Test Manager -Credit/Market Risk recruitment

 Responsibilities: 

Test Requirement analysis, capture and documentation

Test Requirement’ management through the project lifecycle to realisation of business benefits

Defining and/or managing all Test phases of the project lifecycle

Defining and getting agreement on Test Strategy, Test Plans and approach depending on project needs

Facilitating preparation of test cases/scripts, data and expected results

Reviewing test strategies and plans for other testing phases

Ensuring testing is carried out to agreed processes and standards

Providing leadership guidance to those undertaking testing

Identifying, analysing, and responding to project risks

Managing changes to project scope

Managing defect process

Communicating status to management 

Skills required: 

Understanding of some/all of the following - Market Risk, Credit Risk, Basel and VaR

Understanding of Front-to-Back processes

Analysis skills:

Evidence of understanding the business drivers of projects

Evidence of understanding the business requirements at a detailed level

Demonstrable experience of (test) requirements’ management

Demonstrable experience of managing business requirements’ transformation into (test) requirements for IT systems

Evidence of clear, concise and structured approach to documentation, especially test strategies, plans and results

Experience in writing UAT plans to target data validation, functionality and business process

People Skills:

Proven experience of effective direct interaction with investment banking end users

 Ability to communicate and present both business concepts to a technical audience and IT concepts to a business audience

Proven ability to understand differing points of view of a range of stakeholders

Proven ability to negotiate and influence others

Software Development Life Cycle Skills:

Requirements’ management processes

Complete SDLC and testing know-how documentation

Proven ability to implement test approaches for complex solutions

Experience of taking ownership for delivery of a number of test phases

Experience of a structured approach to communication on a project

Defect/issue tracking reporting processes