QA Manager - Capital Markets - SMBC
Jersey City, NJ 07311
About the Job
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $190,000.00 and $227,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.
Role Description
We are looking for experienced professionals in Capital Markets Quality Assurance with a strong background in front office and operations technology. The ideal candidate will have expertise in functional testing with exposure to trading systems, trade lifecycle, booking, and settlements platforms.
Role Objectives
• Build out a QA team to support the front, middle and back office systems.
• Identify and build a strategy for testing, test automation, defect tracking and integrated testing.
• Understand business requirements and define test strategies/plans for applications.
• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, test data, test backups, and other QA artifacts.
• Build out QA workflow to ensure controls and effectiveness are in place.
• Execute test scripts via automation tools.
• Conduct smoke/sanity tests using automation for test readiness.
• Identify regression cases and participate in developing test suites.
• Perform integration, regression, compatibility, and user acceptance testing phases.
• Develop utilities to enhance QA efficiencies.
• Participate in daily Agile standups, iteration planning, product demos, and application walkthroughs.
• Maintain and track test deliverables in test management tools.
• Collaborate with business and development teams to deliver work items without ambiguity.
• Replicate production defects in lower environments.
Qualifications and Skills
• 10-12 years of professional experience in delivering large multifunctional projects.
• Extensive experience in designing and executing test cases for GUI testing, functionality, regression, and integration testing.
• Good understanding and analysis of business requirements and functional specifications.
• In-depth domain knowledge in capital markets and front office processes & systems.
• Ability to work with total commitment towards teamwork.
• Able to work independently with clients, BAs, and project teams spread across various locations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Prior functional testing experience with a minimum of 7+ years.
• Strong functional and application testing skillset.
• Ability to review and understand complex concepts at a detailed level.
• Expertise in creating and maintaining test sets for complex application workflows.
• Proficiency with different automation tools and capability of executing test cases via automation tools.
• Experience working in a distributed team environment.
• Good problem-solving, communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
• Knowledge in writing SQL queries.
• Proficiency with scripting, Python, Java
• Strong practical experience using Scrum, Agile modeling, and adaptive software development.
• Hands-on experience with test management tools and defect tracking tools like Jira, RTC, etc.
Preferred Experience:
• Experience working with Capital Markets products like Fixed Income, Equities, Structured Products –Derivatives, Repos, Securities Lending, Secondary Loan Trading spanning from Front office to Back office including Risk and Finance.
• QA coordinator with a proven track record of stakeholder engagement and management.
• Hands-on experience in test strategy, test planning, test estimation, test execution, and defect management.
Additional Requirements
D&I Commitment
Responsible for fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion, holding leaders accountable for creating an inclusive environment through awareness and practice of equity in recruiting, developing, and promoting diverse talent.
SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.
