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YUVARAJ MANOKARAN

Test Manager
Doha

Summary

  • Dynamic leader of application testing teams offering 10 years of experience in managing high revenue, mission-critical projects, overseeing teams/ projects application testing activities.
  • Provide end-to-end testing support for time and business critical projects by leading test strategy, plan, execution, documentation, defect management and status reporting.
  • Working as a UAT Manager for UAT testing, working closely with the business team, Application and Testing Vendors.
  • Good experience with offshore and onshore testing coordination, multiple vendors in large projects, and acting as an escalation point of contact
  • Good experience in handling multiple projects simultaneously and interacting with different stakeholders.
  • Drive and collaborate with all stakeholders and test service providers to plan all testing related deliveries for the portfolio.
  • Coordinate with the business stakeholders, IT Team, Infra, testing service providers to ensure testing services meet the banks’ objectives and requirement.
  • Good experience in Retail Banking operations and Reconciliation.
  • Proficient in Loans, Debit, Credit, Prepaid & Fleet cards retail products testing
  • Hands on experience in testing Diebold, NCR ATM, CDM, 3in1 & POS device using various cards products.
  • Adept at carrying out testing procedures according to the highest possible standards.
  • Specialize in efficiently managing UAT and related business resources.
  • Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

UAT Manager

Qatar Islamic Bank
Doha
11.2021 - Current
  • Currently handling multiple project UAT and Change request( CR )/ Change order (CO) release.
  • Accountable for arranging sessions with business team to understand the requirement with testing vendor.
  • Responsible for test planning, test estimation, test execution and defect management.
  • Responsible for reviewing Test designs documents received from Testing Partner and share with respective business unit for their Feedback and signoff
  • Coordinating with Business users to perform UAT test execution as per daily Run Rate Required ( RRR )
  • Coordinating business team, Internal IT team and Testing Partner during the UAT timeline.
  • Upload all the test case document into JIRA after signoff from business team
  • Get sign offs on all test deliverables from stakeholders, business partners & technology teams to meet the audit requirements
  • Accountable for preparing Daily Status Report, Steering committee MIS and share it with Management
  • Organize and conduct meeting with various business team towards the discussion on functions and approach
  • Manage Daily Defect Triage meeting with Temonos, TechM, QIB IT and Maveric Systems. Drive the call with outstanding defects and responsible for taking necessary decision based on discussion.
  • Maintaining effective working relationships with the Vendor testing team.
  • Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to UAT timeline
  • Implemented automatic escalation matrix for the open CR with respective stakeholders.

Associate Test Manager

Bank Saudi Fransi
Chennai
12.2020 - 10.2021
  • Played Key Role in the projects implementation right from Requirement gathering till implementation
  • Accountable for Test Design deliverables, MIS and Status reporting to the Management
  • Organize and conduct meet with various business towards the discussion on cards functions and approach
  • Training programs to the bank business team on Cortex and train the new recruits in testing tools
  • Interact with business, technology and functional teams to understand test requirements
  • Defect management – conduct defect triage meetings and defect SLA tracking
  • Involved in test data and scenario preparation for Cortex, POS, and reconciliation modules
  • Constantly monitor the team's productivity based on agreed timelines & raise risks/issues in Prior for Medium/Major/Showstoppers
  • Clarify requirements with business team
  • Perform UAT testing and coordinate with development & business teams
  • Provided support for the business people for the round 2 UAT testing.

