Senior Test Manager at Computershare in Bristol, England, GB

Location: Bristol, Edinburgh or London (Hybrid)

12 Month fixed term contract

In this position, you’ll be based in the Bristol, Edinburgh or London office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at http://computershare.com/flex

We give you a world of potential

The Finance Change Team is responsible for managing and delivering the finance change initiatives (regulatory or as defined by the finance leadership team) related to finance processes, workflow, reports, system integrations and supporting transitions of future acquisitions or demergers.

A role you will love

The Senior Test Manager role operates within this function and is responsible for leading the test strategy and execution across programmes of work to redesign core finance processes across various domains such as Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Quote to Cash, Record to Report, Source to Pay, and Acquire to Retire.

This role also involves maintaining and optimising financial systems and associated data while ensuring successful delivery within agreed timeframes and working collaboratively across other global teams.

Some key responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, execution, and successful completion of test strategy across finance processes and system changes
• Ensure alignment with organisational objectives while managing resources, timelines, and budgets
• Regularly update stakeholders on project progress
• Hold the project team accountable for meeting deadlines
• Responsible for delivery of Test Strategy, Scoping, Planning, Analysis, Design, Implementation, Execution, Reporting, Exit & Closure activities
• Maintain a full view of project risks and issues and escalate where appropriate
• Ensure timely and within-budget delivery of project scope
• Maintain policies and procedures
• Monitor processes to ensure global governance compliance and report non-compliance
• Ensure all requirements, including regulatory and statutory, are met
• Record analysis for future reference and track decisions
• Conduct regular 1:1s with direct reports and embed a culture of diversity and inclusiveness

What will you bring to the role?

The Senior Test Manager will require extensive experience in leading change on large scale projects. You will bring an awareness of Enterprise Risk Management and awareness of legislative and regulatory requirements within the financial services industry

Other key skills required for the role include:

• The role requires extensive experience in leading testing strategy, hands on experience of analysing designs & specifications, assessing risk, defining test cases, identifying test data requirements, mapping traceability to requirements, executing tests, investigating issues, reporting risks, logging bugs, capturing test evidence, and reporting on test progress.
• Experience in leading Change Management in in a complex environment and within a geographically dispersed team.
• Ability to solve complex problems and work on abstract and conceptual issues.
• Setting objectives, driving performance, planning and coordination are all expected of this person.
• Able to react and adapt in a changing environment and still deliver innovative solutions.
• A well developed understanding of the finance sector and knowledge of how complex financial systems operate is essential, exposure to Oracle Fusion would be advantageous.

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future

And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub

We’re unable to offer UK visa sponsorship for this role, so we’re looking for candidates who have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom.

About the Team

Our Shared Services teams support all of our business lines behind the scenes. Across the world, we have a range of specialisms that ensure the delivery of our business priorities. These include Technology, Information Security, Finance, Risk, Audit, Governance, Marketing and Communications as well as our People team. Join our strategic team and help us look after everything from creating an amazing end to end employee journey to keeping our systems safe. You'll be looking after our people, our clients and their customers, whilst maintaining our exceptional standards around the globe.

About the Company

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

Fairness and culture

We want to provide you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.