Quality Assurance Analyst

Role

QA Analyst

Toronto, ON

Contract

The Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst with 10+ years of total experience (including 4-5 years of domain and automation experience) will be responsible for testing, validating, and ensuring the accuracy of portfolio management systems with a strong emphasis on financial calculations. This role requires knowledge of investment products and portfolio accounting to ensure data accuracy, system stability, and regulatory compliance.

• Functional & Regression Testing
  • Develop, execute, and maintain detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts for portfolio management applications.
  • Validate portfolio-level and security-level calculation.
• Data Validation & Reconciliation
  • Perform end-to-end data validation between upstream and downstream systems (e.g., trading systems, reporting tools).
  • Reconcile calculated values against trusted benchmarks, source systems, or manual calculations.
  • Identify calculation discrepancies and perform root-cause analysis.
• Requirements & Documentation
  • Review business requirements, calculation methodologies, and functional specifications.
  • Collaborate with Systems Analysts to clarify calculation logic.
  • Document defects, expected vs. actual results, and test evidence using tools such as JIRA.
• Automation & Optimization
  • Design and build automated test scripts for components using Microsoft Power Automate or other frameworks.
  • Optimize regression testing frameworks to support frequent releases.
• Collaboration & Support
  • Partner with vendor to troubleshoot complex calculation issues.
  • Participate in feature design discussions.
  • Support UAT with business users and provide functional walkthroughs.

• Experience testing portfolio management systems (e.g., Broadridge RBroker, CGI Wealth 360, Charles River).
• Hands‑on experience validating financial calculations.
• Experience with automation tools (Robot Framework – Accelq, Power Automate).

• Solid understanding of investment products:
  • Equities, fixed income, ETFs, mutual funds.
• Strong knowledge of portfolio accounting concepts:
  • Holdings, transactions, valuations, pricing, cash flows.
• Understanding of performance & risk measurement concepts.

• Strong analytical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills for working with cross‑functional teams.
• Attention to detail, especially around numeric accuracy and financial logic.

• Prior experience in wealth management, asset management, or investment banking environments.