Subject Matter Expert

Ahli Bank Qatar
Doha, Qatar
08.2020 - 06.2021
  • Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing
  • Wrote detailed requirements to create robust test plans and realistic work estimates for testing phases
  • Constantly monitor the team's productivity based on agreed timelines & raise risks/issues in Prior for Medium/Major/Showstoppers
  • Prepare the test cases in JIRA file format and upload into JIRA system
  • Creating execution sets and assign it to respective user in JIRA
  • Performing Test execution for ATM, CDM, POS suing VTS simulators
  • Execute test case as per plan, identify the bugs, assign to respective team to fix and monitor the defects in JIRA
  • Delivered lectures on testing techniques, tools and protocols to internal staff

Test Lead

Allica Bank
Chennai
01.2020 - 07.2020
  • Involved in BDD Test Case Design deliverables
  • Defect management – conduct defect triage meetings and defect SLA tracking
  • Involved in test data and scenario preparation for Multi property Regression
  • Constantly monitor the team's productivity based on agreed timelines & raise risks/issues in Prior for Medium/Major/Showstoppers
  • Prepare the test cases in JIRA file format and upload into JIRA system
  • Creating execution sets and assign it to respective user in Users
  • Execute test case as per plan, identify the bugs, assign to respective team to fix and monitor the defects in JIRA

Test Lead

Qatar Islamic Bank
Doha
08.2019 - 12.2019
  • Involved in Test Case Design deliverables, MIS and Status reporting to the Management
  • Organize and conduct meet with various business towards the discussion on cards functions and Prime4 testing approach
  • Interact with business, technology and functional teams to understand test requirements
  • Defect management – conduct defect triage meetings and defect SLA tracking
  • Involved in test data and scenario preparation for Prime4 Upgrade
  • Constantly monitor the team's productivity based on agreed timelines & raise risks/issues in Prior for Medium/Major/Showstoppers
  • Prepare the test cases in JIRA file format and upload into JIRA system
  • Creating execution sets and assign it to respective user in JIRA
  • Execute test case as per plan, identify the bugs, assign to respective team to fix and monitor the defects in JIRA
  • Perform UAT testing and coordinate with development & business teams
  • Provided support for the business people for the round 2 UAT testing
  • Provided reports on milestones, issues and test concerns to project managers for assistance

Test Lead

Maveric Systems
Chennai
04.2019 - 07.2019

Project : Core Card Application

  • Understanding the application requirements with help of Manual test cases and Requirements.
  • Analyze requirements and clarify requirements with client.
  • Preparation of test cases based Functional specification document
  • Create cards for the different products and verify the customer account creation in CMS module.
  • Execute test cases related to authorization in FAS module by using FINSIM.
  • Perform chargeback test case execution in ITS module.
  • Report and track defects in Core Tracker.
  • Participate in daily defect status meeting with onsite and offshore.
  • Perform end-to-end testing and coordinate with various teams.
  • User Profile creation for different levels and environment.
  • Provided daily, weekly execution status to Test Lead.

Test Lead

Kuwait International Bank
Kuwait City, Kuwait
04.2018 - 03.2019
  • Played Key Role in the projects implementation right from Requirement gathering till implementation
  • Accountable for Test Design deliverables, MIS and Status reporting to the Management
  • Organize and conduct meet with various business towards the discussion on cards functions and approach
  • Participated in Requirement Gathering and Analysis, Identification of testing scope and providing the estimates
  • Training programs to the bank business team on Cortex and train the new recruits in testing tools
  • Interact with business, technology and functional teams to understand test requirements
  • Defect management – conduct defect triage meetings and defect SLA tracking
  • Involved in test data and scenario preparation for Cortex, POS, and reconciliation modules
  • Constantly monitor the team's productivity based on agreed timelines & raise risks/issues in Prior for Medium/Major/Showstoppers
  • Analyze requirements and review the test cases
  • Clarify requirements with business team
  • Prepare the test cases in ET file format and upload into system
  • Creating execution sets and assign it to respective user in ET
  • Execute test case as per plan, identify the bugs, assign to respective team to fix and monitor the defects in JIRA
  • Perform UAT testing and coordinate with development & business teams
  • Provided support for the business people for the round 2 UAT testing

Test Lead

Maveric Systems
Chennai
01.2018 - 03.2018

Project : Core Card application – Master Card compliance 17.1

  • Understanding the application requirements with help of Master Card 17.1 documents.
  • Preparation of Impact Analysis document respect to Master Card mandate.
  • Preparation of test cases based on Functional Specification Document.
    Conduct test case walk through with Client.
  • Execute test cases related to authorization in FAS module by using various simulators.
  • Perform chargeback test case execution in ITS module.
  • Report and track defects in Core Tracker.
  • Participate in daily defect status meeting with client.
  • Preparation of Daily Execution report.
  • Provide daily, weekly status reports to Test Lead.

