Must have: Automation Testing, PeopleSoft, AR, AP

Role Overview

The Test Lead will play a key client-facing role, responsible for leading quality assurance and test delivery across PeopleSoft and integrating systems. The role will define and own the end-to-end test planning, lead test execution across the Finance workstream, and drive increased automation to support high-quality, predictable delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Test Planning

Define, own, and deliver the overall test planning and approach for PeopleSoft within the Galileo Programme.
Ensure testing aligns with company's quality standards, programme governance, and delivery milestones.
Provide clear test status reporting, risk assessment, and quality metrics to programme and client stakeholders.
Act as the single point of accountability for testing outcomes within the Finance workstream.

PeopleSoft Test Delivery

Lead testing across PeopleSoft Finance modules such as:
General Ledger (GL)
Accounts Payable (AP)
Accounts Receivable (AR)
Asset Management (AM)
Contracts
Purchasing / eProcurement
Billing
Project Costing
Travel & Expense (T&E)
Validate financial processes - journals, vouchers, payments, reconciliations, asset capitalization, procurement flows, project allocations, invoicing, etc.
Test PeopleSoft batch processes (AE, BI, AP, AM jobs), workflow routing, security roles, and financial configuration setups.
Perform end-to-end validation of financial integrations (banking, payment gateways, ERP to downstream systems).
Support PeopleTools upgrades, PUM updates, and customization validation.
Manage and coordinate System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Regression Testing.
Ensure integration testing covers upstream and downstream enterprise systems.
Support and coordinate business-led UAT with business users.

Test Automation Leadership

Define and implement a test automation strategy aligned to the Vertere Programme roadmap and Playwright based framework.
Identify and prioritise regression and repeatable test scenarios for automation.
Oversee development and maintenance of automated test suites and frameworks.
Drive integration of automated testing into CI/CD pipelines where applicable.
Ensure automation assets are reusable, robust, and maintainable.

Stakeholder & Team Management

Lead and mentor onshore and offshore test resources.
Build strong working relationships with stakeholders and delivery partners.
Promote collaborative, transparent, and outcome-focused ways of working.

Essential Skills & Experience

7+ years of experience in software testing with strong Test Lead experience.
Strong understanding of PeopleSoft Financials functionality, tables, batch jobs, and configuration.
Strong SQL skills (Oracle/SQL Server) for financial data validation.
Strong client-facing experience on complex transformation programmes.
Hands-on experience with test automation tools and frameworks.
Strong understanding of PeopleSoft architecture and data structures.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, test management and defect tracking tools.
Excellent stakeholder communication and leadership skills.

Desirable Experience

Experience within healthcare or insurance domains.
PeopleSoft automation experience.
Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
Experience on large-scale ERP or finance/HCM transformations.

Automation test lead with Peoplesoft testing(AR AP)