QA Manual Tester (Arabic + English)

Cognizant; Madrid; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a subject matter expert for Arabic–English translation focused on financial content. You will translate complex financial documents, map Arabic terminology to standard charts, and support multi-language documentation for global finance operations.

The role requires office-based work with rotational shifts to support closing calendars and reporting deadlines. Strong Arabic–English skills, finance knowledge, and attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• Professional fluency in Arabic and English with business-ready English output.
• Strong experience translating Arabic to English for financial statements and documents.
• Foundational finance knowledge: ledgers, accruals, reconciliations, reporting cycles.
• Two to four years in Arabic-language roles within finance environments.
• Office-based work with rotational shifts and timely task handling.
• Analytical thinking, problem solving, and organized documentation.
• Familiarity with productivity tools and finance systems for document management.

Responsibilities

• Support Arabic language maps for financial data ensuring consistent terminology.
• Translate complex Arabic financial documents into clear English for global stakeholders.
• Interpret spoken Arabic in meetings and summarize in English for reports and knowledge bases.
• Analyze Arabic contracts, policies, statements, and invoices for key financial details.
• Collaborate with finance teams to align mappings with chart of accounts and reporting structures.
• Maintain translation quality by peer reviews and applying finance knowledge to avoid misclassification.
• Document translation decisions and mapping rules for audits and training.
• Provide office-based coverage for time-sensitive translation during rotations.
• Identify risks or discrepancies and coordinate with teams to resolve them.
• Suggest refinements to Arabic mapping frameworks and workflows to improve speed and accuracy.
• Validate translated numbers and account names reflect original intent.
• Communicate translation status and timelines with stakeholders to keep downstream work on track.
• Safeguard confidential financial information following company guidelines.

Skills

Arabic fluency

English proficiency

Financial terminology

Job description

Job Summary

This role involves working as a subject matter expert focused on Arabic language maps and financial content ensuring accurate interpretation and translation of Arabic materials into English for finance and accounting operations. The candidate will support office based teams on rotational shifts enabling reliable multilingual documentation and analysis that strengthen global business decisions and compliance reporting.

Job Summary

This role involves working as a subject matter expert focused on Arabic language maps and financial content ensuring accurate interpretation and translation of Arabic materials into English for finance and accounting operations. The candidate will support office based teams on rotational shifts enabling reliable multilingual documentation and analysis that strengthen global business decisions and compliance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and maintenance of Arabic language maps for financial and accounting data to ensure accurate reflection of regional terminology and regulatory concepts across internal documentation and analytical tools.
• Translate complex Arabic financial documents into clear and precise English to enable global stakeholders to understand key insights risks and compliance obligations without loss of context or nuance.
• Interpret spoken Arabic during meetings calls and review sessions to capture critical finance related information and summarize it in English for use in reports presentations and internal knowledge bases.
• Analyze Arabic source content such as contracts policies statements and invoices to identify relevant financial and accounting details that must be recorded reconciled or escalated for further review.
• Collaborate with finance and accounting teams to align Arabic terminology mappings with global chart of accounts reporting structures and process documentation to support consistent understanding across locations.
• Maintain high quality standards for translations and interpretations by reviewing peer work validating terminology choices and applying finance and accounting domain knowledge to avoid misclassification of items.
• Document translation decisions specific Arabic financial phrases and mapping rules in an organized repository so that future reviews audits and training activities can reuse established best practices.
• Support rotational shift operations from the office by providing reliable coverage for time sensitive translation requests reconciliations and financial closing activities that depend on accurate Arabic understanding.
• Identify potential risks or discrepancies within Arabic source materials that could impact financial reporting accuracy raise questions for clarification and coordinate with relevant teams to resolve issues promptly.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by suggesting refinements to Arabic mapping frameworks glossaries and workflows that reduce errors and accelerate processing time for finance documentation.
• Use finance and accounting principles to validate that translated numbers account names and narrative explanations in English correctly represent the intent and classification present in the original Arabic records.
• Communicate clearly with cross functional stakeholders about translation status data interpretation challenges and dependency timelines to ensure that downstream accounting and analysis activities proceed smoothly.
• Safeguard sensitive financial information contained in Arabic and English materials by following corporate confidentiality guidelines and secure handling practices throughout all translation and mapping activities.

Qualifications

• Possess professional fluency in spoken Arabic and English with the ability to understand diverse regional accents and financial terminology and to render content in English that is suitable for formal business use.
• Demonstrate strong experience in Arabic to English translation focused on financial statements accounting records and commercial documents ensuring precise representation of monetary values and contractual obligations.
• Apply foundational knowledge of finance and accounting concepts such as ledgers accruals reconciliations and reporting cycles when interpreting Arabic documents to support accurate classification and recording.
• Bring prior hands on exposure of two to four years in roles involving Arabic language work within finance related environments such as shared service centers banks or accounting departments.
• Show capability to work from office on rotational shifts with consistent productivity attention to detail and responsiveness to urgent translation tasks aligned with closing calendars and reporting deadlines.
• Utilize strong analytical thinking problem solving skills and structured documentation habits to manage multiple translation and mapping requests while maintaining quality and meeting agreed turnaround times.
• Display familiarity with productivity tools and finance systems used for document management and data entry so that translated Arabic content can be integrated seamlessly into accounting workflows and reporting structures.