Test Lead

**General Information**:

- Job ID
- 29586
- Location
- Cape Town, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Work Types
- Full Time
- Categories
- Information Technology

**About TMF Group**

TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. We provide legal, financial, and employee administration through TMF Group’s teams in 120 offices.

Our 9,100 experts and 120 offices in 85 jurisdictions worldwide serve corporates, financial institutions, asset managers, private clients and family offices, providing the combination of accounting, tax, payroll, fund administration, compliance and entity management services essential to global business success.

We help businesses achieve global compliance, transparency and consistency.

**Discover the Role**

The Test Manager will be responsible for managing and overseeing the testing process across the Cobalt programme. This includes developing and delivering the test strategy, leading the testing team, ensuring quality assurance best practices are followed, and ensuring the software meets required specifications and user expectations.

**Key Responsibilities**

Test Strategy and Planning:

- Develop and implement a comprehensive test strategy across all phases of programme testing inc. unit, product, business acceptance, client acceptance, performance, penetration and regression
- Define a comprehensive test plan in collaboration with development teams and user groups
- Define testing methods, tools and metrics
- Define and delivery automated testing where possible
- Ensure the production of test scripts, preparation of test data and collation of test evidences
- Collaborate with project managers, developers, and business analysts to understand project scope, goals, and deliverables

Quality Assurance:

- Define and enforce quality standards and best practices for software testing
- Ensure test coverage and accuracy in functional, integration, regression, and performance testing
- Identify risks and work to mitigate them in the testing process

Test Execution and Reporting:

- Oversee the execution of test cases and resolution of test defects, driving both to timely and quality expectations
- Generate and present test reports, including test execution status, defect reports, and other metrics to senior management
- Analyse and interpret testing results and make recommendations for improvements
- Guided defect prioritization based on an understanding of the programme objectives and solutions

Process Improvement:

- Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes and methodologies
- Ensure timely completion of testing within project deadlines
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and new testing tools and techniques

Collaboration and Communication:

- Act as a liaison between the testing team and other departments (development, product management, etc.)
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders and to program governance on the status of testing activities
- Communicate testing challenges and suggest solutions to ensure the quality of the product

**Key Requirements**

Required Qualifications
- Experience across multiple types of testing
- Proven experience as a Test Manager or similar role in software testing, working across multiple and globally disperse teams
- Strong understanding of testing methodologies, tools, and best practices (manual and automation testing)
- Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects simultaneously

**What’s in it for you?**

**Pathways for career development**
- Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work.
- We provide internal career opportunities, so you can take your career further within TMF.
- Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy.

**Making an impact**
- You’ll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients.
- Through our corporate social responsibility program, you’ll also be making a difference in the communities where we work.

**A supportive environment**
- Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace.
- Regardless of where you are in your career, TMF Group opens a world of opportunity where you will be part of our team and is supported in your global career journey.
- Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best.
- At TMF Group, it’s our people who make us who we are. Our company thrives on entrepreneurial spirit and is full of proactive people who combine enthusiasm with responsibility and accountability.

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