Functional Testing Test Analyst

SARAH RACHEL J.

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Summary:

Functional Test Analyst / Lead with 14 yrs of solid experience in software testing of banking applications which includes database testing, functional testing with expertise in modules such as payments, Collections, On-boarding, Banking product Intellect, Mortgage, Wealth management and validation of MT103, pain.001, pain.002 messages. Independent Individual performer with strong testing and banking concepts

Involved in test management activities like preparing test plan, metrics, updating dashboard and weekly status report to the stake holders. Mentoring junior testers and work allocation, defect triage, status reporting.

Technical Expertise in Functional testing, End to end testing, Extract validation, MT 103 message validation, Database testing, API Testing using SOAP UI, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, System testing, HP ALM, JIRA, UFT execution, confluence, Trace horizon, Bloomberg and basic level in Python

Completed certification on Master Class on ISO 20022 & SWIFT Standard MX for Payments on 19 Oct 2021

Professional Profile - Testing

Senior test analyst / test lead with an extensive 14 yrs of experience in testing of Software Applications in various domains such as retail and banking

Expertise in Functional testing, Regression testing,ETL Database testing, cross browser testing, security testing using burp tool, GUI testing in different phases of STLC such as integration testing, system testing, system integration, UAT and production support

Testing proficiency includes Web app testing, database testing, Functional testing, End to End testing

Worked in Selenium with Java in Net o project

Experience in Corporate banking, payments and investment banking.

Involved in swift message verification of MT103 and AML verification for International payments using FIRCO.

Extensive product testing knowledge Intellect CBX (Customer Business Xchange), CBS (Core banking System), S2BNG (corporate banking)

Worked with BMO client for past 5 years and expertise in BMO application such as RIS, Investor line, Customer connect, OLBB, and NET O.

Worked in Perfecto Tool (Mobile app testing)for Investor line application in BMO.

Privileged to work with reputed clients such as RBS, NBAD, MASHREQ, Wal-mart, SCB

Involved in different phase of testing such as system testing, Integration testing, UAT and production support.

Extensively developed analytical, evaluation, critical thinking, and critique skills

Excellent attention to small details

Strong communication skills, including interpersonal, professional, written, and oral

Highly organized, capable of administrative duties, and excellent multitasker

Schedule testing activities; prepare test effort estimations, contributed to continuous test process improvement with the help of metrics, Contributed to test plan and strategy.

Involved in execution of Test script using UFT Tool and basic level in selenium

Management Skill:

Fulfilled management responsibilities, leading the quality assurance team

Worked on estimation for test plan and completion report (Test summary report)

Handled Defect triage call with development and BA, publishing dashboards, test summary report and communicating results to manager

Supported for UAT and production phases.

Had direct interaction with client.

Domain:

10 + years in BFS Domain with Payments, US mortgage, Intellect product CBX, Investment banking (HSBC)

Worked in the corporate banking domain for intellect product, S2BNG

Involved in different modules such as payments, collections and have good domain knowledge

Worked in Payments for MT103, AML Validation in FIRCO, repair payment transaction and resubmit

Completed ISO20022 Masterclass Training on MT message to MX message conversion

Tools and Technologies:

ALM 12.0.2

Oracle

UNIX

SOAP UI 5.4.0

JIRA

MS OFFICE

UFT 12.01

Eclipse Neon

JAVA 1.8 for selenium

Beyond Compare

Aginity Workbench

XML

Confluence

Trace horizon(test management tool)

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Certifications

Certified by ISTQB

Certified in domains like: Software Testing and L0 Banking

Completed certification Master Class on ISO 20022 & SWIFT Standard MX for Payments on 19 Oct 2021

Academics

MSc (Mathematics) Stella Maris College

BSc (Mathematics) Stella Maris College

Capco Technologies (June 2022 to Till Date)

Project

HSBC – Asset Management

Role

Test Analyst - UAT

Duration

June 2022 to present

Domain

Banking – Asset management

Technology

Bloomberg, Simcorp, My State Street (MYSS)

Project Description

Migration of middle office for HK, FR, US, UK from individual systems such as Simcorp, Apollo, NT to state street. Extract validation and reconciliation.

Day to day activities (fx overlay, Blocking fail trade, CGT Accruals) management through the new centralised middle office applications.

Validation of trade flow for Equity, Fixed Income, FX, Options and futures, Mutual funds, Mortgage from Bloomberg to back office and validation of report and position files

Tools used:

1.HP ALM, JIRA

Countries Affected:

HONGKONG, FR, US, UK

Roles & Responsibilities owned:

Migration of regional Middle Offices to a single centralized middle office

Understand End-to-End Business workflow of FO and MO systems

Responsible to coordinate with SME/BA to meet the deliverables

Responsible to get Business Sign off on test plans and test scenarios Mentoring team throughout the testing cycle

Strong Knowledge of testing methodologies, systems and techniques Good Exposure to Hongkong region stocks

Aspire systems (August 2020 to May 2022)

Project

SCB – Corporate banking

Role

Test Lead (Agile scrum)

Duration

Aug 2020 to present

Domain

Banking – Corporate banking (Payments)

Technology

Web application (S2BNG), Database Validation, END to END validation with MT103,CADM(Client Administration for S2B)

Project Description

S2B – Straight to bank is an application used by the corporates of standard chartered bank for their day to day transaction with the clients such as payments, report generation, salary upload etc.

