About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialised businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
About Business line/Function:
Job Title:
Functional tester
Date:
26/05/2025
Department:
WMIS
Location:
India - Chennai
Business Line / Function:
WMIS / Service Division
Reports to:
(Direct)
Service Division
Grade:
(if applicable)
(Functional)
Number of Direct Reports:
Directorship / Registration:
NA
Position Purpose
Provide a brief description of the overall purpose of the position, why this position exists and how it will contribute in achieving the team’s goal.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
• Understanding of structured test methods and processes of both SDLC and STLC
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with team to analyze testing requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: Test Plan, Test strategy Test Cases, Test Completion Report and sign-off, exception reporting and follow-up.
• Creation of good quality test scenarios for manual testing, reviewing and validating them with BA and inputting in ALM
• Execution of manual test cases, issuing reports (DSR, RCA, etc.) and sharing with the test manager on a timely manner
• Execution of end-to-end integration testing in collaboration with other applications teams
• Testing effort estimation based on the requirements from BA’s, PM’s.
• Experience in managing and maintaining test data, which allows reproducible results and comparison between successive tests runs.
• Strong analytical and quick learning skills required, to handle test cases in a rich and complex architecture with many interconnected applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, managers, subject matter experts and technical teams.
• Execution of performance test scenarios, propose efficient ways to do performance testing.
• Participate and contribute to all Agile / Scrum rituals of the squad (daily stand-up, grooming, sprint planning, retrospective meetings)
• Reporting to test lead & manager on the test activities progress and data gathering to generate metrics.
• Automation script development & maintenance, knowledge on the automation framework is an advantage.
• Experience on HP ALM Octane.
• Contribute to analysis of defects and identification of root cause and pattern.
• Coordinating various upstream or downstream application teams requesting test data and support while execution of test cases
• Ability to accommodate more than one testing at a time for concurrent projects testing
Contributing Responsibilities
• 5+ and less than 9 years relevant experience in software testing in Banking domain
• Experience working in scrum team * Proficient in test life cycle management using HP-ALM/ALM Octane
• Manual Functional testing with various techniques on Identifying required test data or mockup required test data.
• Integration testing with Stubs and Drivers on System Integration testing, End to End testing.
• Identifying regression test cases from existing pool of functional test cases or create them if they are not available.
• Hands-on experience in writing test cases for complex projects, test data preparation and test execution.
• Hands on experience in writing performance test cases.
• Good oral & written Communication skills.
• A good team player with problem-solving attitude.
• Analytical and precise: Capacity to challenge the team and convince based on facts.
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
· 5+ and less than 9 years’ experience as a Test Analyst in a financial institution
· Strong Functional knowledge of Back Office processes, financial products, trade life cycle obtained either through an IT core system implementation project or via positions held within the Operations department of Bank.
· Strong exposure to Securities and derivatives/Wealth management
· AAA, TRANSACT application knowledge will be added advantage.
· Exposure to trading products testing is a plus.
· Automation knowledge (Good to have)
· Proficient in Quality center/HP-ALM-Octane and JIRA
Specific Qualifications (if required)
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Ability to deliver / Results driven
Communication skills - oral & written
Ability to share / pass on knowledge
Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)
Ability to understand, explain and support change
Analytical Ability
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Education Level:
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 5 years
Other/Specific Qualifications (if required)
