Senior Test Lead - Financial Transaction Testing

As a Senior Test Lead - Financial Transaction Testing, you will make an impact by leading quality assurance initiatives for critical financial systems and business applications. You will serve as the primary point of contact for testing activities, driving collaboration across business, development, and partner teams to ensure successful project delivery and high-quality outcomes.

You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work closely with business stakeholders, project teams, and leadership to plan, execute, and govern testing activities throughout the software development lifecycle.

In this role, you will:

Lead end-to-end testing activities, including test strategy, planning, execution, defect management, and quality governance.

Serve as the primary liaison between testing teams, business stakeholders, development teams, and partner organizations to ensure alignment on scope, timelines, and deliverables.

Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to Test Analysts and Quality Engineers while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.

Perform hands-on functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing while ensuring effective management of test environments and test data.

Communicate project status, risks, issues, quality metrics, and testing outcomes to leadership through dashboards, reports, and stakeholder presentations.

Work Model

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a onsite position requiring regular onsite presence in Torrance, California . Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

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.

8-12 years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Assurance, or Quality Engineering, including prior experience in a Test Lead role.

Strong hands-on experience with test planning, test execution, defect management, and quality reporting.

Expertise using testing and defect management tools such as Jira, HP ALM, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.

Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and software testing methodologies across Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery models.

Experience coordinating with cross-functional teams and external partner organizations in a matrixed environment.

Proven stakeholder management, communication, and escalation management skills.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand business processes, workflows, and key performance metrics.

Experience mentoring, coaching, and leading teams of Test Analysts and Quality Engineers.

Strong knowledge of financial transaction workflows and financial system testing .

These will help you stand out

Experience supporting large-scale financial services or banking transformation initiatives.

Experience with UAT coordination and business stakeholder engagement.

Exposure to test automation and quality engineering practices.

Experience creating executive-level dashboards and quality metrics reporting.

Knowledge of regulatory, audit, or compliance-driven testing environments.

The annual salary for this position is between $71,100 to $112,500 depending on 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

• 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