UKI Technology Consulting - Automation Test Manager

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you, we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

EY has a number of career opportunities available, and we are interested in meeting candidates who are looking for a new challenge, one where you can develop your range of skills significantly. Be that a move out of industry into practice, or from within practice into advisory services. We are looking for future leaders with a genuine creative vision and confidence to make it happen. Our opportunities will allow you to apply your expertise to a variety of projects whilst offering you excellent career progression opportunities.

The team and the opportunity

At EY, our highly talented and motivated Digital Assurance and Quality Engineering team specializes in Data Transformation and Testing Services for our clients. We offer a comprehensive range of functional testing services, including requirements-based testing, integration testing, system testing, regression testing, and acceptance testing. Through agile QA and testing practices, we enable faster time-to-market, flexibility, and adaptability to changing requirements, along with automation and continuous testing to drive improved efficiencies. Our expertise extends to technical testing services such as test automation, API and microservices testing, mobile device testing, performance testing, and ETL testing, ensuring quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.

As a Automation Test Manager, by joining the Technology consulting team, you will be helping our clients solve a whole range of challenges - from the requirement to respond to the ever-changing demands of the market, to working on large and complex transformation programmes that truly transform our clients’ ways of working, as part of this growing team, you will also get to help shape the innovative culture that makes EY such a great place to work. If you have a keen interest in Technology Enabled Change, as well as intellectual curiosity and energy, then Technology Consulting could be exactly the right place for you and your next career move.

You will play a key role in supporting the development and strengthen existing client relationships and help our clients, who are leaders in the Financial Services industry, navigate the complex finance issues facing their business. As part of this growing team, you will also get to help shape the innovative culture that makes EY such a great place to work.

What we offer and how we will support your Career progression

Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

Continuous learning: Personalised career development including coaching, experiences and formal learning so you’ll develop the mindset and skills you’ll need to thrive in the future. Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

Career progression:

When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one. As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, with a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Your experience in EY will also include:

• Free enrolment in EY’s Tech MBA Programme accredited by Hult International Business School
• Discounted health insurance
• Pension
• The purchase of additional annual leave
• Hybrid Working model

Your key responsibilities

As a Automation Test Manager within the Digital Assurance and Quality Engineering Team at EY, you will play a vital role as an essential part of our multi-disciplinary and high-performing team. This team is composed of individuals with extensive experience in helping various public and private organizations solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Your role will involve leading the testing efforts in one or more of the following areas

• You will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of IT Projects through methodologies such as Agile Scrum/Kanban and traditional Waterfall (when required), leveraging your domain knowledge and sector experience
• Create high-quality work products and act as a subject matter resource on one or more services, leveraging knowledge and experience to shape services to client problems
• Understand all our service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients.
• Maintains focus so that projects deliver on key priorities and dependencies.
• Build strong internal relationships within Assurance and across the other service lines we work with and support.
• Be responsible for your own self-development, and maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills
• Actively contribute to EY’s Quality Assurance & Testing Community of practice
• Understand all our consulting service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients and be able to build meaningful external relationships with our clients and internal relationships across service lines.
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A strong academic record including a third level degree, preferably in a business or IT related discipline, from a recognised third level institution
• QA accreditation (ISTQB Foundation, ISTQB Test Automation Engineer or a similar IT accreditation from a recognised third level institution or accreditation body)
• Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in full time test automation role and at least 2 years in a Test Automation Manager role.
• Experience of one or more technology areas including but not limited to ERP, CRM. Digital Workplace, CX, Cloud Migration and/or integrations, Data & Analytics, RPA, Emerging Tech, IoT, Blockchain and AI enabled solutions.
• Experience in Agile/ DevOps and/or traditional environments
• Identify the appropriate scope of test automation on a per project/system/technology basis.
• Incorporate best practice into the automation testing and governance process.
• Develops, modifies, and executes automation test strategies and plans.
• Demonstrate experience of scripting skills with 1 or more languages (Java, C#, Python, JavaScript)
• Proven experience in building and implementing test frameworks using tooling such as Selenium, Cypress, Eggplant or UFT.
• Experience using Cucumber BDD frameworks
• Experience in Mobile Test Automation using Appium
• Experience in webservice / API testing
• Develop, execute, and debug automated tests
• Experience using version control software e.g. GIT, Bitbucket
• Experience of using Test Management tools including Issue tracking tools.
• Manage the allocation of project work and resources to ensure all projects meet the agreed test timelines
• Knowledge of Testing Standards and approaches.
• Proven experience in coaching and mentoring automation test teams.
• Good time management and organizational skills to meet deliverables.
• Excellent communication skills - tailoring communications to suit a mix of audiences
• Experience leveraging AI-powered testing tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, GenAI-assisted test automation solutions) to improve test design, automation development and productivity.
• Understanding of AI/Generative AI testing concepts, including validation of AI-generated outputs, prompt testing, and Responsible AI considerations such as bias, security and privacy.
• Experience implementing intelligent test automation practices, including AI-assisted test case generation, self-healing automation frameworks and risk-based test optimisation

Ideally, you will also have:

• Experience in one or more of our focus industries including Power & Utilities, Financial Services, Government & Public Sector, Life Sciences, Consumer Goods, Tech and Media, Advanced Manufacturing / Industry 4.0
• Have structured approach to problem solving and be a self-starter with the ability to work independently managing your own workload with an attention to detail
• Ability to quickly research and learn new technologies, tools, and techniques.

Inclusion & Diversity

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

CIPD 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Winner, GreatPlaceToWork’s Top 20 UK’s Best Workplaces for Women 2020 (Super Large Category) And Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2019 & 2020.