At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead end-to-end testing strategy for a major Finance Transformation project.
- Company: Join a dynamic team focused on innovative finance solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborate globally and drive quality assurance across diverse teams.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact in a high-stakes finance transformation environment.
- Qualifications: 6+ years of QA experience with strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 126000 - 154000 $ per year.
Project: End-to-End Testing Lead for a multi-year Finance Transformation.
Job Summary
Own and drive the end-to-end (E2E) testing strategy and delivery for the Finance Transformation program, with primary accountability for integrated E2E quality across Oracle and all upstream/downstream integrations. This role establishes program-level test governance, quality gates, and cross-workstream coordination across multiple workstreams, ensuring functional and technical E2E readiness for cutover, parallel run, and go-live. This is a program-level testing leadership role — execution is performed by workstream test leads and IT QA/scrum teams; the E2E Testing Lead orchestrates planning, assures coverage/traceability, and escalates risks/issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, own, and drive the end-to-end test strategy, framework, and governance across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and delivery timelines.
- Define and enforce quality gates, entry/exit criteria, and risk-based testing approaches throughout the SDLC.
- Develop comprehensive test plans, including scope, approach, resource requirements, tooling, and success metrics.
- Lead creation/review of high-quality E2E test scenarios, test cases, and traceability to requirements and business processes.
- Maintain a clear traceability matrix linking business requirements to test coverage across all integration and regression suites.
- Establish E2E test governance: test plans, test schedule, RAID management, defect triage model, and reporting cadence.
- Align E2E testing to program milestones (releases, cutovers, parallel runs) and ensure readiness for go-live.
- Lead and coordinate testing activities across multiple parallel workstreams, managing dependencies, shared environments, and data requirements.
- Collaborate closely with program managers, solution architects, and delivery leads to integrate quality assurance into program planning from the outset.
- Facilitate defect triage, root cause analysis, and resolution processes, ensuring clear prioritization and timely closure.
- Act as the primary escalation point for testing issues, risks, and blockers across all streams.
- Ensure Unit Testing/SIT/UAT/performance/regression activities are coordinated and traceable end-to-end, including test data and environment dependencies.
- Own programme-level E2E quality outcomes for Oracle releases, including RICE deliverables, and provide integrated go/no-go recommendations based on evidence.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Engage and manage stakeholders across Global teams specially UK, Ireland, Europe, Canada and India; work across different working styles and cultures – nice to have.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with business owners, product owners, technical leads, and third-party vendors to ensure testing activities are fully understood and supported.
- Produce and present clear, concise quality reports and dashboards for program leadership, highlighting risks, progress, and key metrics.
- Champion a quality-first mindset across the wider program, coaching and influencing teams at all levels.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 6+ years of QA experience, with at least 3 years in a senior testing leadership role on large-scale or complex programmes.
- Proven track record of owning end-to-end test strategy on enterprise-grade transformation, Oracle, ERP, or digital programmes.
- Strong understanding of software testing methodologies (functional, regression, Integration, UAT, performance, etc.), including governance, evidence-based quality reporting, and release readiness.
- Proficiency with QA Tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Zephyr, Xray).
- Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical quality concerns into clear business language for senior stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with a structured approach to risk identification and mitigation.
- Experience managing and developing QA teams, including workload planning and performance management.
Preferred Experience
- Experience on Oracle programmes in finance/actuarial contexts, including testing of accounting flows, posting rules, reconciliations, period close impacts, and integrations.
- Experience on cloud-native or cloud-migration programmes with an understanding of how infrastructure impacts test design.
Program QA/Testing Lead in Toronto employer: Quality IT Resourcing
Join a leading financial firm that values innovation and collaboration, offering a dynamic work culture where your expertise as a Solutions Architect in transaction banking will be highly regarded. With a strong focus on employee growth, you will have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to drive impactful modernization initiatives in a hybrid work environment. Located in a vibrant city, this role not only provides competitive benefits but also fosters a supportive atmosphere that encourages creativity and strategic thinking.
