Senior Manual QA Analyst - Insurance & Financial Services (100% Remote)

Senior Manual QA Analyst – Insurance & Financial Services – Remote 

Support the delivery of high-quality business applications in the insurance sector through comprehensive manual testing. Work remotely from Ontario in a collaborative Agile environment, validating complex business rules, pricing calculations, integrations, and enterprise systems to help ensure reliable software releases.

What is in it for you:

• Salaried: $50-56 per hour.

• Incorporated Business Rate: $60-66 per hour.

• 4-month contract.

• Day schedule, 37.50 hours per week.

• Enjoy the flexibility of remote work.

Responsibilities:

• Review business requirements, user stories, and functional specifications.

• Create and execute detailed manual test cases and test scenarios.

• Validate complex pricing calculations and business rule execution.

• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, and support user acceptance testing.

• Conduct end-to-end testing across multiple integrated applications.

• Verify data consistency between application interfaces, reports, APIs, and batch outputs.

• Track, document, and manage defects through resolution.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and defect triage discussions.

• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, QA team members, and other project stakeholders to ensure quality standards are met before release.

• Support production validation and post-deployment testing activities as required.

What you will need to succeed:

• 10+ years of experience in manual quality assurance and software testing.

• Strong experience creating and executing detailed test cases, test plans, and test scenarios.

• Experience validating complex business processes, calculations, and rule-based systems.

• Proven ability to perform end-to-end testing across multiple integrated applications.

• Strong defect management experience, including defect reporting, tracking, support for root-cause analysis, and validation.

• Experience testing financial services, insurance, wealth management, or pricing systems is considered an asset.

• Strong SQL and data validation skills are considered an asset.

• Experience validating batch processes, file-based integrations, CSV outputs, and reports is considered an asset.

• Exposure to API testing using tools such as Postman for functional validation is considered an asset.

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies and tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms is considered an asset.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on quality and accuracy.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Experience supporting business-critical enterprise applications.

• Comfortable working with distributed teams in an Agile environment.

Why Recruit Action?

Recruit Action (agency permit: AP-2504511) provides recruitment services through quality support and a personalized approach. As part of the screening process, some applications may be reviewed using artificial intelligence tools. Only candidates who meet the hiring criteria will be contacted.