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About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.
The role is required to perform hands on QA Manager initiative for QA technology projects.
The candidate will be a self-directed and highly motivated individual with minimum 7-10 years of QA Manager hands on testing experience using various test and project methodologies, tools and testing types. An attitude to do whatever it takes to get the project done and deliver by project deadlines. The main responsibilities will be to lead System or System Integration testing carried out in a waterfall or Iterative fashion.
1. Main duties, responsibilities and deliverables
- Taking responsibility for the project testing activities. This includes:
- Review requirements, solution, design and other project specific technical documentation
- Review Test documentation
- Provide resource and test effort estimation
- Produce the Project Test Plan (with re-planning where necessary)
- Analysing requirements and technical solutions in order to write Test Strategies for planned levels / phases of testing
- Produce Test Strategy and other project specific Test documentation
- Allocate tasks to team members and monitor team's progress
- Produce (or assist in producing) Requirements Traceability Matrix, Test Scenarios and Test Scripts
- Perform (or assist in) Test Execution and support Defect Management
- Identify and escalate Risks / Issues / Dependencies
- Provide regular progress reports to Project and QA Management
- Liaise with project stakeholders (internal to CLS and third party) to address for example knowledge gaps, queries and any other such dependencies
- Attend / arrange meetings, workshops.
- Primary point of communication for testers allocated to the specific project.
- Coordinates team of testers and activities across all modules.
- Provide training and assistance to testers to ensure they are following testing and defect reporting processes.
- Assign and conduct day-to-day management of sub QA team’s assigned projects, tasks, and activities.
- Performs the duties of a Tester as time from coordination allows; tests application to ensure it is working as specified, including use of test cases or on an ad-hoc basis, reports defects and other issues found during testing in the defect tracking system.
- Ensure testing commitments are met within the sub QA team and monitor assigned sub QA team projects for potential impacts to target dates or other Projects. Communicate potential impacts to target dates to the Lead QA.
- Manage the Jira (defect tracking) database for all testing phases (update, follow-up and escalate overdue issues).
- Review and estimate requirement change requests.
- Review and validate test results and defect reports by the Test Executers
- Initiate weekly testing status meetings with QA, Vendor and Project team
- Main project will be related to the CLS Settlement service
2. Supporting testing/training activities
Take responsibility for the support for other departments’ use of the testing environments. This includes:
- Assisting development team(s) in understanding Test Processes so as to enable them to do structured Component Integration Testing
- Assisting business staff in UAT activities
- Mentoring internal testing resources
- Sharing industry knowledge through ad-hoc workshops.
3. Following and maintaining processes and procedures
Following, implementing and maintaining processes and procedures for QA and Testing activities. This includes:
- Test analysis and Preparation processes
- Defect Management
- Reporting process
- Test Execution processes
- Identifying and advising on improvements to processes
Experience
- FX knowledge/experience is not mandatory.
Professional Experience
- Software Testing experience in the 'Financial Services' business domain (preferably in FX, Payment – RTGS, SWIFT)
- Extensive Software Testing experience, including roles within at least 5 medium to large projects
- Experience as a customer managing the delivery of at least one medium to large new system/ project (or a major enhancement of an existing operational system) from a Third Party IT Vendor
- Experience of managing or working with teams within an off-shore service model
- Experience in producing various Test artefacts including Test Strategy / Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Scripts
- Experience in Defect Management
- Experience in XMLs and database interrogation using SQL, Linux/Unix
- Familiarity with the CLS concept
- Familiarity with the ISO 20022 Universal financial industry message scheme.
Qualifications / certifications
Bachelor degree in a technical field, and with a minimum of 7-10 years relevant professional experience
Software Test Certification (CSTE , ISTQB)
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
CLS delivers a critical settlement service for the global FX market, processing more than USD 6.5 trillion of payment instructions every day. We... Read more