Senior Test Lead – Trade Finance Digitalization

Requirements

The role will own the overall test strategy, planning, estimation, execution oversight, defect management, test reporting, and quality sign-off for the digitalization of Trade Finance and Working Capital products.

• Strong expertise in Trade Finance testing and functional domain knowledge.
• Lead testing for complex Trade Finance and Working Capital products, including: Letters of Credit, Bank Guarantees, Bills for Collection, and Trade Loans.
• Strong understanding of Trade Finance transaction lifecycle and digitalization.
• Experience with Temenos T24/Core Banking integration and testing.
• Strong knowledge of BPM/workflow platforms, preferably Newgen.
• Strong understanding of API and system integration testing.
• Experience testing Straight-Through Processing (STP).
• Knowledge of SWIFT messaging and ICC Trade Finance standards.
• Strong understanding of maker-checker, approval, authorization, and segregation-of-duties controls.
• Knowledge of functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, UAT, and production-readiness testing.
• Strong defect management and test management capabilities.
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, HP ALM, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of test metrics, dashboards, reporting, and quality governance.
• Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile, Waterfall, and risk-based testing methodologies.
• Knowledge of database validation and SQL is an advantage.
• Understanding of API testing tools such as Postman or equivalent is an advantage.

Benefits

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Banking, Finance, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in software testing, with significant experience in Test Lead/Test Manager roles.
• 3+ years of experience in Trade Finance testing, preferably within banking or financial services.
• Experience working with Trade Finance products such as LC, BG, Bills for Collection, and Trade Loans is essential.
• Demonstrable experience leading end-to-end testing for complex banking digitalization or transformation programmes.
• Experience testing integrations between digital channels, workflow/BPM platforms, and core banking systems.
• Experience with Temenos T24 core banking platform is strongly preferred.
• Experience leading testing teams and coordinating with business, technology, vendors, and system integrators.
• UAE/GCC banking experience is highly desirable.
• Note: This is a 3-month short-term contract position. Immediate joiners are preferred.