Role & seniority: Senior Testing Assistant

Stack/tools: Testing coordination in financial services; Jira or similar tracking tools; coordination with external vendors, Transfer Agents, infrastructures; familiarity with end-to-end testing frameworks

Top 3 responsibilities

Coordinate client and external testing across markets and activation waves; act as central contact during test prep and execution
Support test planning/execution: define scopes, entry/exit criteria, maintain plans, timelines, environments, onboarding
Documentation and governance: prepare and consolidate testing docs, track progress, report outcomes, escalate risks

Must-have skills

Proven project testing coordination experience in financial services (post-trade, custody, settlement, asset servicing)
Hands-on experience coordinating external/client testing with multiple stakeholders and tight timelines
Understanding of end-to-end testing frameworks in complex transformations; strong organizational and stakeholder skills; autonomous in multi-stream programs

Nice-to-haves

Experience with CSD, T2S, settlement, or corporate actions
Involvement in market migrations or regulatory/operating model changes
Familiarity with testing dashboards/tools/Jira; experience with external vendors, Transfer Agents, or market infrastructures
Location & work type: Hybrid, Prague 8; Contractor (Contraktor); Full-time, long-term; Start asap

Full Description

Hybrid

Lokation: Prague 8, HO 50 %

Languages: Fluent English and Czech

Level: Senior

Form of cooperation: Contraktor

Start date: asap

Allocation: Full-Time

Allocation length: Long term \n

The Testing Assistant assists in defining and creating test cases from functional specifications. In addition support for all tasks within the testing area are provided.

Key responsibilities

The external service provider will support the Client Testing team in the following areas

Client & External Testing Coordination
Coordinate project client testing activities across multiple markets and activation waves.
Act as a central point of contact for external participants (clients, Transfer Agents, infrastructures, vendors) during test preparation and execution phases.
Support the organization of guided simulations, bilateral and trilateral testing, in alignment with E2E and migration streams.

Test Planning & Execution Support Support the preparation and maintenance of client testing plans, timelines and test windows aligned with UNO release schedules. Assist in defining and validating test scope, scenarios and entry/exit criteria for client facing testing. Coordinate test readiness, including environment availability, prerequisites and participant onboarding.

Documentation & Reporting Support the preparation, consolidation and maintenance of client testing documentation, forms and guidelines. Track testing progress, participant status and execution outcomes. Consolidate defects, issues and observations and ensure structured follow up with relevant stakeholders.

Stakeholder & Governance Support Ensure close alignment with E2E Testing, Migration, Operations, IT and PMO teams. Contribute to testing governance meetings and provide regular status updates. Escalate risks, constraints and dependencies impacting client testing delivery.

Mandatory skills and experiences

Proven experience in project testing coordination within financial services, ideally post trade, custody, settlement or asset servicing.
Hands on experience coordinating external/client testing, including multiple stakeholders and tight timelines.
Understanding of end to end testing frameworks in complex transformation programs.
Strong organizational and stakeholder coordination skills.
Ability to work autonomously in a multi stream program environment.

Optional skills

Experience with CSD, T2S, settlement or corporate actions environments.
Prior involvement in market migrations or large regulatory/operating model changes.
Familiarity with testing tracking tools, dashboards or Jira based environments.
Experience working with external vendors, Transfer Agents or market infrastructures.

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