The Regulatory changes made by country are implemented in S2BNG for those country customers

Payment by corporates (BAU) should not be affected due to the regulatory changes as application supports many types Payments as such Local and international payments.

Tools used:

1.HP ALM

2.Oracle

3.JIRA

Countries Affected:

MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, INDIA, NEPAL, HONGKONG, GB, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Zambia

Roles & Responsibilities owned:

1. Involved in Grooming Sprint planning, Test design, Walk through and giving DEMO to the country team

2.Coordinating with other team for test data preparation

3.Test Execution and Sending daily DSR

4.End to end testing by coordinating with other teams and giving DEMO about the change to country team

5.Involved in UAT testing and UVT support.

Virtusa Consulting Services (Apr 2011 to May 2020)

Project

BMO – URLA update

Role

Test Lead

Duration

May 2019 to May 2020

Domain

Banking - Mortgage

Technology

Web application (Net O), Extract validation, Database Validation

Project Description

NetOxygen is a LOS (Loan Origination System - mortgage application) used by BMO for its customers for Mortgage and consumer loans origination and processing. New loan applications for Mortgage are originated and processed by different users having different privileges such as originator, processor, Underwriter, QA, Closer, post closer, funder, load administrator, disclosure...etc.

URLA Update project is about the new application form 1003 issued by the government sponsored enterprises Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae for improving their business and giving usability by removing irrelevant details and implementing the MISMO standards.

Tools used:

1.HP ALM

2.Oracle

Responsibities:

1. Prepared test strategy, raised clarification and Given walk through.

2.Prepared and reviewed test scenarios and test cases

3. Allocating task and guiding team members.

4. Involved in test execution, defect tracking and defect triage call.

5.Sending DSR to the onsite and managers and involved in the Weekly meetings with client

Role

Senior tester – Individual Contributor

Duration

Apr 2018 to Apr 2019

Domain

Banking/ ABS to XAA

Technology

Web application (XAA), ETL Testing (extract validation)

Project Description

ABS (automated billing system) and VOSTRO billing systems were used by BMO for billing Canadian customers. Now this billing system is replaced by XAA(extended Account Analysis) . ABS & Vostro are outdated and it was difficult for troubleshooting and analysis. XAA was more enhanced and also it was being used by BMO for US customers hence it was preferred.

Testing involved extract validation between the different upstream application (OLBB, Livelink), downstream application(Computershare, CMCIF) and agility workbench (DB)using beyond compare tool.Validation of data migrated from ABS and transformed to XAA with its own specification and format. Testing XAA application for the billing contracts created for customers are linked to the various products in the upstream application.

Tools Used:

1.HP ALM

2.Aginity Workbench(netezza Db)

3.Beyond Compare

Project

BMO - EPBS,OLBB

Role

Module – AML, Repair queue - Control Centre and FIRCO application handling,Extract validation

Duration

Apr 2017 to Apr 2018

Domain

Banking/Payments

Technology

Oracle, Web Services testing (soap UI), Web application (WRAP, FIRCO, Control center), Web application (OLBB), Customer Connect (Windows application),Database testing

Project Description

EPBS (Enterprise payment business services) is the new Payments Hub that will allow the Bank to create its own version of a best-in-class enterprise payments eco-system. In response to the “Modernization” initiatives of Payments Canada and other strategic business needs, BMOC is implementing a new Reference Architecture which includes the implementation of a Payment Hub. The Enterprise Payments Reference Architecture defined by BMOC isolates legacy payments engines from orchestration, payments services and financial messaging to enable modernization and the extension of new services while reducing reliance on payment engines, and the associated legacy risk.

At present, BMOC’s Canadian Account owners on OLBB (BMOC’s Online Banking for Business platform) cannot send Foreign Exchange (FX) Wires in a currency that is different from their funding account currency. FX Wire support is currently only offered through BMOC’s branch services, i.e., account holder must physically go into the branch to initiate these transactions.

The EPBS Hub implementation will be used as the conduit to offer that capability to BMO account holders in OLBB.

Project

BMOIL - eTax

Role

Individual Contributor

Duration

November 2016 to Mar 2017

Domain

Banking/Wealth Management

Technology

Oracle, Web application testing,

Project Description

BMO Investor Line’s Self-Directed service provides independent investors with excellent service and fast, efficient trade execution for a wide range of investments, including stocks, options, bonds, GICs and mutual funds.

