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Job Summary

The Senior Finance Quality Assurance Engineer ensures high‑quality delivery by proactively identifying defects and risks introduced through system or client enhancements. Partners with the scrum team across the full development cycle to refine requirements, design test coverage, execute complex test scenarios, and communicate detailed progress and defect insights. May lead configuration updates and support business integration activities.

Essential Job Functions Leads manual test execution to validate application functionality against business and functional requirements. Contributes to test planning, scenario design, and risk-based testing. Reviews requirements for quality and testability, mentors QA Engineers, and partners closely with developers. Owns first‑event validation, production verification, back‑out readiness, and post‑install support. - (30%)

Leads test planning and complex test execution, mentors junior testers, reviews functional requirements for clarity, and uses advanced SQL to validate data flows and system behavior across integrated components. - (30%)

Leads defect investigation and retest efforts, partners closely with developers to resolve complex issues, mentors junior testers, provides detailed progress updates, and contributes to planning and requirement refinement. - (20%)

Leads first‑event validation efforts, produces clear documentation for support teams, improves reporting accuracy, guides junior testers, collaborates closely with project leads, and delivers detailed metrics on test execution and defect trends. - (20%)

Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience

1 cloud certification- AWS cloud practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals or Google Cloud- Cloud Digital Leader

5-8 years domain functional testing experience.

Preferred Qualifications Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience

International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB)

Certified Software Test Professional

Certified Agile Tester (CAT)

8-10 years domain functional testing experience.

Skills Test Management

Test Case Design

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Structured Query Language (SQL)

Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

Quality Assurance (QA)

DB2 SQL

Database Testing

Atlassian JIRA

API Testing

Agile Methodology

Reports To : Manager and above

Direct Reports : 0

Work Environment Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are expected in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.

Physical and Mental Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical, mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, absent undue hardship. Communicate/Hearing

Communicate/Talking

Move/Traverse

Stationary Position/Seated

Typing/Writing

Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment

Other Duties

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

Salary Range (unless otherwise noted below): $90,400.00 - $144,700.00

Full Salary Range for position:

California: $104,000.00 - $180,900.00 Colorado: $90,400.00 - $159,200.00 New York: $99,400.00 - $180,900.00 Washington: $99,400.00 - $166,400.00 Maryland: $99,400.00 - $159,200.00 Washington DC: $104,000.00 - $166,400.00 Illinois: $90,400.00 - $159,200.00 New Jersey: $104,000.00 - $166,400.00 Vermont: $90,400.00 - $144,700.00 Ohio: $90,400.00 - $144,700.00 Maine: $90,400.00 - $144,700.00 Connecticut: $99,400.00 - $159,200.00 Virginia: $90,400.00 - $144,700.00

The actual base pay within this range may be dependent upon many factors, which may include, but are not limited to, work location, education, experience, and skills.

You must be work authorized in the United States on a full time basis without the need for any sponsorship now or in the future from any employer or organization. The Company cannot offer employment to F-1 (student) visa holders.

Bread Financial offers medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance, supplemental medical plans, and short and long-term disability) to eligible associates (regular full-time associates scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more) and their spouses/domestic partners, and child(ren) under the age of 26. New associate elected coverage begins on date of hire (with the exception of disability coverage which has a 6-month waiting period). Six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents is available after a 180-day waiting period. Hired associates can immediately enroll in Bread Financial’s 401(k) plan.

All associates receive 11 paid holidays. Associates have discretion in managing their time away from work through the Flexible Time Off (FTO) program and may need to notify and receive approval from their manager prior to taking the time off. Associates (except those located in Illinois) receive 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time (“PSST”) upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois associates receive 40 hours of Illinois PSST upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year and 40 hours of Illinois Paid Leave upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois Paid Leave must be used before associates in Illinois will be approved to take FTO.

Hired associates will be able to elect the purchase company stock during offering periods in June and December. You will be eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance.

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About Bread Financial®

At Bread Financial, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community, and be part of our award-winning culture. We’ve been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and we’re proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated, accepted, valued, and fulfilled—both personally and professionally. Bread Financial supports the overall wellness of our associates with a diverse suite of benefits and offers boundless opportunities for career development and non-traditional career progression.