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Scotiabank Business Quality Analyst in Toronto, Ontario
Business Quality Analyst
Requisition ID: 202403
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
The Role:
Contributes to the overall success of Core Banking Engineering globally ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.The Business Quality Analyst willwork closely with our Business Partners, Developers, Vendors and various partners within the Bank to ensure we deliver successful projects which align with the overall business strategies and roadmaps ensuring the highest quality experience for the customer.
The group is a mix of business analysts, developers, and technical leads who provide value by delivering projects that meet the needs of our Business line. We develop Roadmaps, ensure end-to-end project delivery, write technical stories, develop code, manage stakeholders and connect related teams.
What will you do?
Participate in outcome-focused requirements discovery sessions, identify relevant contacts within the overall program to align on integration points, impact analysis and timelines.
Raise and maintain JIRA tickets for assigned work packages, keep team informed on progress, blockers and next steps.
Develop and execute testing strategies. Facilitate root cause analysis of defects with the team and ensure that they acts as a catalyst for continuous improvement
Collaborate with the delivery team to define the overall testing approach and perform acceptance testing tovalidate business requirements in rapid iterations
In conjunction with the development team, perform manual tests, develop test data, construct, and execute exploratory, system, regression, migration, back-end, and user acceptance tests.
Conduct exploratory testing to find bugs that other testing means would not find during every sprint and drive testing workshops.
Wherever possible, conduct functional test and ensure their readability (clear, succinct, and using common business jargon) as well as tests must be maintainable (built with reusable domain specific testing language components)
Participate in product design and requirements analysis, work with the team during project planning to accurately estimate work (data creation, test cases/acceptance test design, test execution, framework design/improvements, scripting tasks, setup environments, etc) and scope release deliverables (prioritizing defects and bugs).
Create and execute acceptance criteria based on requirements, assessing usefulness of test cases and adjusting approach where required
What do you need to succeed?
Demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to capture and present status reports, test results, functional testing result and do ongoing reporting.
Work with multiple software development groups to help them deliver on high-quality products.
Must have experience of QA processes, agile delivery & testing processes, testing methodologies and procedures.
Possess the ability to work with technology focused peers and work on multiple projects concurrently.
Ideally have worked on agile and waterfall projects in the past and capable of thriving on fast paced, challenging environment and must be proactive and dynamic, and demonstrate initiative and eagerness to learn.
Experience in providing QAT time and effort estimation based on business requirement.
Participate fully as a team member and contribute to a positive work environment that encourages productivity, professionalism, and teamwork.
Contributes to an environment of continuous learning, including the sharing of experience and learning across team members, peers, Scotia partners, and management as appropriate.
Participate in identifying personal development needs and pursue development/career opportunities.
Adhere to established guidelines of conduct.
Do you have skills that will enable you to succeed?
You have 3 to 5 years of experience in a Business Analyst and QA role
You have experience testing application in banking or financial services industry
You have experience in executing test cases and documenting results for various types of testing (smoke, integration, functional and regression testing)
Understanding of cloud computing platforms, web, API and database testing technologies
Knowledge of automated testing industry best practices and trends.
Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline
You are a self-motivated person and are driven to deliver quality work
You are able to navigate complex and ambiguous situations with ease, multi-task and work on multiple initiatives at the same time
Previous work experience in the banking industry or financial services is preferred
An engineering degree in computer science or relevant work experience
What's in it for you?
We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success
We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does
Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental benefits that start from day one and much more
Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.
At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, pleaseclick here (https://www.scotiabank.com/careers/en/careers/technical-support-for-applicants.html) . Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.