Senior Officer

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
Bangalore
02.2013 - 06.2017
  • Performing Loans, ATM, Debit Card, Credit Card and Sundry Suspense reconciliations in TLM (Transaction Life Cycle Management)
  • Maintained all required controls & procedures in reconciliation as per DOI’s & relevant Group policies & Guidelines
  • Delivered productivity improvements across all sites handled by increasing Auto match/ Auto tagging percentage in TLM
  • Referral reduction in reconciliation, by identifying the key references to country team to enhance the same in TP systems used for processing
  • Liaising with upstream systems and TLM support team to ensure smooth feed flow into TLM for daily reconciliation
  • Working for Standardization of Process, Reports and handling projects (Recs Premium Migration TLM SNS version-3.2), which in turn saved time, manual intervention and error reduction
  • Handled migrations and trainings in terms of process standardization
  • Coordinating with the team leaders of other departments and taking proactive initiatives to minimize errors thus aiming towards delivering Quality output
  • Good knowledge in TLM application and techniques with reference to Loans/ ATM process.
  • Provided support in all phases of functional test execution.
  • Execute test case as per plan, Identify the bugs, assign to respective team to fix and monitor the defects in excel tracker.
  • Participate in daily defect status meeting with development team.
  • Perform end-to-end testing and coordinate with operation teams.
  • Recommended changes to make applications more efficient.
  • Compare the functionalities of every module in Recs Premium with TLM 3.0.

Education

B.Tech - Information Technology

KARPAGA VINAYAGA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Chennai
06.2012

Higher Secondary Certificate -

ARIGNAR ANNA GOVT HR SEC SCHOOL
Kanchipuram
05.2008

Secondary School Leaving Certificate -

ARIGNAR ANNA GOVT HR SEC SCHOOL
Kanchipuram
05.2006

Skills

  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Application Handled: T24, RMB, RIB, CIB, CMB,HPS, Prime4, Cortex, Core Card, TLM, RLS, FMSNext
  • Defect Management: Enterprise Tester, Core Tracker, JIRA
  • Simulators : FINSIM, VTS, Master Card
  • API Tools : Soap UI, Wizdler
  • Proficient MS Office
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • UAT Support

Additional Information

2021 Nov – Up to date

UAT Manager in Qatar Islamic Bank- Doha, Qatar


2018 Jan – 2021 Oct

Test Lead in Maveric Systems - Chennai


2013 Feb – 2017 June

Senior Analyst in Standard Chartered Global Business Services – Bangalore

Timeline

UAT Manager

Qatar Islamic Bank
11.2021 - Current

Associate Test Manager

Bank Saudi Fransi
12.2020 - 10.2021

Subject Matter Expert

Ahli Bank Qatar
08.2020 - 06.2021

Test Lead

Allica Bank
01.2020 - 07.2020

Test Lead

Qatar Islamic Bank
08.2019 - 12.2019

Test Lead

Maveric Systems
04.2019 - 07.2019

Test Lead

Kuwait International Bank
04.2018 - 03.2019

Test Lead

Maveric Systems
01.2018 - 03.2018

Senior Officer

Standard Chartered Global Business Services
02.2013 - 06.2017

B.Tech - Information Technology

KARPAGA VINAYAGA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Higher Secondary Certificate -

ARIGNAR ANNA GOVT HR SEC SCHOOL

Secondary School Leaving Certificate -

ARIGNAR ANNA GOVT HR SEC SCHOOL
YUVARAJ MANOKARANTest Manager