Unit Head-System UAT Audit

HDFC Bank Limited; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

HDFC Bank Limited in Mumbai is seeking a seasoned QA professional to drive functional testing and UAT within agile projects for banking products.

You will review test artifacts, define audit scopes, and ensure regulatory compliance across internet banking, mobile banking, and payments channels. You will mentor juniors and align testing with delivery pace.

Candidates should have a strong grasp of testing methodologies, tools, and risk-based approaches to prevent fraud and operational disruption.

Qualifications

• Must have substantial experience in functional testing and UAT within agile projects.
• Experience in auditing system changes for regulatory compliance.
• Ability to identify risks and gaps in banking systems.

Responsibilities

• Understand business and product functional requirements and propose tech solutions.
• Define audit review scope for systems/applications and risks.
• Review testing outputs and evidence within deadlines.
• Lead functional testing/UAT and adapt to agile pace.
• Manage testing/defect tracking tools and automation approaches.
• Coordinate system integration and regression testing.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines in changes.
• Identify risk areas and propose mitigations.
• Mentor junior team members and ensure timely reviews.

Skills

Domain testing expertise

Test planning

UAT testing

Team leadership

Audit/review methodology

Regulatory/compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science/Commerce or MBA (Finance)

CA (Chartered Accountant)

Tools

ISTQB

Selenium

JIRA

Job description

Functional Key Responsibilities:

• 1. Understanding the business and the related product functional requirements. (Coming up with innovative technology solutions for the business requirements)
• 2 . Should have detailed understanding/domain expertise in banking products and processes including digital payment solutions channels inclusive of Internet Banking , Mobile Banking , UPI , Prepaid Instruments etc.
• 3. Should be able to understand overall scope of functional change on systems/applications and define the adequate audit review methodology
• 4. Assess & review the adequacy of testing performed by the testing team (Business Technology Group/Business Group) basis the test repository/supporting including the Test cases, Test results & evidences within the time.
• 5. Should have relevant work experience on functional testing/ UAT (preferably worked on the agile framework of the project) and able to adopt and perform the audit review in line with the pace of the project. Should be well versed with the testing/defect tracking tool and latest automated testing methodology.
• 6 . Should have expertise in System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, regression testing and manual functional testing, sanity testing.
• 7. Should be able to define the scope for audit review v/s scope of change by ascertaining the areas of risk, system /process gaps in accordance to the Regulatory-Compliance guidelines as applicable in the respective business area to ensure that the proposed system will be compliant to the regulations.
• 8. Identify the risk areas /gaps on system functionality/end to end process to cover/mitigate the risk arises due to fraud, financial, operational, customer impact to the Bank.
• 9. Identify control issues/policy violations and propose actions to mitigate recurrence
• 10. Should be constantly updated with market trend on the digital innovations/technology and associated security aspects/system controls & checks
• 11. Hand-holding of junior team members to ensure seamless performance of the team and complete review in time bound manner.

Technical Skills:

• 1. Understanding the business and the related technology requirements. Coming up with innovative technology solutions for the business requirements
• 2. Strong understanding of latest cloud technology , Web and Mobile technologies
• 3. Detail understanding and well versed with the API integrations and impact on eco systems.
• 4. Should have expertise in any one of the banking platforms like Oracle/ Finacle, Flexcube architecture and end-to-end delivery (from inception to productionization) of large-scale mission critical distributed applications in financial services
• 5. Good understanding of Banking business processes and interacting eco systems
• 6. Good understanding of application coding methodologies (Preferable)
• 7. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office. Good knowledge of MS Excel and MS Power-point

Behavioural Skills:

• 1. Detail-oriented, organized and systematic
• 2. Committed, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual
• 3. Good Communication skills (Written & Oral)
• 4. Team Management skills problem solving approach
• 5. Time Management skills ability to meet timelines for large-scale projects
• 6. Capability to multi-task

Preferred candidate profile:

Qualifications/Experience

• 1. Candidate should preferably be B.E/Science/Commerce Graduate / MBA (Finance)
• 2. Preferable qualification -CA

Certifications & Training:

• 1. ISTQB- International software testing qualification Board foundation certification.
• 2. ISTQB- International software testing qualification Board Advance certification.
• 3. PSTS Professional Software Testing Specialist
• 4. ISO 27001-Lead Auditor
• 5. Agile Business Analyst Certified Professional
• 6. Business Analyst Certified Professional