QA Analyst

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

APEX FUND SERVICES

Functional Title: QA Analyst

Department: Information Technology

Employment Type: Permanent

About Apex

Apex Group Ltd., established in Bermuda in 2003, is a global financial services provider. With 50 offices worldwide and 12,000 employees upon the close of announced acquisitions, Apex delivers an extensive range of services to asset managers, capital markets, private clients and family offices. The Group has continually improved and evolved its capabilities to offer a single-source solution through establishing the broadest range of services in the industry including fund services, digital onboarding and bank accounts, depositary, custody and super ManCo services, business services including HR and Payroll and a pioneering ESG Ratings and Advisory service for private companies.

We look to recruit bright, articulate, and numerate employees who are not afraid of a challenge. You are prepared to work hard, love what they do and be prepared to innovate.

Every employee plays a part in making Apex who we are today and the more that we grow, the more important that becomes. Whatever your career path or specialism Apex provides a global platform to allow you to thrive.

About the Team:

We are looking for a QA Analyst to join our Mergers & Acquisitions team. The role will focus, initially, on supporting acquisitions transition from their legacy infrastructure onto the Apex global platform. Once the transition to the new platform is complete, the QA Analyst will work closely with developers, business analysts and product owners to ensure that all software is of a high standard, free from defects and meets the needs of the business stakeholders. You will be responsible for ensuring the testing aligns with the Apex global QA framework and that appropriate testing of requirements has been carried out.

You will be reporting to a QA Manager or QA Lead within Apex. This is a hands-on role; you’ll be expected to be actively testing and developing automated tests where appropriate.

Apex India office is in Pune or Hyderabad and Apex Bulgaria office is in Sofia, but we offer smart working, with some time working from home, as required.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Implement the overall QA Policy & Strategy for allocated projects within the allocated Apex QA team, supporting the drive for increased QA Automation.
• Implement the Project Test Plans that will take the project team through an end-to-end journey to prove successful deployment and implementation.
• Define, execute, and analyse test cases (manual & Automated) collaborating with the team to validate the achievement of acceptance criteria.
• Conduct review meetings to share test case status, discuss concerns and risk items, drive comprehensive test coverage, and assure general team alignment.
• Track defects and bugs using the defect tracking system, track resolution progress and validate resolutions once submitted.
• Provide clear and concise test progress reporting that is reflective of test program status.
• Where working with newly acquired Companies good client relationship skills are required to manage the UAT QA lifecycle with the client QA and/or business team.
• Ensure QA process and methodology are applied at all stages during SDLC.
• Participate in requirements/design reviews with Product, Business Analysts and Development teams to assure that the product under development meets requirements and is tested efficiently.
• Perform requirements reviews and traceability analyses to assess test coverage.
• Support the required tests that will demonstrate successful deliverables from internal and external parties.
• Progress and status reporting on a regular basis on overall Quality and Test phase metrics.
• Evaluate and escalate potential risks and issues that may adversely affect quality, schedule or budget.
• Actively participate in lessons learned sessions to help improve QA process

Experience and skills:

• 3+ years of QA experience.
• Experience in QA best practices and processes implementation.
• Experience in both Waterfall and Agile, BDD, Dev Ops testing methodologies.
• Experience of using Automation tooling and Automation frameworks.
• Experience in running UAT exercises with globally dispersed teams.
• Good understanding of cloud (Azure) technologies, infrastructure, networks, firewalls & Citrix.
• Good knowledge of Jira or similar test management tools (incl.  Zephyr, X-Ray).
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and coordinate with globally dispersed technical and non-technical teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Proactiveness and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize effort accordingly.
• Ability to act on own initiative with a can-do attitude.
• Ability to discuss required test scope with technical and non-technical team members.
• Ability to work in a quickly changing environment.

Nice to have:

• ISTQB Certification or equivalent.
• Experience in IT in a Financial Services organization.
• Understanding of Citrix infrastructure, including Application Layering.
• Reasonable understanding of infrastructure, application architecture, networking and Active Directory.
• Good understanding of performance testing concepts and tools.
• Experience of using UiPath for Test management and Automation.

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made based on skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

For more information on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) please visit https://theapexgroup.com/csr-policy/

If you are looking to take that next step in your career and are ready to work for a high performing organisation, alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, please submit your application (with your CV and cover letter) to our dedicated email address.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.