About M&G India
We are M&G India, the strategic innovation and digital hub for M&G. Established in 2003, we have offices in Mumbai and Pune.
Our teams work closely with colleagues across the Group worldwide to drive transformation, build digital capability, and support sustainable growth. By leveraging technology, AI, automation, and process excellence, we bring new ways of thinking to improve outcomes for both customers and colleagues.
Grounded in a vibrant culture with strong foundations, we are central to how M&G is transforming as a business.
About M&G
Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
- Plan & govern test phases (ST/SIT/UAT) using our internal approach and artifacts (test plan, traceability matrix, test progress dashboards, defect triage, test completion report). Manage entry/exit criteria, evidence, and sign‑off.
- Design test scenarios & scripts from requirements, mapping rules and process walk‑throughs; maintain traceability from requirement to test to result.
- Execute data/ETL testing: write SQL to validate transformations, reconciliations and data quality across finance data stores and interfaces.
- Champion Test Automation: Follow “automated by default” test approach and create automation test scripts & frameworks.
- Ensure Requirements Completeness: Working with Business/ Analysts to ensure testability of Requirements and Acceptance Criteria
- Test Data Planning: Defining test data requirements to ensure full coverage back to requirements
- Validate reconciliations and controls end‑to‑end (e.g., bank/ledger, ledger validation, including defect isolation, root‑cause input, and re‑test.
- Support UAT readiness & execution with business SMEs: prepare data, coordinate user walkthroughs, manage daily progress & defect triage (JIRA/Zephyr).
- Report clearly: produce concise MI (coverage, pass/fail, defect density/leakage, risk hotspots) ST and SIT Test Completion Reports and recommend go/no‑go with rationale.
- Continuously improve: propose optimizations (test data strategy, automation candidates, regression packs, dashboards) and help standardise reusable test assets across Finance Data change.
Knowledge & Skills (Must Have) :
- Strong technical background with hands on experience writing automated testing frameworks to support data testing.
- Expertise in Industry standard Testing/ Test Management & Test Automation tools
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and credibility in front of stakeholders
- Self-motivated, quick learner who is able to acquire a strong technical understanding of a complex system area
- Able to set out an on-going test strategy for a system area taking into account technology, resource constraints and user engagement
- Able to define and manage the testing scope per iteration for a continuous pipeline of development
- Maintaining independence whilst handling diverse and conflicting pressures
- Detailed knowledge on testing best practices, strategies, and processes.
- Working knowledge of financial services industry
Experience:
- 6-10 years of experience with 5+ years as a Senior Automation Engineer
- Familiarity with JIRA/ Zephyr
- Experience with Test Automation Frameworks & Tools is must
- Experience with Programming Languages Python (PySpark),SQL, Scala is must
- Experience with Azure Cloud & Databricks Platform Knowledge is must
- Experience with Agile development (Scrum/Kanban) is must
- Experience with task tracking systems like Jira is must
- Should have worked on Data delivery projects
Educational Qualification:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT
- Azure Data platform certifications is a plus
We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.
Skills Required
- 6-10 years of professional experience
- 5+ years of experience as a Senior Automation Engineer
- Hands-on experience developing automated testing frameworks for data testing
- Knowledge of industry-standard testing, test management, and test automation tools
- Experience with Jira and Zephyr
- Programming experience with Python, PySpark, SQL, and Scala
- Azure Cloud experience
- Databricks platform knowledge
- Experience with Agile development using Scrum or Kanban
- Experience with task tracking systems such as Jira
- Experience working on data delivery projects
- Strong testing best practices, strategies, and process knowledge
- Working knowledge of the financial services industry
- Bachelor's or master's degree in IT
- Azure Data Platform certification
M&G Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about M&G and has not been reviewed or approved by M&G.
-
Retirement Support — Pension support in the UK is presented as notably generous versus typical market norms and is positioned as a core part of total reward. Formal materials also highlight share plans and financial‑wellbeing tools alongside pension value.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Annual leave in the UK is described as substantially above statutory norms with the option to purchase additional days. Additional flexibility is referenced through policies such as “Time Off When You Need It.”
-
Parental & Family Support — Parental policies (e.g., “Inspiring Families”) are characterized as extensive, including long fully paid leave and phased return‑to‑work support. External recognition is cited as reinforcing family support as a distinctive element of the package.
M&G Insights
Similar Jobs
What We Do
M&G plc is a leading international savings and investments business, managing money for around 4.6 million individual clients and more than 900 institutional clients in 38 offices worldwide. As at 31 December 2023, we had £343.5 billion of assets under management and administration. Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, M&G plc has a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. Our three distinct operating segments, Asset Management, Life and Wealth, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
