Test Manager (Financial Services)

Test Manager (Financial Services)

Preference will be given to previously disadvantaged candidates.

Location: Pretoria, Gauteng.

Position Overview

There is an exciting vacancy available for a Test Manager at a leading financial services group, within their Business Solutions and Technology Department.

The main purpose of this position is to oversee the design, development and execution of test strategies, test plans and test cases that verify software conformance to the defined acceptance criteria (i.e. system behaviours), feature design documents and application standards to ensure the delivery of quality solutions for the group.

Key Performance Areas

• Conduct functional and non-functional / technical testing , integration, usability, configuration, installation, system, regression, performance, user acceptance and operations readiness testing.
• People leadership.
• Perform gap analyses and analyse business requirements.
• Create test strategies , approaches and test cases, including test estimation, to maintain a structured approach during testing.
• Plan, design, develop and deploy testing techniques for new solutions, products, applications and enhancements to existing applications throughout their development life cycles.
• Stay updated with advancements in information and communications technology trends.
• Generate progress and quality reports that include test results and statistics to support the final approval for solution implementation.
• Assist in creating user manuals.
• Engage with internal and external user communities to ensure that business benefits are realised.

To be considered for this position, one must have:

• A completed Honour’s Degree (NQF 8) in Information Technology (IT) or an equivalent qualification.
• A minimum of 8 to 10 years’ experience in both functional and non-functional testing IT environment .
• Certification from the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and a Database or Structured Query Language (SQL) qualification.

If you meet all the requirements specified above, and interested to further the process, kindly send your detailed CV to Patricia Jacobs at ***email_hidden***

• Medical Aid.
• Performance Bonus.
• Provident Fund.
• Group Life Assurance.

a leading financial services group