Manual Tester

Department overview

S&P Global provides innovative products and services that enhance transparency, reduce risk and improve operational efficiency. Our customers include banks, hedge funds, asset managers, central banks, regulators, auditors, fund administrators and insurance companies. We develop large scale technology platforms and enterprise software to produce global financial data with focus on analysis and regulatory requirements.

thinkFolio is a leading provider of cross-asset portfolio modelling and management tools, compliance and trading functions for asset managers on the buy side



Position summary

thinkFolio require a hands-on Quality Assurance Test Analyst with a strong track record of maintaining best practice in a fast-moving industry. The candidate will be joining a team of experienced QA analysts working on exciting new deliveries as well as maintaining existing software. The role will require knowledge of buy side trading workflows and an understanding of different asset classes, with a testing background in the financial services. There will be scope to learn afresh, or expand upon an existing skillset, in automation, specifically writing tests in a cucumber format for applicable features.

thinkFolio is engaged with multiple projects to better on-board new clients, support new complex business workflows and a multi-year expansion program to expand the core capabilities of the platform and more generally help build out our best of breed platform to support this growing business. The QA Analyst will work as part of scrum teams to test new and existing features on the platform, working closely with engineers and product stakeholders, as well as fellow team members.



Duties & accountabilities

Work with product owners, engineers and senior stakeholders to define the test scope required for projects and user stories

Assisting with maintaining and executing regression test packs

Ability to prioritize tasks against team objectives and business needs

Involvement in test planning and preparation

A questioning mentality with great attention to detail and energized by finding defects

Communicating risks, blockers, delays or deviations that impede test execution

Defects reported and communicated in a timely manner, managing high priority issues through to resolution

Provide reliable estimates for all testing tasks and managing time effectively

Build up knowledge and understanding of the current application and business domain

Working in Agile focused delivery teams

Writing high quality reusable test cases

Work well in a team environment

Drive innovation and adaption of best practices

Solution focused



Education and experience

ISEB certified tester

8+ years of Quality Assurance experience

Strong understanding of different asset classes, trading workflows and the trade lifecycle

Experience working in an agile environment

thinkFolio product experience or equivalent for PMS or OMS functions

Ability to deliver high quality test cases in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Understanding of BDD and Cucumber (nice to have)



Commercial awareness

Preference for exposure to multi-asset OMS / PMS platforms



Personal competencies

Passionate about QA processes and best practice

Displays energy, drive and stamina

Analytical and can work with business stakeholders

Open minded, flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations

Comfortable working with global teams operating across different time zones



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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.



If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.



US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf describes discrimination protections under federal law.



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Job ID: 284133

Posted On: 2023-03-27

Location

London, United Kingdom