Bank of America India | Manager

Responsibilities

• The Sampling & Test Development associate is responsible for designing and supporting high-quality manual and automated testing solutions through effective sampling, data validation, and governance practices.
• This role collaborates with Test Owners, Front Line Units, data partners, and Test Execution teams to ensure accurate data sourcing, sound sampling methodologies, and test structures that support automation.
• The role is accountable for maintaining data integrity, implementing changes to sampling requirements, and ensuring accurate tracking of testing activities within the System of Record (SOR).
• Partner with Test Owners, Front Line Units, data providers, and Test Execution teams to develop and enhance manual and automated testing approaches.
• Evaluate and coordinate pilot testing activities, providing recommendations to improve test effectiveness and quality.
• Design, maintain, and update sampling procedures, test scripts, and support documentation.
• Drive test structures and methodologies that enable automation and scalable testing solutions.
• Participate across the testing lifecycle, including intake, planning, execution, reporting, and issue remediation, providing subject matter expertise and guidance.
• Analyze, manipulate, and summarize large data sets to support testing activities and deliver high-quality results.
• Identify and resolve data sourcing, sampling, and test design issues while maintaining data integrity and compliance standards.
• Maintain accurate test status, milestones, and deliverables within the System of Record (SOR).
• Lead initiatives focused on process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to support effective test execution and risk management objectives.
• Gather, validate, and document data requirements, ensuring accurate sample populations and alignment with test objectives.
• Escalate and drive resolution of areas requiring process refinement, policy updates, or procedural enhancements.
• Work Timings: 12:30 to 21:30

Requirements

• Strong expertise in sampling methodologies, test design, test execution, and quality assurance frameworks, with the ability to translate business objectives into comprehensive testing requirements.
• Advanced technical proficiency in SQL, SAS, Python, Alteryx, Tableau, Cognos, MicroStrategy, Power BI, and other business intelligence and analytics platforms.
• Hands-on experience sourcing, validating, and analyzing data from diverse environments including DB2, Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop, Hive, and enterprise data warehouses.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, data mining, data acquisition, and automation concepts, with a proven ability to identify and implement efficiency improvements through automation.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, including data analytics, Pivot Tables, Power Query, Lookups, dashboards, and reporting solutions.
• Demonstrated project management capabilities with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities, meet service level agreements (SLAs), and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong business acumen and extensive functional knowledge, coupled with the ability to assess risk, evaluate control effectiveness, and drive operational excellence.
• Excellent verbal, written, and business communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and effectively engage with senior leadership.
• Proven ability to build strong partnerships, collaborate across multiple lines of business, and influence stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and highly organized professional capable of working independently with minimal supervision while maintaining a strong team-oriented mindset.
• Strong attention to detail, issue management, time management, quality focus, and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Experience Range: 6-8 yrs

Bank of America

Bank of America is one of the largest banks in the United States, serving individuals, businesses and institutions with banking, investing, asset management and risk-management products.

Its Indian operations and technology centres support the global bank. Finance professionals typically work in operations, financial reporting, regulatory, risk and audit roles.

• Industry: Banking and financial services
• Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
• In India: Corporate and investment banking, plus operations and technology centres in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and GIFT City (Gandhinagar)