Manager, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Embark on a journey with one of Canada's fastest growing companies – welcome to goeasy! We have been honored with recognitions such as Waterstone Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, the 2022 Report on Business Women Lead Here, Report on Business for Canada’s Top Growing Companies and TSX30 as one of the best performing companies on the TSX. We've also received the Greater Toronto Top Employers Award and certified as a Great Place to Work®. We're on the lookout for the best and brightest to join our team!

Our vision is to provide everyday Canadians a path to a better tomorrow, today.  As one of Canada’s leading non-prime consumer lenders, we offer a full suite of products including non-prime leasing, unsecured and secured loans as well as point-of-sale-financing though easyhome, easyfinancial, and LendCare.  

Join goeasy as our next Manager, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)! In this role, you will collaborate with diverse teams to ensure the successful completion of test plans on schedule. You will document test plans, bidirectional matrices, and test cases, execute test cases, and provide guidance and coaching to team members. Additionally, you will consolidate all defects and prepare for defect triaging. You will also be responsible for delivering daily and weekly testing status reports to the project team and managing direct reports.

What will you be doing?

• Managing and assigning testing team resources based on business needs, ensuring adherence to implemented processes.
• Collaborating with Business Owners, Central Admin, and third-party vendors to execute goeasy initiatives that meet or exceed quality standards.
• Participating in all phases of the development cycle, leading testing activities for multiple strategic projects, and providing final test reports (signoff) and metrics.
• Translating business requirements and operational workflows into test scenarios and test cases for successful execution.
• Providing ongoing testing status reports, including test case execution, defect reporting, and tracking results of remediated defects.
• Creating, maintaining, and executing manual test cases as needed, and setting standards for the testing cycle.
• Conducting end-to-end and regression test case peer reviews with business users, ensuring each release has up-to-date test cases and regression sets.
• Leading the regression phase of the software release cycle and following up with business end users and business analysts on the development of test cases.
• Contributing to a cross-functional teamwork atmosphere, adhering to goeasy's Agile product lifecycle principles.
• Ensuring all releases and tasks are properly planned, realistically estimated, scheduled, and monitored against milestones, following review processes.
• Participating in developing testing training documentation, setting training sessions, and providing post-implementation support for all deliverables.

What experience do you have?

• A Bachelor’s degree in any discipline, with a preference for Computer Science.
• Over 4 years of experience in testing various levels, including component, system, integration, and acceptance.
• Passionate about testing and staying current with industry trends and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a small, highly accountable development environment.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Proven problem-solving aptitude.
• Ability to motivate and mentor staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

We offer a Flexible Work Program that provides you the ability to work three days onsite per week, from our Mississauga office.

Internal Applicants: please apply through the link and provide written endorsement from your current manager.

Why should you work for goeasy?

In keeping with our mission to create better tomorrows for our employees, each year goeasy commits to continuously enhancing its total rewards. Here are some of the perks we offer…

Financial Benefits:

• Leverage our RRSP match and Employee Share Purchase Plan programs.
• Annual bonus that rewards your hard work and dedication.
• Employee discounts on furniture, electronics, and appliances.
• MAT & PAT leave top-up.
• Expand your financial knowledge through engaging Financial Literacy Learning opportunities.

Health and Lifestyle:

• Enjoy company-paid volunteer days to give back to the community.
• Access 24/7 healthcare with Virtual Doctor Appointments.
• Personalize your benefits with a flexible modular benefits package.
• Stay fit and energized with exclusive access to our on-site private gym at our head office.

Employee Perks:

• Fuel your growth with the Tuition Assistance Program.
• Double the impact of your generosity with Company Matched Charitable Donations.
• Internal development training programs and platforms including job-specific training, career coaching, leadership excellence, mentorship, and many others.
• Enjoy a state-of-the-art office space with perks like a games room, a healthy snack program, a fitness studio, free gated parking, and more!

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity Employment:
At goeasy, we believe that we can only be the best when people are able to bring their best selves to work every day. This means that we are committed to cultivating and preserving a work culture where we celebrate who we are, where everyone feels seen and heard and where every employee can fulfill their potential. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada. Please let us know if you require an accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Additional Information:
All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check, credit check, and validation of their work experience to qualify for hire.  We thank all interested applicants, however we will only be contacting those for interview who possess the skills and qualifications outlined above.