Position
In a challenging and multicultural environment, we seek for a senior Functional tester to join our Core Banking IT department in charge of the development and maintenance of the International Core Banking System of Credit Agricole CIB. This information system is deployed in 25 business units all around the world. The system has multiple modules to manage reference data, commercial back office functions (payments, remittances, loans, deposits, guarantees, letters of credit …), accounting, management control and credit risk monitoring. The system caters to local regulatory reporting needs and head office reporting, based on a data warehouse.
The candidate will be in charge of understanding the requirements and to test the payment system of the bank which is Global Pay Plus – Sevice Platform (GPP-SP) from Finastra (previously D&H). The role will focus primarily on testing the various evolutions of the in-house solution together with the payment engine (GPP-SP).
Main responsibilities
As a Functional Tester:
· Handle the core banking system’s and payment system’s various test phases : regression tests, integration tests, functional tests, test automation
· Good Knowledge and working experience of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Defect Life Cycle.
· Define functional test scenarios for core banking and payment systems
· Overall responsible for ensuring End to End testing for all the streams.
· Maintain up to date test libraries (test scenarios, test cases)
· Working with SIT & UAT Testing Team, reviewing, testing scenarios, test cases and helping developers and testers in clearing their doubts about the requirements etc.
· Recording defects utilizing defect tracking tool with priority and severity and alert the management
· Manage planning, communicate with stakeholders
· Prepare regular reports on test results
· Supporting the business users for User Acceptance Testing
· Supporting Operations team / Business Users team to complete the testing
· Managing testing at times when required and found the issues / testing not closing or moving as expected
· Lead Defect Management related actives
Qualifications and Profile
The position requires a minimum of 8-10 years relevant functional tester experience with Payment systems and Core Banking applications.
Functional
· Good knowledge in Payment area like interaction with Clearing, payment file format ISO20022, SEPA and SWIFT. Hands-on experience with such data mapping and testing.
· Hands on experience on payment systems and exposure to Payments Hub, Clearing and Settlement, Automated clearing house programs and channels.
· Extensive knowledge on various kinds of payment products such as TT, RTGS, LVP, Payroll, Cheque, DD, Cashier Order, Mass & Bulk payments.
· Proficient in End to End, Functional & System Integration testing of banking and financial applications
· Experience in following areas is a plus: Retail Banking, Wholesale & Corporate Banking, Corporate commercial Payments, International & Domestic Payments, Payment Hub/Factory, Correspondent Banking, ACH, Real Time Payments, Cash & Liquidity Management, Compliance/AML, FX, Messaging (Swift and ISO)
· Functional testing experience in GPP-SP (Global PayPlus – Service Platform) is mandatory
Technical
· Hands on experience on testing methodologies
· Working knowledge of XRAY/JIRA
Other Professional Skills and Mindset
· Work on complex systems and a challenging international work environment
· Knowledge of all phases of IT testing lifecycle and IT system development and implementation life cycle
· Highly analytic and detail oriented in approach with Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience converting highly complex information into clear, concise documentation.
· Strong analytic skills
· Capable to effectively interact with multiple stakeholders
· Strives to deliver the solution in the most effective and timely manner
· Proactive with excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
· Team spirit - Like explain and share knowledge
· Hands on and versatile
· As part of an integrated organization across 3 main sites (Paris, SQY, Singapore), be able to forge close relationships with program director, others team leads, architecture functions and quality assurance teams. It could be a limited travel aspect for this role.
