Quality Assurance Analyst

As a Quality Assurance Analyst at our leading global investment management firm, AB, you will be responsible for managing the testing program for the Business Process Management team in an agile, dynamic environment. Your role will involve developing a testing strategy, managing a testing team, supervising test automation, and ensuring the quality delivery of projects. You will collaborate with business partners, business analysts, and systems developers to create effective test plans and cases. Communication with stakeholders to keep them informed of testing progress and outcomes will also be a key aspect of your role. You must excel in both traditional QA best practices and agile methodology, analyzing business requirements, creating test plans, and working closely with users and developers to create test cases for new functionality. Utilizing both manual and automated testing techniques, you will be responsible for analyzing complex functional requirements, designing test strategies, and authoring comprehensive test plans and scripts. Managing an offshore QA team, validating system data, and ensuring system integrity will also be part of your responsibilities. Key Job Responsibilities: - Analyzing complex functional requirements, designing test strategy, and authoring comprehensive test plans and scripts - Collaborating with project managers, business analysts, and business partners to understand and analyze business requirements - Managing an offshore QA team for test case development and regression testing - Reviewing and validating system data and product quality - Developing, reviewing, and documenting plans for both automated and manual functional, integration, and regression tests - Identifying, reporting, and managing defects - Providing accurate testing status to leadership and project teams - Participating in process improvements and advocating for the end-user experience Job Qualifications: Qualifications, Experience, Education: - BS in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Economics, or related major - 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance with strong fundamentals in functional, regression, and exploratory testing - 5+ years of experience in testing complex enterprise applications with multiple integrations in Windows and Web-based systems - Experience in testing complex reports and Salesforce testing - Experience in the finance industry or with financial systems/data is preferred - Experience in leading testing projects for cross-functional systems - Keen understanding of SDLC and STLC Skills: - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Experience in writing, managing, and executing end-to-end test plans and cases - Analytical and problem-solving skills - Detail-oriented, self-starter, and team player - Ability to work in an agile environment and prioritize tasks - Working knowledge of JIRA for release management and issue tracking - Experience with relational database technology and SQL queries - Experience working with local and international teams - Experience with automation tools such as Playwright and Provar is a plus Location: Pune, India,