Corporate Actions Testing IC Senior Associate

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); Wrexham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

Hybrid work model

Job summary

DTCC is seeking a Corporate Actions Testing IC Senior Associate to support user acceptance testing for corporate actions and underwriting, collaborating with Product, Operations and IT to validate test plans and deliver high-quality releases.

You will apply SILC, Agile/Waterfall, ALM, JIRA, and automation to coordinate testing across distributed and mainframe environments, while mentoring Analysts and driving test artifacts to production readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience with software testing and quality assurance practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead testing across large/complex initiatives.
• Coordinate release readiness and signoffs.
• Review testing coverage, strategy and artifacts.
• Develop test plans/cases and execute end-to-end tests.
• Mentor Analysts and Associates; drive testing efficiencies.

Skills

Automation testing

Selenium

JIRA

AQM

AI agents (Copilot/KIRO)

Communication

Test coordination

Mainframe testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

AQM

Selenium

Job description

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay And Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (Onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day of your choosing)

The Impact You Will Have In This Role

The “Corporate Actions Testing IC Senior Associate” supports User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for Corporate Actions and/or Underwriting.

The individual is a detail-oriented, methodical professional who will apply excellent communication skills in collaborating with team members. They will demonstrate a willingness to learn and advance their knowledge of software testing and quality assurance best practices with an added focus on automation. Requires knowledge of the software implementation lifecycle model (SILC), Agile and Waterfall methodologies, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), and JIRA reporting for issues. The individual will need in-depth knowledge of Corporate Actions.

The Enterprise Services Operations organization is responsible for all operations and asset services supporting the following DTCC businesses: The Depository Trust Company (DTC), National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) – Government Securities Division (GSD) & Mortgage-Backed Securities Division (MBSD), and Wealth Management Services (WMS), Insurance & Retirement Services (I&RS) GBO's mission is to provide the Securities Industry with superior operations processing and client services support in an environment that minimizes risk and cost while maximizing efficiency. Asset servicing Operations Testing is responsible for testing system enhancements as well as new applications on behalf of the end user to validate that the expected results have been met prior to production deployment. Testing takes place in a non-production region to closely simulate the production environment. Key Functions and Responsibilities: partner with Product Management, Operations and IT, and are part of squads across multiple projects, perform automation as needed with the available testing tools, and signoff on new functionality, changes, or fault fixes before production deployment, and evidence of test plans, test cases and post-test reports.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Lead testing efforts across large or multiple initiatives.
• Manage stakeholder engagement activities and production readiness requirements.
• Review testing coverage, strategy, and quality.
• Develops test plans and cases via AQM. Executes test cases required for end-to-end testing on distributed and/or mainframe test environments.
• Lead critical defect triage and risk discussions.
• Review and approve testing artifacts.
• Coordinate release readiness activities and signoffs.
• Train and support Analysts and Associates.
• Drive process improvements and testing efficiencies.
• Supporting automation and AI-enabled testing initiatives
• Provide management reporting, metrics, and portfolio-level visibility.

NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed For Success

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Stays current on changes in their own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up to date.
• Requires a functional understanding of distributed and/or mainframe test environments
• Strong knowledge of corporate actions, and/or underwriting and the securities industry in general
• Possesses an in-depth knowledge of the entire software implementation lifecycle (SILC)
• Possess exposure to tools like JIRA, Application Lifecycle Management (AQM), applied AI agents like Copilot or KIRO day to day.
• Knowledge of automation using Selenium framework and excel macros is a plus.
• Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.
• Stays current on changes in his/her own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up-to-date.
• Invests effort to individually coach others.
• Builds collaborative teams across the organization.
• Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed.

We offer top class training and development for you to be an asset in our organization!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.