AO/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 this role, you will work in an agile and dynamic environment, developing a testing strategy, managing a testing team, supervising test automation, and ensuring the quality delivery of projects. Collaboration with business partners, business analysts, and systems developers will be essential to create effective test plans and cases. Your role will also involve facilitating communication with stakeholders to keep them informed about testing progress and outcomes. You should be adept at both traditional QA best practices, such as analyzing business requirements and creating test plans, and agile methodology, which involves working closely with users and developers to create test cases for new functionalities. You will utilize both manual and automated testing techniques to support these approaches. Key responsibilities of the role include: - Analyzing complex functional requirements, researching current processes, designing test strategies, and collaborating with business analysts and developers to author comprehensive test plans and scripts. - Managing an offshore QA team for test case development and regression testing. - Reviewing and validating system data and product quality to ensure system integrity. - Developing, reviewing, and documenting plans for automated and manual functional, integration, and regression tests. - Executing functional, compatibility, and regression tests across various environments. - Identifying, reporting, and managing defects. - Providing support for smoke testing of production releases after regular business hours. - Communicating accurate testing status to leadership and project teams. - Participating in process improvements and advocating for the end-user experience. To be successful in this role, you should have: - A BS in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Economics, or a related major. - 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance with strong fundamentals, functional testing, regression testing, and exploratory testing. - Experience in testing complex enterprise applications with multiple integrations, both in Windows and Web-based systems. - Experience in testing complex reports and/or Salesforce testing. - Knowledge of finance industry or financial systems/data is preferred. - Ability to formulate testing strategies with limited documentation. - Proficiency in writing, managing, and executing end-to-end test plans and cases. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. - Detail-oriented, self-starter, and team player. - Ability to work in an agile environment, juggle tasks, and meet deadlines. - Knowledge of JIRA for release management and issue tracking. - Experience with relational database technology and SQL queries. - Experience working with local and international teams. - Familiarity with automation tools like Playwright and Provar is a plus. If you are ready to challenge your limits, thrive in a collaborative environment, and contribute to our mission of being our clients" most valued asset-management partner, we invite you to join us in Pune, India.,