriented, and highly motivated individual with very good analytical skills in order to apply this knowledge to assist in the resolution of complex business problems.
• Further, the incumbent must possess very good interpersonal and communication skills in order to effectively work with end users and members of a project team. The incumbent is expected to use diplomacy, judgement, and persuasion to secure agreement and co-operation from departments involved in a project.
• The incumbent must also possess a good understanding of current EDP practices, systems development techniques, including requirements specification and testing methodologies, real-time analytical and formal modelling tools, and keep current with rapidly changing technology.

Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence

Location(s): Colombia : Bogota : Bogota

ScotiaTech is a business unit within ScotiaGBS, a Scotiabank Group company located in Bogota, Colombia. The ScotiaTech hub was created to support different technology systems and processes of the Bank. We offer an inclusive, positive work environment, and competitive benefits.

At ScotiaTech, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at ScotiaTech; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.