Testing Associate

J.P. Morgan is seeking an Associate to provide Business Testing Analysis for the Markets LOB; in a cross business, cross functional project-based environment.  Flexibility to provide Testing experience on other LOB’s and support transformational Global initiatives within Market Ops Platform Transformation team. The successful candidate would also be expected to support the strategic roll out of an automated testing solution.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing End-to-End UAT from planning, test scripting, test execution, defect management and user sign offs.
• Responsible for requirements Understanding, analysis and clear articulation to wider team including Application Development (AD), Product, Operations and Quality Assurance (QA) groups.
• Maintain documentation - test strategy, test plan, entry control and exit control as per the best practice process followed within the team.
• Execute the scenarios and capture the testing progress in qTest / JIRA.
• Identify the defects / gaps and track to closure.
• Track testing progress and ensure deadlines are met appropriately by working closely with AD team. 
• Assist with Business Process Design where required to capture the impact of technology on current processes.
• Ability to understand and contribute to Business Analysis if required by the Program.
• Proactively communicate project status, issues & risks to management and all stakeholders
• Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet end objectives
• Motivating team members and leading by example to engage in high standards of quality.
• Articulates issues and risks to management via various project management tools like RAID, Scorecards, etc

Functional and Technical Expertise

• Relevant testing experience within the Financial Services industry supporting multiple LOB’s delivering in a highly complex and high-volume environment.
• Understanding of Equity Derivatives Product Workflows and trade lifecycle is preferred.
• Expertise in Agile project delivery methodology and skills to learn and work with evolving methodologies.
• Experienced in testing processes to define requirements, document user stories and test scripts through to test execution.
• Strong organizational skills – ability to dynamically manage and oversee critical testing tasks accurately and to tight deadlines.
• Good understanding Equity products and Equities trade lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with JIRA & Confluence will be an added advantage.
• Experience with Test automation using Selenium, QTP, Cypress, or any other technology, ability to strategize test automation plans in partnership with Tech teams.
• Experienced in using Business Driven Development / Test Driven Development test methodology or test case automation. 
• Graduate or Postgraduate with at least 5 years of experience working in the financial industry. 
• Project / Agile methodology Qualification – preferred.
• Testing experience required.
• Agile methodology skills - preferred.
• Worked in Equities, CIB business function, Global Markets, Middle Office or Security Services.
• Business Analysis skills – preferred.
• Test Automation skills – preferred.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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