Corporate Actions Testing IC Associate(1pm-9pm Shift)Wrexham/HybridCirca £30,000 - £35,000

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Being a member of the Corporate Actions Testing Team the Corporate Actions Testing IC Associate supports User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Corporate Actions.
• Corporate Actions UAT consists of support for the following functions: Voluntary & Mandatory Reorganisation, Issuer Services, Principal & Interest, Cash / Stock Distributions, International Dividends & US Tax Operations.
• The Corporate Actions Testing IC Associate demonstrates an aptitude for technology and working with financial systems.
• The role requires the individual to work with operations and development teams to write appropriate testing scripts and execute testing and reporting/remediation.
• The individual is a detail-oriented, methodical professional who will apply excellent communication skills in collaborating with team members.
• They will demonstrate a willingness to learn and advance their knowledge of software testing and quality assurance best practices with an added focus on automation.
• Requires knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle model (SILC), Agile and Waterfall methodologies, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), and JIRA reporting for issues. The individual will need in-depth knowledge of Corporate Actions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyses and understands business requirements
• Develops test plans and cases via ALM
• Reviews test plans/cases with stakeholders, obtains approval
• Executes test cases required for end-to-end testing on distributed and/or mainframe test environments
• Discovers, reports and tracks defects via JIRA
• Participates, takes ownership of workload, ensures deliverables are met while adhering to critical timeframes with the ability to manage competing priorities on projects and initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Stays current on changes in their own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up-to-date.
• Requires a functional understanding of distributed and/or mainframe test environments
• Strong knowledge of Corporate Actions and the securities industry in general
• Possesses an in-depth knowledge of the entire software implementation lifecycle (SILC)