QA Specialist with Commodities and or other Derivative Instruments

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a QA professional for Capital Markets to manage functional and automation testing of a commodity trading system. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, strong knowledge of commodity markets, and technical skills in SQL and JIRA. Join a collaborative team that emphasizes creativity and personal development in a flexible workplace.

Benefits

Inclusive and collaborative environment

Onsite cafeteria

Flexible dress code

Competitive total rewards package

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA experience within Capital Markets.
• 3+ years of experience with Commodity markets, including Agriculture, Oil, and Natural Gas.
• Hands-on experience with Commodities trading systems.
• 3+ years of knowledge of derivative instruments and their lifecycle.
• 3+ years of technical skills including SQL and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with BA, Dev, Support and Users on new projects or enhancements.
• Prepare test scenarios, test cases, and perform functional/automation testing.
• Coordinate UAT and maintain JIRA status.
• Document test designs for commodities products.
• Ensure clear understanding and verification of test scenarios.
• Work with users for UAT sign-off.
• Perform regression testing during each sprint cycle.

Skills

QA within Capital Markets

Commodity markets knowledge

Trading systems experience

Derivatives instruments knowledge

SQL skills

Tools

JIRA

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Requisition ID: 235647. Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

Commodities, FX Options & Derivatives Technology US is seeking a QA for projects that involve working with a team in functional and automation testing for a commodity trading system. The product is fully in production and also requires several enhancements.

The Role

• Work with BA, Dev, Support and Users teams on understanding new project or enhancement or bug fixes requests
• Prepare Test scenarios, Test Cases and perform Functional / Automation testing
• Work on UAT coordination and maintaining JIRA status
• Work with Commodities Front Office Sales and Trading as well as other groups (Middle and Back Office) on documenting test design document for commodities products
• Work with other technology teams to ensure test cases and scenarios are clearly understood, verified and tested
• Work UAT coordination to receive sign-off from users
• Perform Regression Testing for every sprint cycle

Qualifications

• QA within Capital Markets – 5+ years of experience
• Experience and knowledge of Commodity markets in the US/Canada including Agriculture, Oil and Natural Gas – 3+ years of hands-on experience
• Strong working experience with Commodities or other Trading systems – 3+ years of hands-on experience
• Knowledge of derivative instruments and their lifecycle (Swaps, Futures, Options) – 3+ years of hand on experience
• Technical skills such as SQL (writing SQL queries & extract from a database) and Microsoft office products, JIRA – 3+ year of hands-on experience

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create beautiful customer experiences.
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• Onsite cafeteria.
• Dress codes don't apply here, being comfortable does.
• We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs (pension & profit sharing), generous vacation, personal & sick days, personal development funding, maternity leave top-up, parental leave and much more.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please note that candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.