Job Description

State Street is seeking a skilled and proven candidate to lead the New Business Integration Testing project at the Emerging Lead Level. The Emerging lead will work with a team responsible for testing deliverables and process of new State Street Clients onto the State Street Middle Office platform. Specifically, the candidate will:

• Should handle the delivery in testing environment and understand the real time end to end work flow.
• Should be able process trades E2E through different middle office applications which includes:
  • Trade capture/Enrichment from the client system
  • Trade Confirmation (Manual & Electronic)
  • Trade Settlement/Notifications
  • Record Keeping
  • Validation of Reports to the client
• Clear understanding of Software Test Life cycle and able to handle test artifacts and documentation.
• Defect identification, tracking and documentation of defect workarounds and obtain sign off from Business.
• Flexibility to work in US/UK hrs (when required)
• Work together with SSC vendors \xe2\x80\x93 both offshore and onsite teams

• 4 - 6 years of experience with QA and investment banking background.
• Should handle multiple application testing.
• Hands-on with end to end Software Testing Life Cycle phase
• Exposure to Application life cycle management tool.
• Ability to plan and execute activities based on project milestones.
• Understanding of Agile process model.
• Hands on experience in - User acceptance Testing and SQL
• Work experience in BFSI and products like below
  • FX, FI, Equities, Money Markets, Derivatives etc
  • Post trade events and Life cycle management of products
  • End to End trade processing in middle office [ Receipt of trades (eg FPML, SWIFT formats), Trade validation / confirmation process, Downstream processing to Investment book of records (IBOR), various asset types, Pricing process, validation in Data warehouse, Reporting to Client]
• Work closely with Business (Test case reviews/ops readiness) and IT teams (deployments/fixes)
• Ability to perform and deliver under pressure.w
• Defect Management \xe2\x80\x93 Articulation of defects in detailed manner, assigning defects to technical teams, capturing target fix dates and resolution comments from IT
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem solving skills, Result oriented work approach.
• Flexibility to adapt to work timings.