QA Test Lead (CCH Tagetik)

Job Description – QA Test Lead (CCH Tagetik)

Location: Outside London

Contract : Inside IR35

Salary: Negotiable

Key Responsibilities

Test Planning & Strategy

• Develop and manage the overall testing strategy, test plans, and quality assurance approach for Tagetik implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, including SIT, UAT, regression, and patch testing.
• Assess functional and technical specifications to ensure appropriate test coverage and system testability.

Functional & Data Validation

• Validate core financial processes within Tagetik, including consolidations, allocations, intercompany eliminations, journal entries, and currency conversion.
• Conduct data reconciliation and variance analysis across source systems, Tagetik, and reporting outputs.
• Verify Planning, Forecasting, Budgeting, and Reporting results align with defined business and financial rules.

Test Delivery & Defect Management

• Create and execute comprehensive functional, regression, and negative test scenarios.
• Record, monitor, and manage defects through to resolution, working closely with development and project teams to ensure timely fixes.

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Coordinate and support UAT activities, including walkthrough sessions, defect review meetings, and obtaining business approvals.
• Produce UAT progress reports, testing metrics, and final sign-off documentation for stakeholders and leadership teams.

Automation & Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve regression efficiency through automation and reusable testing assets within Tagetik environments.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across QA standards, processes, templates, and delivery methodologies.

Stakeholder Engagement & Team Leadership

• Lead QA activities on Tagetik programmes, including mentoring junior QA resources and coordinating both offshore and onsite testing teams.
• Work collaboratively with Finance SMEs, Functional Consultants, and Integration teams to resolve issues and ensure release readiness.

Required Skills & Experience

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance, including strong hands-on experience with CCH Tagetik testing.
• Proven background in testing EPM/CPM platforms and financial systems.

Functional Knowledge

• Strong understanding of Financial Consolidation, FP&A, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Financial Reporting processes.
• Knowledge of financial governance, audit compliance, and period-end close processes.

Technical & Testing Expertise

• Skilled in test case preparation, defect lifecycle management, and coordination of SIT/UAT activities.
• Experience performing data validation using SQL queries and data extracts.
• Exposure to automation frameworks and performance testing tools is advantageous.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with keen attention to detail.
• Comfortable working within Agile and iterative project delivery environments.