Data Migration Test Manager

Motive Partners; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

FNZ is seeking a Data Migration Test Manager to lead testing for a major Canadian bank transformation onto the FNZ platform. You will own the end-to-end data migration test strategy and collaborate with migration, architecture, and platform teams to validate mappings and load logic.

The role requires deep experience in data migration testing, ETL processes, and agile environments, with strong communication skills to report status and risks to leadership and clients.

Qualifications

• Career test professional with strong background in Financial Services (Canadian wealth/banking experience preferable).
• Extensive experience of working in client facing test delivery/engagement roles.
• Strong understanding of ETL processes and data flows from source systems to target platform components.
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines.
• Hands-on in both functional and non-functional testing aspects.
• Extensive experience in fast paced Agile environments.
• Experience of delivering services using near shore and offshore teams.
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Certification (preferable).
• Extensive experience in JIRA, XRAY, Confluence.
• Deep understanding of test matrices, KPI's, SLA's, benchmarks etc.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Efficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Adaptability as we are looking for someone that can shift between projects and workload and be productive quickly.
• Proactive - Ability to identify and discuss improvements to current processes.
• Ability to work effectively and to prioritise own and teams workload.
• Highly self-motivated – achiever of targets, both personally and through team.
• Effective team player with ability to build strong working relationships and motivate others.
• Propensity toward improving own and others performance and achievement of objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead data migration testing for a large-scale transformation program for a Canadian bank on FNZ.
• Own end-to-end Data Migration Test Strategy aligned with program testing strategy.
• Define migration test scope, phases, entry/exit criteria, and risk-based prioritization.
• Collaborate with migration, architecture, and platform teams to validate mappings and load logic.
• Oversee end-to-end migration testing and functional testing of migrated data during dress rehearsals and cutover.
• Define and manage reconciliation, validation, and data integrity testing (balances, positions, transactions, GLs).
• Lead data-related defect management, root cause analysis, and retest coordination.
• Ensure traceability, auditability, and evidence for regulators and external auditors.
• Provide clear status, risks, and metrics to testing and program leadership and client stakeholders.

Skills

Financial Services experience

Client facing test delivery

Agile experience

End-to-end testing

Data migration testing

Strong communication

Adaptability

Proactive improvement

Team collaboration

Education

ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Certification

Tools

JIRA

XRAY

Confluence

Job description

Data Migration Test Manager

Responsibilities

• Leads data migration testing for a large‑scale transformation program moving a major Canadian bank off its existing Book of Record (BOR) onto the new target FNZ solution
• Owns the end‑to‑end Data Migration Test Strategy in alignment with the overall program testing strategy
• Defines migration test scope, phases, entry/exit criteria, and risk‑based prioritization
• Partners with migration, architecture, and platform teams to validate data mappings, transformation rules, load logic and business outcomes
• Oversees testing across end‑to‑end migration testing and the functional testing of migrated data in anticipation of dress rehearsals and cutover events
• Defines and manages reconciliation, validation, and data integrity testing, including balances, positions, transactions, GLs, and regulatory outputs
• Leads data‑related defect management, root‑cause analysis, and retest coordination
• Ensures traceability, auditability, and evidence suitable for regulators and external auditors
• Provides clear status, risks, and metrics to testing and program senior leadership and client stakeholders

Experience required

Required Knowledge & Skills

• Career test professional with strong background in Financial Services (Canadian wealth/banking experience preferable)
• Extensive experience of working in client facing test delivery/engagement roles
• Stong understanding of ETL processes and tooling (Extract, Transform, Load) and how data flows from source systems to target platform components
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Hands‑on in both functional and non‑functional testing aspects
• Extensive experience in fast paced Agile environments
• Experience of delivering services using near shore and offshore teams
• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Certification (preferable)
• Extensive experience in JIRA, XRAY, Confluence
• Deep understanding of test matrices, KPI's, SLA's, benchmarks etc.
• Should be able to articulate complex data in easily palatable form
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Efficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Adaptability as we are looking for someone that can shift between projects and workload and be productive quickly.
• Proactive - Ability to identify and discuss improvements to current processes.
• Ability to work effectively and to prioritise own and teams workload.
• Highly self‑motivated – achiever of targets, both personally and through team.
• Effective team player with ability to build strong working relationships and motivate others.
• Propensity toward improving own and others performance and achievement of objectives.

Preferred Industry Knowledge

• Experienced in General investment/wealth/life and/or pensions products and the markets in which FNZ and our customers operate.
• Strong understanding of the regulatory environment FNZ operate within.

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the world’s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.4 trillion in assets on platform (AoP). Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.