Senior Quality Analyst - US Payroll Testing Lead

Appcore Labs India; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wurknow, collaborating with Rumor, is seeking a Senior Quality Analyst to join a payroll testing initiative in the United States. You will focus on manual QA of payroll features, validating calculations, taxes, deductions, earnings, and benefits across payroll workflows.

The role requires hands-on testing of US payroll processes, test case design, bug tracking, and collaboration with development teams to ensure accuracy before releases. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Manual QA, payroll processing, or both.
• Hands-on testing of US payroll processes and modules.
• Strong understanding of the US payroll process.
• Knowledge of payroll calculations, taxes, deductions, earnings, benefits.
• QA fundamentals: Bug Life Cycle, SDLC, STLC, Smoke, Sanity, Regression.
• Experience writing and executing detailed test cases.
• Experience with Jira or similar bug/test management tools.
• Basic API testing and SQL queries.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing of payroll features and processes.
• Test complete US payroll workflows from start to finish.
• Validate payroll calculations, taxes, deductions, earnings, benefits, and other payroll components.
• Create and execute test cases, test scenarios, and test plans.
• Identify, document, and track bugs and payroll-related issues.
• Work closely with developers to understand and resolve defects.
• Perform smoke, sanity, and regression testing before releases.
• Compare actual payroll results with expected results and identify discrepancies.
• Test different payroll scenarios, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, deductions, and other payroll changes.
• Identify gaps in payroll functionality and suggest improvements.
• Provide clear testing feedback and regular updates to the team.
• Maintain proper QA documentation and testing records.)

Skills

Manual QA

Payroll testing

US payroll

Regression testing

Analytical skills

Communication

API testing

Jira

SQL queries

Tools

Jira

SQL

API testing

Job description

Wurknow, collaborating with Rumor, is seeking a Senior Quality Analyst to join a payroll testing initiative in the United States. You will focus on manual QA of payroll features, validating calculations, taxes, deductions, earnings, and benefits across payroll workflows.

The role requires hands-on testing of US payroll processes, test case design, bug tracking, and collaboration with development teams to ensure accuracy before releases. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.