Quality Assurance -QA (Reg Reporting)

Join us as a “Quality Assurance -QA (Reg Reporting)" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with, Java skills as well as job-specific skillsets.

To be successful as a “Quality Assurance -QA (Reg Reporting) ", you should have experience with:

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Testing: Good understanding of Testing Techniques (BVA, Equivalence partitioning, State transition), basic Unix commands, excel macros, Defect life cycle, JIRA X-ray and traceability.

• Test Automation: core java, SQL server (more importantly complex SQL queries), XML (x-path creation and reading), Jenkins job parameterization and execution, JUnit (Mockito and Mockit) and SonarQube integration to test individual services Java, SQL, and Automation Testing

• To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability.

• To test/deliver the strategic reporting architecture with feeds from authoritative data source into local reporting systems, removing workarounds put in place as controls to mitigate the current reporting gaps.

• creating Test Bed/Test Harness for system testing/integration testing. 

• Experience in Regression testing to do end to end testing to make sure that the changes done are not impacting existing production environment.

• Strong analytical abilities , Excellent Communication Skills along with good interpersonal abilities to collaborate effectively, able to perform under pressure, flexible to accommodate extended working hours.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Knowledge on Trading Applications and Experience in its testing/support of reporting for reconciliation/ Regulatory Reporting is preferred

• Knowledge/Awareness of cucumber, API testing, Investment banking basics and basic knowledge of regulatory reporting for regulators like MiFID, JFSA, MMSR, SFTR, ESMA, FCA, etc.

This role will be based out of Pune.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues.         .
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria, ensuring a thorough understanding of the software being tested.
• Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.