State Street - AVP - Agile Testing - IMS

Key Responsibilities / Experience / Qualification / Key Skills / Attributes :

Must - IT Experience - Understand SDLC process

Experience in Waterfall/Agile models

Business Analysis: Requirements Gathering, Creation of Business Artefacts - BRD, BSD, FSD

Must - Testing :

- Creation of test cases and test case reviews Design and document Test data requirements for various phases of testing Test execution and

- Testing Life Cycle - Experience on HP QC (Quality Center) / JIRA / ALM

- User acceptance Testing experience- Preferred Investment Management - Functional Testing experience

- Ability to plan and execute activities based on project milestones and report to Test Lead

- Hands on experience in - User acceptance Testing Work experience in BFSI and products like below

Domain Experience :

- Must - Experience in Assets/Financial Instruments: FI, Equities, Derivatives, FX/Money Markets

- Must - Experience across Middle/Back office (Front Office - Understanding is a must)

- Post trade events and Life cycle management of products

- End to End Trade Processing in Middle office

- Receipt of trades (eg: FPML,SWIFT formats), Trade validation / Confirmation process, Downstream processing to Investment book of records (IBOR), various asset types, Pricing process, validation in Data warehouse, Reporting to Client]

IT process :

- Work closely with Business (Test case reviews/ops readiness) and IT teams (deployments/fixes)

- Ability to perform and deliver under pressure

- Good understanding of Testing fundamentals

- Excel - Good expertise

- SQL - Desirable

- VB script/macros - Desirable

- Quality Centre Highly desirable

- State Street IMS application experience - Good to have

Soft Skills :

- Excellent communication skills

- Analysis & Problem Solving skill

- Positive Attitude

- Good level of Client interaction & Stakeholder Engagement

Job Description & Responsibilities :

E2E Trade processing testing in the Middle Office for the new clients on boarded including -

- Trade capture/Enrichment from the client system

- Trade Confirmation

- Trade Settlement/Notifications

- Record Keeping/Accounting - Portfolio/Fund Accounting

- Validation of Reports to the client

- Testing/QA - Test case creation and Test execution Defects - Logging and tracking till closure in QC Documentation of defect workarounds and obtain sign off from Business Coordination with US / UK and third-party vendors or SSC Clients Daily Status reporting to Test Lead.

- Flexibility to work in UK hours (when required)

- Work together with SSC vendors - both offshore and onsite teams