At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP ET's mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP ET is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP's petabytes of data.

This role will be working with the Maconomy ERP testing team, which is responsible for managing the implementation and usage of our technical test tools, as well as supporting technical testing approaches within the wider QA, Test & Release team. You will provide technical as well as best practice support for all areas of test automation to the business.

WPP-ET are deploying a global ERP template throughout their operation companies called Maconomy Core. This role is working in the Testing & Release team, providing support for the following:

Test Management
Test Execution
Tool support and admin

What you'll be doing:

TESTING

Performing risk assessments and producing Test documentation e.g. Test Plans, Test Approaches, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and other related items
Preparing and executing Testing for Project & BAU fixes/changes, to ensure they are completed in accordance with the Global Test Strategy
Ensure that reporting and communication of plans, progress and issues is delivered in a timely and effective manner
Working proactively to resolve issues where necessary with Support.
Working with 3rd party teams to ensure testing is delivered correctly and on time
Setting up Jira/Zephyr for Project & BAU Testing Activities
Executing & Maintaining Automated scripts
Acting as a point of reference for Business UAT
Support Execution of Test Scripts by Business Users
Escalation of risks
Able to communicate complex issues in a digestible form (to both Business & Technical teams)
Supporting Testing out of Hours, including Releases into our Production environments
Supporting the Release team if needed at crucial times

TOOLING

Creating new Projects in Jira
Creating/Updating Global Config for Jira Projects
User Management in Jira

What you'll need:

Experience of Testing throughout the full SDLC (Management & Execution)
Experience with Test Management Tools, such as Jira, ALM, and/or others
Experience with Automation tools
Strong Excel experience
Strong analytical and organisational skills
Finance and business process understanding
Awareness of how ERP Finance systems function in large organisations
Highly motivated, flexible team player with the ability to deliver in a timely and professional manner
Strong communication and influencing skills
Strong risk awareness skills and management of risk
Ability to support multiple activities at one time and prioritize tasks
Confident managing complex requests including creating small project plans and managing delivery to the plan

Behaviors:

Delivers Results
Has strong analytical and problem-solving qualities
Ability to communicate, motivate and influence
Ability to manage own priorities and work load to meet required levels of support and deliverables
Able to self-manage
Challenge current ways of working and recommending continuous improvements
Good listener
Be a team player

Experience / Qualifications:

IT / Finance / Business Degree or similar

Professional certifications such as the below would be a plus:

Microsoft
Testing (ISTQB)
Experience in an IT department or large organization advantageous
Keen interest in IT and technology trends
Finance process experience with exposure to working on a global ERP implementation.

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