RKS SQA Agile Testing Room Leader- Assistant Vice President
About The Position
We are looking for an RKS SQA Agile Room team leader who will be testing projects while also managing the other SQA test resources assigned to support the room’s full project list. This is a senior team role (Assistant Vice President) reporting directly to the RKS SQA Test Manager. The person should be a business‑focused tester responsible for validating enhancements delivered to RKS (Record Keeping Services) — State Street’s middle‑office accounting and record‑keeping platform — by deeply understanding financial services workflows and the investment manager operating model and translating them into effective test coverage. The role is part of the Record Keeping Services (RKS) development team, specifically part of Software Quality Assurance, a functional testing requirement that is vital to RKS development. State Street depends on RKS which underpins daily middle‑office and back‑office accounting operations for a large list of global investment managers. This role is critical because accurate testing of RKS functionality requires strong business analysis skills, understanding how investment managers operate day‑to‑day, and ensuring that system changes correctly support accounting, operational, and regulatory processes before production deployment. In addition, the role requires project management of the other test resources and projects assigned to your Agile room; this role is the SQA Agile team leader.
Requirements
- Strong business analysis skills with the ability to understand and question financial services and investment management workflows.
- Solid understanding of investment accounting, record keeping, and middle‑office operating models.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to assess business impact and identify risk areas.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with business users, developers, and downstream support teams.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills to explain issues in both business and technical terms.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- 7-10 years of experience in software testing or business analysis supporting financial services, investment management, or accounting systems
- Demonstrated experience working with business requirements, functional specifications, and operating models.
- Proficiency in SQL for data validation and reconciliation (Oracle or similar RDBMS)
- Experience using Jira and Xray for test management, documentation, and defect tracking.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to Java‑based automation tools is preferred.
- A strong understanding of the daily operating model of global investment managers, including interactions between middle‑office, back‑office, and downstream systems, is highly desirable.
- Experience supporting test evidence, traceability, and documentation in line with State Street SDLC standards is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and understand business requirements supporting financial services and investment manager operations, with a focus on middle‑office and back‑office accounting workflows.
- Translate business and functional requirements into meaningful test scenarios that reflect real‑world operating models used by global investment managers.
- Assign all testing support for the projects in your Agile room, manage that all projects are fully understood, test requirements are understood and the code delivery dates are met.
- Create and execute functional test plans and assess edge cases across
Benefits
- our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
- insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
- paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
- access to our Employee Assistance Program
- incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
- eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
- inclusive development opportunities
- flexible work-life support
- paid volunteer days
- vibrant employee networks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
