Job Title: VP, Senior QA Engineer
Corporate Title: VP
Location: New York City (3 Days a week in office). FULLY REMOTE IS NOT AN OPTION
Department: Instinet
Permanent/Full Time
*The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $145K and $175K/year*
Company Overview
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Investment Management. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com.
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Department overview:
We provide technology Middle and Back Office solutions for Clearing and Settlement of equity and options trades, for all international markets, supporting all global offices.
Middle Office - trade allocations, confirmations / ETC (FIX/CTM/Swift), commission and regulatory fee calculations, reference data management, accounts and SSI maintenance
Back Office - communications with depositories, clearing houses, book keeping agencies and settlement agents for trade settlements.,
Role Description:
The candidate shall have extensive experience establishing Quality and Controls programs in support of technology projects of high complexity within the Financial Services domain. The candidate shall have track record of successfully delivering Quality Assurance projects, including manual, automation, and performance testing, delivering projects on-budget, and on-scope. Person shall be proven business communicator, effective collaborator and team member
Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:
- Hands on experience and Process knowledge in Agile Methodologies and QA Principles.
- Experience with Automated regression procedures.
- Extensive expertise in testing trading workflow for equities and options trading systems from order entry through back-office, Middle Office and Post Trade Processing.
- Extensive experience in both manual and automated functional testing.
- Extensive experience in developing and implementing test strategies, test plans, Test Chronology, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on business and functional requirements and standards and procedures.
- Strong QA background in conducting different types of QA testing including Smoke/Sanity test, Functional, Integration, Regression, Backend, Data Driven, Negative, End to End, User Acceptance Test (UAT) both manually and through use of automated tools.
- Strong background on investment products like Equity, Equity Derivatives (Option, and Futures), FX, etc.
- Documented test results and Managed Defect Tracking process, which included prioritizing bugs, assigning bugs, and verifying “bug-fixes”, using “Defect Tracking” software like Quality Center, Clear Quest, JIRA,
*Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, corporate and functional title and duties, job-related knowledge and advanced degrees, skills, and experience. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors”.
Nomura/Instinet is an Equal Opportunity Employer