Senior UAT Lead - Enterprise Financial Systems Upgrade

About us Itero Group is a Women-Owned Small Business focused on simplifying complex transformations. We empower clients in the private and government sectors to become more optimized, digitally enabled, and data-driven organizations through our comprehensive business consulting and innovative delivery solutions. About us Itero Group is a Women-Owned Small Business focused on simplifying complex transformations. We empower clients in the private and government sectors to become more optimized, digitally enabled, and data-driven organizations through our comprehensive business consulting and innovative delivery solutions. Itero Group's dedicated team members are experienced thought leaders, tenacious workers, and creative thinkers. We hire people who are passionate about being catalysts for change - in our company, for our clients, throughout our career- and we empower people to express their ideas, create better practices, innovate better products, and become better professionals. We have been named a Great Place to Work for six years, and offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Senior User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Lead to support a large-scale financial systems upgrade. This individual will be responsible for developing, managing, and executing a comprehensive end-to-end UAT and regression testing strategy across multiple project workstreams. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in financial services, enterprise system upgrades, and cross-functional test coordination, with the ability to work closely with business stakeholders, Operations, Technology, project management, and third-party vendors to ensure system functionality, data integrity, and operational readiness. Key Responsibilities UAT Strategy & Regression Testing Develop and manage the overall UAT strategy, test plans, test cases, and execution schedules. Create, maintain, and own a comprehensive end-to-end regression testing suite covering critical business processes, system functionality, integrations, and downstream dependencies. Establish regression testing standards and ensure test coverage across multiple workstreams. Coordinate functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing throughout the upgrade lifecycle. Identify testing gaps, dependencies, and risks and recommend mitigation strategies. Cross-Workstream Coordination Lead UAT activities across multiple business and technology workstreams, ensuring alignment of testing priorities, schedules, and deliverables. Collaborate with Operations, Technology, business analysts, project managers, and vendors to validate end-to-end business processes. Coordinate testing of upstream and downstream system integrations, data flows, reporting, and reconciliation processes. Facilitate cross-functional testing meetings, defect reviews, and issue resolution. Ensure changes introduced in one workstream do not negatively impact other business processes or systems. Test Execution & Defect Management Develop and execute detailed test scenarios and scripts based on business requirements and system functionality. Manage defect identification, documentation, prioritization, tracking, and retesting through resolution. Coordinate with technical and functional teams to troubleshoot defects and validate fixes. Maintain test execution results, supporting evidence, and traceability to business requirements. Provide regular reporting on testing progress, defects, risks, and overall readiness. Stakeholder Engagement & Release Readiness Partner with project leadership and business stakeholders to establish testing priorities and acceptance criteria. Communicate testing progress, risks, and critical issues to project stakeholders. Support release readiness assessments and UAT sign-off activities. Develop and maintain testing documentation and support knowledge transfer to business and operational teams. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field required. 10+ years of experience in UAT, quality assurance, or enterprise application testing, including experience leading complex testing initiatives. Demonstrated experience building and managing end-to-end regression testing suites for enterprise financial systems. Experience coordinating UAT and regression testing across multiple concurrent workstreams. Strong background in financial services, commercial banking, loan accounting, or enterprise financial platforms. Experience supporting major system upgrades, implementations, migrations, or modernization initiatives. Strong understanding of system integrations, data validation, reconciliation, and upstream/downstream dependencies. Experience managing test cases, defects, and testing deliverables using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar platforms. Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to independently lead testing efforts while remaining hands-on with test development and execution. If you are looking for a role where you will lead with integrity, create and innovate, inspire excellence, be a respected member of the team, drive results, and have fun, we look forward to connecting with you! Benefits at Itero Group Health & Wellness : Medical (BC-BS), dental, and vision plans to suit your needs. Paid Time Off : Generous PTO, paid holidays, and increasing PTO based on years of service. Retirement Savings : 401(k) plan with company match and auto-enrollment. Company-Paid Coverage : Short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D insurance. Additional Options : Voluntary benefits including pet insurance and student loan assistance up to $1,000 annually. Perks : FSAs, HSAs, wellness programs, and more to enhance your work-life balance. Itero Group is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, physical or mental disability, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, veteran status or political affiliation. #J-18808-Ljbffr Itero Group, LLC