Qa Tester

Title: Senior QA Tester

• Industry: Insurance experience is not mandatory. Financial/accounting testing experience is the key requirement.
• Mandatory skill: Strong understanding of financial/accounting transactions and validation.
• Application experience: Testing around a core application that generates financial/accounting transactions.
• Integration: Experience testing SAP integrations is highly desirable.
• SAP knowledge: Familiarity with SAP and related financial areas is a major plus.
• Business understanding: Candidate should understand the end-to-end transaction flow, e.g.: Policy/underwriting data financial system
• Financial transactions generated from the application
• Reserving/accounting transactions
• Validate whether the right financial data/transaction is created in the system
• Insurance knowledge: Helpful/preferred, but not mandatory. SAP + Financial Accounting: This combination would make the profile particularly strong.
• Interview: Expected to involve potentially an in-person meeting interview at the Topeka, Kansas office.

• Collaborate with cross-functional IT teams to assess software quality and performance against defined acceptance criteria and quality standards.
• Design and execute test scenarios, requirements traceability matrices (RTM), and test cases; develop and maintain test plans based on business requirements and technical specifications.
• Develop, maintain, and automate test scripts and testing processes where appropriate.
• Identify, analyze, document, and track defects and issues that deviate from approved requirements and design specifications.
• Record test results and communicate defect status and quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance best practices, organizational standards, and industry standards.
• Maintain test environments and test data required for test execution.
• Perform impact analysis and risk assessments to support release readiness decisions.
• Track and report quality metrics, including defect density, defect trends, and open defect counts.
• Recommend and implement continuous improvements to testing processes, methodologies, and tools.
• Provide guidance and knowledge sharing to junior QA team members.

• 8+ years of software quality assurance and testing experience.
• Experience using defect tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ALM, or similar platforms.
• Experience testing web, desktop, API, and enterprise software applications across multiple platforms.
• Experience managing and supporting test environments and test data.
• Working knowledge of programming concepts, SQL, databases, and data validation techniques.
• Experience performing compatibility, integration, and backend testing.
• Working knowledge of data integration processes and interfaces.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and automated testing tools.
• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies, Agile delivery practices, and software testing life cycles.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience creating detailed manual test cases and test scenarios.
• Experience executing manual and automated test cases.
• Experience preparing and presenting testing results and quality status reports.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and business teams to identify root causes of defects.
• Ability to develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with junior QA team members.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to software quality.