Trade & Transaction Reporting - Test Manager

Job Description

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.

Vice President Expectations

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

Join us as a Trade & Transaction Reporting - Test Manager and be involved in the front-to-back delivery across change and development of Markets Trade and Transaction Reporting obligations. 
The TTRT team is looking for an experienced Regulatory Front to Back Test Manager with a proven track record of ‘Front to Back’ test management within an investment bank to support the various change initiatives in the department. The successful candidate needs to have strong test management background in Trade & Transaction Reporting. In addition, the ability to problem solve and gain consensus across different stakeholders is imperative. 
 
To be successful as a Trade & Transaction Reporting - Test Manager within this team, you should have:

• Prior experience as Test Manager in Regulatory Reporting
• Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies in Financial Services (preferably markets business) to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Manage F2B UAT with stakeholders across departments including tech, business and ops including root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
• Strong automation mindset with focus on eliminating manual testing process in the F2B flows

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues.
• Agile Practitioner with prior experience in shifting testing left in the F2B change process

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based out of our Glasgow Campus.