SAS SME - Test Management

Must have

Strong experience in Finance, General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Regulatory Reporting, or Data Warehouse testing.

Experience managing SAS, ETL, data migration, reconciliation, and report-validation testing.

Proven experience managing SIT, UAT, End-to-End, Regression, and production verification testing.

Strong understanding of source-to-target validation, transformation rules, aggregation, and financial reconciliation.

Good to have

Experience managing test resources, schedules, risks, dependencies, defects, and quality metrics.

Strong stakeholder, vendor, and senior-management communication skills.

Experience working with onsite and offshore testing teams.

Description

Define the overall test strategy, scope, approach, estimates, and execution plan.

Establish testing entry and exit criteria across all test phases.

Lead SIT, UAT, End-to-End, Regression, and production verification testing.

Manage testing across SAS processing, source systems, data warehouses, Finance Data Marts, General Ledger, and reporting layers.

Ensure complete coverage of financial calculations, transformations, aggregations, reconciliations, and reporting controls.

Coordinate test-data preparation and environment readiness.

Manage test execution, progress tracking, defects, risks, issues, and dependencies.

Lead defect-triage meetings and drive timely resolution of critical and high-priority defects.

Coordinate with Finance, Business, Business Analysts, Developers, Data Engineers, Architects, Operations, and Vendors.

Track testing KPIs, defect metrics, execution progress, and quality trends.

Provide clear status reporting to project governance and senior stakeholders.

Manage onsite and offshore test teams and ensure delivery accountability.

Support UAT planning, business-user coordination, and sign-off.

Assess release readiness and provide go-live recommendations.

Support deployment, production verification, and post-go-live stabilization.

Drive continuous improvement through automation, reusable test assets, and standardized data-validation approaches.

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that has been partnering with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys for over 56 years. Its consulting-led, cognitive powered, portfolio of business, technology and engineering services and solutions is delivered through its unique Location Independent Agile™ delivery model, recognized as a benchmark of excellence in software development.

A part of the Tata group, India's largest multinational business group, TCS has over 601,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 55 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $29 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

TCS' proactive stance on climate change and award-winning work with communities across the world have earned it a place in leading sustainability indices such as the MSCI Global Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Emerging Index.

At TCS, our values guide our decisions, shape our culture, and inspire us to achieve our shared vision. The TCS Values are integral to the TCS Way.

Leading Change: Embrace innovation and adapt rapidly to changes in technology and business, leading our organization and our customers to outperform and achieve sustainable growth.

Integrity: Be authentic, honest and transparent in all our interactions - building trust and credibility through all our actions.

Respect for Individual: Value the contribution of each and every team member - fostering a collaborative atmosphere, valuing diverse perspectives and ensuring that everyone feels welcome, as we strive and celebrate our success as a team.

Excellence: Be passionate in striving for the highest standards in everything we do, taking accountability for and exceeding the expectations of all our stakeholders.

Learning and Sharing: The world around us is changing rapidly and it is important to stay relevant. We will keep learning, seek new challenges, and take determined action to stay ahead and generously share our collective knowledge.