Full Description

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives. Those in Guidewire testing at PwC will specialise in testing and quality assurance activities related to Guidewire applications. Guidewire is a software suite that provides insurance companies with tools for policy administration, claims management, and billing. You will be responsible for confirming that the Guidewire applications meet the desired quality standards and perform as expected.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Skills

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to

Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system. Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion. Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables. Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same. Effectively mentor others. Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members. Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate. Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

When you join PwC Acceleration Centers (ACs), you step into a pivotal role focused on actively supporting various Acceleration Center services, from Advisory to Assurance, Tax and Business Services. In our innovative hubs, you’ll engage in challenging projects and provide distinctive services to support client engagements through enhanced quality and innovation. You’ll also participate in dynamic and digitally enabled training that is designed to grow your technical and professional skills.

As part of the Business Application Consulting team you will perform quality assurance and manual testing for large, complex multi-tier applications. As an Associate you will focus on learning and contributing to client engagement and projects while developing your skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional work.

Responsibilities

Perform quality assurance and manual testing for multi-tier applications Collaborate with team members to achieve project success Learn and contribute to client engagement and project tasks Develop technical skills to enhance testing processes Analyze application functionality to identify improvement areas Support documentation and reporting of testing outcomes Uphold quality standards and compliance requirements Engage in ongoing professional development and training

What You Must Have

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Minimum of 10+ years of quality assurance manual testing, planning, estimating, and executing testing for large, complex multi-tier applications. Mandatory Portal QA and Manual Testing Experience in JIRA/Azure Dev Ops/Rally/QC-ALM or equivalent tools for Test Case Management and Defect Management.

What Sets You Apart

Familiarity with the BDD approach and Exploratory testing. Experience in Insurance Domain. Good to have experience in automating Insurance platforms Performance testing experience - QSTB Certification