Functional Tester (QA)-Senior Associate
Senior QA functional tester at PwC's Acceleration Center India in Bangalore, validating software functionality for Risk and Compliance managed-services engagements. Day to day: writing test plans/scripts, executing manual and automated tests, managing defects, and mentoring junior testers, with exposure to test automation, performance/API testing and optionally Appian.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bangalore
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Qa
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4-8 years of experience
- Oral and written proficiency in English
- Minimum 4 years of experience in functional quality assurance and software testing, including ownership of test planning, execution, defect management, and stakeholder communication
- Ability to organize and lead test-set peer reviews, test plan reviews, and test execution while coaching junior QA team members
- Ability to participate in reviews of User Stories (functional and technical) to identify and bridge gaps in requirements around use-cases and workflows
Nice to have
- ISTQB certification
- Hands-on experience with test automation, performance testing, and API testing, including tools, frameworks, and scripting approaches
- Ability to author Agile Test Plans and Requirements Traceability Matrices to ensure testing depth and breadth
- Experience testing workflow applications built on the Appian platform
Full description
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Managed Services
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
The Opportunity
Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.
As a Functional Tester (QA)-Senior Associate you will focus on validating software functionality, identifying defects, and supporting control testing activities within our Risk and Compliance practice. As a Senior Associate you will analyze complex issues, manage assigned workstreams, build client connections, and mentor junior team members while using critical thinking to break down testing results and interpret feedback into practical recommendations. In this role at PwC, you will contribute to regulatory risk compliance services, use testing tools and methods to assess application behavior, and help confirm that deliverables align with project objectives and professional standards.
Responsibilities
- Testing functional requirements and validating business processes across client service engagements
- Developing test scenarios, test scripts, and test data to support system and process testing
- Executing manual and automated testing activities and documenting defects with clear reproduction steps
- Analyzing application behavior, identifying root causes, and interpreting results to inform remediation
- Coordinating testing milestones, dependencies, and status updates across assigned workstreams
- Reviewing deliverables from junior team members and providing guidance on testing methods and documentation
- Collaborating with client stakeholders to clarify requirements, address issues, and support release readiness
- Applying regulatory risk and controls knowledge to confirm systems align with compliance requirements
- Ability to actively participate in reviews of User Stories (functional and technical) in order to identify and help bridge gaps in requirements - particularly around use-cases and workflows (including considerations such as happy path, alternate paths, user-error, system-error workflows, etc.).
- Working closely with the Business and QA leads to obtain a thorough understanding of the application and the business being supported by the application