Test Manager (Oracle Financials ERP

In this role, you will own and drive the end-to-end (E2E) testing strategy and delivery for the Finance Transformation programme, with primary accountability for integrated E2E quality across Oracle and all upstream/downstream integrations. This role establishes programme-level test governance, quality gates, and cross-workstream coordination across multiple work streams, ensuring functional and technical E2E readiness for cutover, parallel run, and go-live. This is a programme-level testing leadership role — execution is performed by workstream test leads and IT QA/scrum teams;

the E2E Testing Lead orchestrates planning, assures coverage/traceability, and escalates risks/issues.

• Lead testing efforts for Oracle Financials ERP implementations, upgrades, quarterly updates, and enhancements.
• Design, develop, and execute detailed test plans, scenarios, and test cases covering core financial workflows—including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Cash Management, Asset Management, and Procurement-to-Pay (P2P) or Order-to-Cash (O2C) cycles.
• Own programme-level E2E quality outcomes for Oracle Financials releases, including RICE deliverables, and provide integrated go/no-go recommendations based on evidence.
• Develop, own, and drive the end-to-end test strategy, framework, and governance across multiple work streams, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and delivery timelines.
• Lead creation/review of high-quality E2E test scenarios, test cases, and traceability to requirements and business processes.
• Align E2E testing to program milestones (releases, cutovers, parallel runs) and ensure readiness for go-live.
• Lead and coordinate testing activities across multiple parallel work streams, managing dependencies, shared environments, and data requirements.
• Delivered in multiple releases, with designated test leads accountable for system testing across the various test cycles; the End-to-End Testing Lead will work closely with these leads to coordinate integrated planning and execution and to ensure end-to-end quality across the solution and all related integrations.

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements,
this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a Cognizant or client office in Toronto, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various well-being programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

• Minimum 10+ years of QA experience, with at least 3 years in a senior testing leadership role on large-scale or complex programmes.
• 5+ years of professional software testing experience, with a strong, dedicated focus on Oracle Financials ERP testing and validation.
• Hands-on functional testing experience across key financial modules, including General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and Cash Management.
• Must have proven track record of owning end-to-end test strategy on enterprise-grade transformation, Oracle, ERP, or digital programmes.
• Must have experience on Oracle programmes in finance/actuarial contexts, including testing of accounting flows, posting rules, reconciliations, period close impacts, and integrations.
• Experience on cloud-native or cloud-migration programmes with an understanding of how infrastructure impacts test design.
• Experience managing and developing QA teams, including workload planning and performance management.
• Background in data migration testing or system integration testing across complex, multi-vendor landscapes.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies (functional, regression, Integration, UAT, performance, etc.), including governance, evidence-based quality reporting, and release readiness.
• Proficiency with QA Tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
• Excellent communication skills…