Lead Testing Services Consultant

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values - caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US

SimCorp is transforming the way we deliver services to our clients. We are looking for a highly motivated Lead Service Delivery Consultant with skills in testing and test automation. You will work in our global Validation and Test (V&T) delivery unit consisting of cross-located teams delivering high quality testing services embedded into Configuration and Upgrade projects. V&T is a client facing part of the SimCorp Global Managed Services organization.

In this role, you are to evaluate complex business requirements, design and implement test cases, conduct meetings with customers, ensure incident management and test results reporting. You will have a great opportunity to use your test expertise combined with automation experience to contribute to optimization and automation of testing services.

Being a member of the learning organization, you should keep updated and grow having the ability and willingness to apply knowledge in different areas and share experience. When operating at a high level, it is essential to be adept at working with others and providing meaningful contributions that affect team dynamics and collaborative efforts. We will work together to ensure that our customers gain the maximum benefit out of their investment.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Analyze and understand upgrade and implementation project artifacts, i.e. customer's requirements and scope, test plan and strategy, documentation, and reporting, etc.

• Support all phases of SimCorp Dimension upgrade and implementation project processes

• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test cases based on analyzed project artifacts

• Perform, monitor, and control prepared test cases and thoroughly report actual test outcomes vs expected results

• Provide incident management for failed tests via reporting detected issues and carrying them out through the whole defect lifecycle

• Participate in test automation, application of up-to-date tools and methodologies in testing including cloud-based solutions

• Collaborate closely with product development and business units at SimCorp

• Participate in pre-testing kickoffs with clients identifying and documenting detailed workflows for efficient test implementation

What we value

• Degree within Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Maths.

• Knowledge of software upgrade and implementation project processes, Software Testing Life Cycle, incident management, standard test deliverables

• Have 7+ year experience in testing role working on complex systems most effectively within a financial domain

• Previous experience in test automation would be beneficial

• A relevant software testing qualification/s e.g. ISTQB (or equivalent) is recommended

• Unsupervised design, development and implementation of test automation scripts is beneficial.

• Familiar with SQL able to write basic scripts to manipulate data

• Comprehensive knowledge of MS Office Applications

• Ability to carry out tasks alone as well as in a cross-functional team

• Understanding of the Agile practices and frameworks

• Familiarity with SimCorp Dimension benefits candidates, though it's not a mandatory requirement.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• EMEA shift hours (May change depending on business needs)

• Hybrid working arrangement (2x a week in office)

Benefits:

SimCorp offers several benefits that might play a significant factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. Since we operate in 30+ offices worldwide, the benefits package may vary from country to country.

Take advantage of this section and indicate the most-valued benefits for candidates, considering training and certification, as well as benefits that can improve a candidate's work-life balance, such as flexible hours, vacation time, work-from-home options, etc. Please note that this may not be possible for multiple location postings due to the difference in benefits.

Next steps:

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

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