Quality Assurance Test Lead

Senior CCH Tagetik Test Lead / QA Lead

Location: Horsham, West Sussex (3 days onsite / 2 days remote)

Contract Type: Long-Term Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced CCH Tagetik Test Lead / QA Lead to support a major finance transformation programme for a large multinational organisation operating within the insurance and financial services sector.

This role will play a critical part in ensuring the quality, accuracy, and stability of enterprise performance management solutions across Financial Consolidation, Planning, Forecasting, and Regulatory Reporting processes. The successful candidate will work closely with Finance, Technology, and Delivery teams across multiple workstreams in a complex enterprise environment.

The position is suited to a senior QA professional with strong hands-on experience in CCH Tagetik testing, finance systems validation, and stakeholder management within large-scale transformation programmes.

Key Responsibilities

Test Strategy & Planning

• Define and own end-to-end testing strategy for CCH Tagetik implementations, upgrades, and enhancements
• Prepare detailed test plans covering SIT, UAT, regression, and release validation activities
• Review business, functional, and technical requirements to ensure complete test coverage and traceability
• Coordinate testing timelines, dependencies, environments, and resource planning

Functional & Financial Testing

• Validate financial consolidation processes including:
• Intercompany eliminations
• Currency translation
• Allocations
• Journals
• Close and reporting processes
• Verify Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Reporting outputs against business and regulatory requirements
• Perform data reconciliation and variance analysis across source systems, Tagetik, and downstream reporting layers
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data and calculations

Test Execution & Defect Management

• Design and execute detailed functional, integration, regression, and negative test scenarios
• Lead defect management activities including logging, prioritisation, tracking, and resolution coordination
• Work closely with development, integration, and functional consulting teams to resolve issues efficiently
• Support release readiness and production deployment validation

UAT Leadership

• Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing cycles with Finance and business stakeholders
• Facilitate test walkthroughs, defect triage sessions, and daily status updates
• Produce test metrics, status reporting, and sign-off documentation for programme leadership
• Drive business engagement and ensure timely completion of UAT activities

QA Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Establish and improve QA standards, templates, and testing methodologies
• Identify opportunities for automation and regression optimisation within Tagetik testing processes
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the wider programme delivery function
• Mentor junior QA analysts and coordinate offshore/onshore testing teams where required

Required Skills & Experience

Experience

• 10+ years of experience within Software Testing / QA
• Strong hands-on experience testing CCH Tagetik solutions
• Proven experience working on enterprise-scale Finance Transformation or EPM programmes
• Experience operating as a Test Lead or QA Lead within Agile and hybrid delivery environments

Functional Knowledge

• Strong understanding of:
• Financial Consolidation
• FP&A
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Financial Reporting
• Close & Regulatory reporting cycles
• Knowledge of finance controls, governance, and audit processes

Technical Skills

• Test case design and execution
• SIT/UAT coordination
• Defect lifecycle management
• Data validation and reconciliation using SQL and data extracts
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools
• Exposure to automation testing frameworks is advantageous

Soft Skills

• Excellent stakeholder communication and facilitation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• High attention to detail and quality assurance standards
• Ability to work effectively across business and technology teams

Working Model

• Hybrid working model
• 3 days onsite in Horsham, West Sussex
• Long-term contract engagement

Preferred Background

Experience within:

• Insurance
• Financial Services
• Banking
• Large multinational enterprise environments