Quality Assurance

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization's extensive global network. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

Role Description

We are searching for a QA Lead for the Compliance Back Office Testing team

Role Objectives
• Continual discussions with Development Teams to review stories planned, requirements of new features and story point automation efforts - plus participate in testing as needed
• Input test plan and scenarios into Xray - convert scenarios into automation
• Perform Impact Assessment of all business requirements and any changes - vet requirements
• Maintain applicable test artifacts (Test plan, test cases, test data automation scripting) per the business requirements or change requests
• Code Pull and review, future CI/CD implementation, execution and reporting

Qualifications and Skills
• Strong knowledge and coding experience in Python/Java to automate test cases for post trade back office and trade flow
• Strong working knowledge on SQL to write complex SQL
• Strong hands-on experience in expanding frameworks and creating new automation scenarios programmatically using Python or Java
• 5-7 years of experience in application development/automation framework development using Python / Java
• 2+ years of working knowledge and ability to develop test automation script for post trade Fixed Income Capital Markets data lineage
• Strong knowledge of test automation frameworks
• Strong knowledge in Core Java/ Python or any equivalent, automation testing tools for backend , front end &web service API testing
• 5+ years of professional experience working with data sets, advanced scripting and SQL
• Prior experience working as QE/SDET in agile/scrum teams, shipping features often
• Ability to understand complex data flows between various internal and external applications
• Demonstrated ability to identify and report Risks and Issues
• Strong working knowledge of Fixed Income and Derivatives BackOffice Testing - Capital Markets experience

Additional Requirements

SMBC's employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.