Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. - Senior QA Tester (7 Month Contract)

• Lead risk-based test strategy, planning, and execution for new and existing systems, prioritizing coverage based on business impact, complexity, and delivery risk. • Collaborate with developers, product owners, and business analysts to clarify • , remove impediments, and maintain traceability across • , test cases, defects, and test evidence. • Design, implement, maintain, and execute manual and automated tests for APIs, web applications, and backend systems, coordinating the test data, environments, and dependencies • for effective execution. • Coordinate UAT planning, including readiness assessments, test-scenario preparation, business-tester support, issue triage, progress reporting, and sign-off documentation. • Own defect management, including clear documentation, triage, root-cause analysis, fix verification, retesting, and closure. • Assess and communicate test progress, coverage, defect trends, unresolved issues, and risk. Provide release-readiness recommendations. • Embed quality throughout the agile delivery lifecycle by contributing to planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives, while strengthening QA practices and driving continuous improvement across the team. • 5+ years of software quality assurance • , including at least 2 years in a senior or lead role within a fast-paced agile environment. • designing and documenting functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, and non-functional test cases, with practical • planning and executing performance and load tests. • Strong test automation • using frameworks and tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright, combined with proficiency in RESTful API testing and SQL for data validation, test data management, and backend testing. • leading UAT and coordinating testing activities, risks, and outcomes with business and technical stakeholders. • Solid understanding of cloud-based systems, preferably Microsoft Azure, and • with delivery and test management platforms such as Jira or Azure DevOps. • Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving • , with the ability to ask effective questions, communicate quality risks, work independently, and manage competing priorities with strong attention to detail. • This is a 7 month- fixed term contract • #LI-HYBRID #LI-PJ1 • At Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group, we’re "invested in our greatest asset, you". Our shared goals reflect what matters most to our people: • Your community: we foster belonging through collaboration, inclusion and flexibility. Enjoy social events, volunteering and a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility. Our flexible work practices are designed to support work-life balance and provide employees with flexibility in where and how they work • Your growth: we prioritize your development with meaningful work, continuous learning budgets, paid study days and support for professional designations. • Recognizing you: your contributions are rewarded with competitive total • , retirement savings support, wellness credits, enhanced parental leave, and comprehensive health • For a closer look at how you can build your career with us, we invite you to explore cclgroup.com. We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment and selection process. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact [email protected] if you require accommodation.AI may be used to support certain stages of our screening & recruitment process. These tools support, but do not replace, human judgment and decision-making.