Career Opportunities at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

The Senior Tester is responsible for the end to end testing activities for Product & Remuneration initiatives sanctioned by the OM Personal Finance on the SAP, Workday and Oracle platforms as it relates to the following Distribution Channels:

• Personal Financial Advice (PFA) S.A. & Namibia
• Broker Distribution (BD) S.A. & Namibia
• Agency Franchise Distribution (AFD) S.A.
• Direct Financial Advice (DFA) S.A.

Responsibilities:

• Remuneration and Commission Existing Model Knowledge
• Ability to understand existing Remuneration and Commission Models and articulate it when necessary.

Requirements Review

• Review and analyse Product & Remuneration Business Requirements Specifications against existing Remuneration and Commission Models to ensure all considerations have been applied in the BRS.
• Review and analyse Change Requests against existing Remuneration and Commission Models to ensure all considerations have been applied in the BRS.
• Identify & provide High Level & Detailed Acceptance Criteria per User Story.

Testing Preparation

• Create Test Plan (UAT, Regression Testing and Production Testing) and provide input to Test Strategy
• Validate, identify & raise design & functionality issues at Demonstration & Solution Overview sessions
• Review, analyse and assess system testing output artifacts for testability
• Identify and design test scenarios, test cases and test data with expected results.

Execute Testing

• Conduct the relevant testing at key points within the delivery
• User Acceptance Testing
• Regression Testing
• Production Testing
• Execute Testing in a relevant environment (Testing/Production) and document actual results.
• Compare actual with expected results and identify Defects.
• Log Defects.
• Re-test fixes and update Defect Log
• Sign off Testing Stage (subject to successfully meeting sign off criteria)

Documentation

• Create or update relevant documentation i.e. Training material, Remuneration Booklets, Practice Notes, Commission Tables, Learner Guides, Process Documents, etc.
• Provide training so that impacted BAU Teams are informed of change and can provide BAU support in relation to the change.

Project Collaboration

• Act in the capacity of UAT Tester on various Remuneration initiatives providing specialist Remuneration knowledge to the Project Team and generate agreed upon documentation and Testing Activities within the project.
• Align with UAT Manager to validate Remuneration Model knowledge and to include them in the relevant project discussions when required.
• Act as Lead UAT Tester when multiple UAT Testers are assigned to one project coordinating Testing activities across the project test team.
• Attend and provide input at agreed Project ceremonies.

Maximise business effectiveness through a culture of Innovation & Continuous Improvement.

Qualification & Experience:

• Grade 12 Required
• Software Testing Certification Required
• 1 – 2 years experience working as a Software Tester in a Financial Services Environment Required
• 3 year Tertiary Qualification preferable
• 3 - 5 years experience as a Software Tester within an SDLC preferable
• 1 – 2 years experience using Testing Tools
• Exposure to Financial Systems i.e. SAP, Oracle HRMS
• Exposure to Test Automation
• Agile Experience Advantageous

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

Closing Date

24 March 2023