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Shell IT International B.V. IT Test Expert

IT Test Expert

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Functie

IT Test Expert

Locatie

Rijswijk

Uren per week

40 uren per week

Looptijd

09.10.2022 - 30.08.2023

Opdrachtnummer

120175

Sluitingsdatum

date-icon04.10.2022 clock-icon10:10

Rolomschrijving en taakafspraken

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SAMCO IT Test Expert Shell Asset Management Company B.V. (SAMCo) in Rijswijk, The Netherlands, is the dedicated in-house asset manager for the Shell Group pension funds and insurance companies. The company currently has around 85 billion USD of assets under management. SAMCo's objective is to provide cost effective investment advice and asset management services for its clients. On behalf of its clients SAMCo invests in fixed income, equity, and alternative investment categories such as private equity funds and hedge funds. The company is internationally oriented with clients in 8 different countries. It employs approximately 190 professionals, mostly located at our office in Rijswijk (moving to The Hague towards the end 2022). SAMCo is regulated by the Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) and the Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) as an asset manager and an investment fund manager. Continuous change in financial markets and investment regulations make it a professionally challenging environment to work in. The SAMCo IT organization maintains the backbone that the business needs to run the Investment Management and Regulatory Reporting processes. Specifically, the IT Delivery team is the engine to deliver projects that grow or improve SAMCO's business processes. The IT Tester will be part of the SAMCo IT organization, reporting to the IT Delivery Manager and be part of the IT Delivery Team, which consists of 10 Business Analysts and Developers/ Data Engineers, also works closely with external analysts and development teams for some projects. In the coming years he/she will be heavily involved in an exciting journey to further standardize and simplify the secured and highly automated IT landscape. 

The IT Test Expert is responsible for writing, coordinating, design and execution of test strategies and test plans for ongoing projects. At any moment in time, there will be multiple projects running. Projects are either driven by regulatory requirements, data management, the need to keep our system landscape up to date or are true improvement projects. The development approach within SAMCo is SCRUM based. A Developer/ Data Engineer is responsible for design, development, testing and resolving issues on existing code, working closely with Business Analysts, the IT Architect, and the User Community. The IT Tester should be able to understand the Business requirements and ensure user stories, process flow diagrams and end-to-end mappings are reflected in the test strategy and pertaining test scenario's. 

Responsibilities:
 • Create test strategy and define test scope per project, using SAMCo's test framework
• Create test plan per project
• Develop test scenario's , based on Data Models, Data Process flows, End-to-end mappings, and User stories created by his/her IT colleagues
• Support preparation for all test cycles
• Coordinate User Acceptance testing:
o Ensure availability of end users
o Ensure system availability, system access and test data availability
o Track testing progress and report test metrics on readiness to deploy
o Ensure test issues are resolved by correct colleagues 

Requirements:
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including strong communication skills
• The candidate will be expected to have or get a grip on financial asset management processes in a short time
• 3-5 years' experience in testing / test management
• Background/ experience in Financial Asset Management is an advantage
• Able to plan and schedule own work competently
• Works to required standards and understands and uses appropriate methods, tools and applications 

Bedrijfsgegevens

Bedrijfs gegevens

Shell IT International B.V.

Rolomschrijving en taakafspraken

Het CV en de motivatie dienen aangeboden te worden in het Engels.

Het CV dient in een Word format aangeleverd te worden.

SAMCO IT Test Expert Shell Asset Management Company B.V. (SAMCo) in Rijswijk, The Netherlands, is the dedicated in-house asset manager for the Shell Group pension funds and insurance companies. The company currently has around 85 billion USD of assets under management. SAMCo's objective is to provide cost effective investment advice and asset management services for its clients. On behalf of its clients SAMCo invests in fixed income, equity, and alternative investment categories such as private equity funds and hedge funds. The company is internationally oriented with clients in 8 different countries. It employs approximately 190 professionals, mostly located at our office in Rijswijk (moving to The Hague towards the end 2022). SAMCo is regulated by the Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) and the Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) as an asset manager and an investment fund manager. Continuous change in financial markets and investment regulations make it a professionally challenging environment to work in. The SAMCo IT organization maintains the backbone that the business needs to run the Investment Management and Regulatory Reporting processes. Specifically, the IT Delivery team is the engine to deliver projects that grow or improve SAMCO's business processes. The IT Tester will be part of the SAMCo IT organization, reporting to the IT Delivery Manager and be part of the IT Delivery Team, which consists of 10 Business Analysts and Developers/ Data Engineers, also works closely with external analysts and development teams for some projects. In the coming years he/she will be heavily involved in an exciting journey to further standardize and simplify the secured and highly automated IT landscape. 

The IT Test Expert is responsible for writing, coordinating, design and execution of test strategies and test plans for ongoing projects. At any moment in time, there will be multiple projects running. Projects are either driven by regulatory requirements, data management, the need to keep our system landscape up to date or are true improvement projects. The development approach within SAMCo is SCRUM based. A Developer/ Data Engineer is responsible for design, development, testing and resolving issues on existing code, working closely with Business Analysts, the IT Architect, and the User Community. The IT Tester should be able to understand the Business requirements and ensure user stories, process flow diagrams and end-to-end mappings are reflected in the test strategy and pertaining test scenario's. 

Responsibilities:
 • Create test strategy and define test scope per project, using SAMCo's test framework
• Create test plan per project
• Develop test scenario's , based on Data Models, Data Process flows, End-to-end mappings, and User stories created by his/her IT colleagues
• Support preparation for all test cycles
• Coordinate User Acceptance testing:
o Ensure availability of end users
o Ensure system availability, system access and test data availability
o Track testing progress and report test metrics on readiness to deploy
o Ensure test issues are resolved by correct colleagues 

Requirements:
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including strong communication skills
• The candidate will be expected to have or get a grip on financial asset management processes in a short time
• 3-5 years' experience in testing / test management
• Background/ experience in Financial Asset Management is an advantage
• Able to plan and schedule own work competently
• Works to required standards and understands and uses appropriate methods, tools and applications 

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Germaine Cooman

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