Test Manager

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Test Manager to lead quality assurance activities for FNZ platform releases, configuration changes, migrations, and upgrade cycles. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on FNZ implementation experience, strong wealth-platform operations knowledge, and the ability to manage end-to-end testing across complex business and technology environments.

In this role, you will lead QA analysts across functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing while partnering with business teams, vendors, offshore resources, and program stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the test strategy, planning, and estimation for FNZ platform releases, configuration changes, and upgrade cycles.
• Lead a squad of 3–8 QA analysts across functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing phases, including offshore and vendor testing teams.
• Serve as the primary QA point of contact with FNZ, tracking vendor defects, release notes, and configuration changes while assessing their impact on active delivery.
• Design end-to-end test coverage across account opening, cash and in-specie transfers, model portfolios, rebalancing, trading and settlement, corporate actions, income, valuations, fees, and client reporting.
• Build and maintain regression testing packs for platform upgrades and determine which test scenarios should be automated or completed manually.
• Perform SQL-based reconciliations, migration and conversion testing, feed validation, and report-output verification.
• Test APIs and integrations with custodians, market-data platforms, payment systems, CRM platforms, and document-management solutions.
• Review and extend Playwright automation and integrate quality gates into CI/CD pipelines.
• Coordinate UAT activities with operations, adviser support, and front-office teams, including test scripts, testing sessions, and business sign-off.
• Lead defect triage and provide quality reporting to program and steering-level stakeholders, maintaining clear visibility into coverage, risk, and release readiness.
• Maintain audit-ready test evidence for internal audit, risk, and regulatory reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrable hands-on experience working with the FNZ wealth-management platform.
• Experience supporting at least one full FNZ implementation, migration, or major platform upgrade.
• Strong knowledge of wealth-platform operations, including account opening, transfers, model portfolios, rebalancing, trading, settlement, corporate actions, valuations, fees, and client reporting.
• Experience leading QA analysts across functional, integration, regression, and UAT phases.
• Strong SQL skills for reconciliation, migration testing, data conversion, feed validation, and report-output checks.
• Experience testing APIs and third-party integrations using Postman, SoapUI, or REST Assured.
• Experience reviewing or extending test automation using Playwright.
• Experience integrating testing and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab.
• Experience with defect-management and test-management tools such as Jira, Xray, or ALM.
• Ability to communicate testing risks, quality metrics, coverage, and release readiness to program and steering-level stakeholders.
• Experience maintaining test evidence for audit, risk, or regulatory review.
• Knowledge of financial-services regulations such as Consumer Duty, CASS, MiFID II, or applicable local equivalents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience coordinating offshore or vendor-based testing teams.
• Strong understanding of integrations involving custodians, market-data providers, payment systems, CRM platforms, and document-management solutions.
• Experience supporting front-office, adviser-support, and wealth-operations teams during UAT.
• Strong stakeholder-management, leadership, and written communication skills.

Work Location

This is a hybrid position based at:

190 Simcoe Street
Toronto, Ontario

Remote work is not available for the full duration of the assignment.

Why Apply?

We’re excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

Salary and Other Compensation

The annual salary for this position is between $94K and $110K, depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Important Disclaimers

Please note: A few of our roles may require in-person interviews at Cognizant offices or client locations, depending on project or client needs.

Application Deadline

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11/29/2026. Candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible, as the posting may close sooner if a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is identified.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics under applicable federal, provincial, or local laws.