We can open number of accounts at BMO Investor Line, including: cash or margin investment accounts, self-directed RRSPs and RRIFs, locked-in retirement accounts (LIRAs), life income funds (LIFs) and locked-in retirement income funds (LRIFs) and RLIFs (Restricted Life Income funds) and RLSPs (Restricted Life Income Funds).

Etax: A new privilege for the Investor Line Client to view their tax document online. Earlier all these documents where sent through mail to the client address and it was upgraded such that the documents should be available online. Viewing and updating various document types relating to the account type.

Project

BMO - RIS

Role

Test Analyst

Duration

Nov 2014 to Oct 2016

Domain

Banking/Wealth management

Technology

Oracle, SQL,database testing

Project Description

RIS is marketing and sales tool for BMO Nesbitt burns for organizing, managing and storing wide range of information about each of BMO client and their respective holding. All Investment adviser to manage clients and their entire portfolio permit online trading and processing of equities, mutual funds and fixed income securities. Produce reports that can be used to track activity, inform clients, official and unofficial of securities, portfolio performance, realized gain/lossreport

ESG V 2.7 Fundserv

Validation of funds from FIS in RIS for mutual fund order entry based on the Flag set such as Discount brokerage, FIS class A funds, BMO approved fund, Segregated Fund for AD (Advice direct), SD(self-directed) and NB (Nesbitt Burns) accounts for actions such as Buy, sell, switch –In and Switch-out.

RIS – Oracle upgrade

RIS - FCL (Form Checklist)

RIS French Testing

ESG V2.7 Funder – Individual contributor

Project

NBAD 3.0

Role

Senior QA

Duration

Aug 2013 to Oct 2014

Domain

Corporate Banking

Technology

Functional and database testing, UNIX

Project Description

NBAD is one of the popular banks in the Middle East. The project deals on facilitating a good solution for the corporate customers of NBAD. The day to day corporate needs such as payments, collections and liquidity is handled by in a simpler and secure way for the corporate customer using Intellect product.

Project

CBX – Intellect base product development

Role

QA (Reporting to BA)

Duration

Jun 2012 to Aug 2013

Domain

Corporate Banking, Payments, Collections

Technology

Functional testing, end to end testing

Project Description

CBX is the front-end application of the corporate user. The product has many modules such as Payments, Collections and receivables, core services, liquidity and trade. The CBX is integrated with the Intellect product CMS (CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM), CASH CORE which forms a complete solution for banking operations. The CMS forms the backend,that is it will be used by the bank user. Both these products are integrated and form a complete banking solution for corporate banking.

Project

MASHREQ BANK

Role

QA

Duration

Apr 2011 to Jun 2012

Domain

Corporate Banking, Payments, Collections, Trade,back office

Technology

Functional testing, end to end testing

Project Description

The project deals with the enhancement of the existing Polaris product (INTELLECT – CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) such as it is suits MASHREQ daily operations for corporate banking. The product deals with the daily operations of the back office such as deposit of cheese, slips, payments of invoice, reconciliation, PDC and pooling for generation of credit to its customers. The portal handles the invoice and PDC modification done by a corporate which is authorized and managed by the bank.

Cognizant technology solutions(Mar 2006 to Mar 2011)

Project

GLS2.0(Wal-Mart)

Role

Tester

Duration

Apr 2008 to Mar 2011

Domain

Retail

Technology

Functional testing, end to end testing, database testing, UNIX,4GL( putty)

Project Description

Global Logistics System (GLS) deals with Wal-Mart’s Warehouse Management system (WMS).

A warehouse management system, or WMS, is a key part of the supply chain and primarily aims to control the movement and storage of materials within a warehouse and process the associated transactions, including, receiving, put away, picking and shipping. The systems also direct and optimize stock put away based on real-time information about the status of slot utilization. And it serves to fulfill store’s orders so that stores do not run out of any items. A distribution center is a warehouse where all the products are stored or distributed to the stores.

Project

CRUSE 2 (Credit Re-Underwriting Scoring Engine)

Role

Tester

Duration

Mar 2006 to Mar 2007

Domain

banking

Technology

Functional testing, end to end testing

Project Description

American Express Company is a global travel, financial and network services provider. Founded in 1850, the Company serves individuals with charge and credit cards, Travelers Cheques and other stored value products. It also offers financial planning, brokerage services, and mutual funds, insurance and other investment products. Through its family of Corporate Card services, American Express helps companies and institutions manage their travel, entertainment and purchasing expenses.

This project seeks to develop consistent and integrated strategies (treatment), capabilities and processes across American Express for re-underwriting, customer management and servicing of high balance, “high touch” customers. This customer base has choices and this project must fulfill the expectations for High Balance/High Touch customers in a more proactive and explicit manner. This project strives to provide differentiated service allowing for maximum productivity while focusing on the relationship management

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