SRINATH GUPTA

Domain: Australian Superannuation

Project: Mercer SmartRetirement –Web Based Retirement Administration Platform (Australian superannuation Pension scheme)

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirement Specifications (BRS), Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS), and user stories to understand business functionality.
• Prepared detailed test scenarios, test cases, and test data for complex financial applications.
• Performed Functional, Smoke, Regression, Integration, System, and End-to-End testing.
• Executed API testing using Postman to validate service integration.
• Participated in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborated with Business Analysts, Product Owners, Developers, and business stakeholders to clarify requirements and resolve functional issues.
• Reviewed team test cases and ensured complete requirement traceability using RTM.
• Led cross-team testing activities during large-scale releases and coordinated end-to-end validation across dependent applications.
• Supported User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production validation.
• Used AI Copilot to:Review Business Requirement Specifications (BRS).
  Generate Test Case Matrix (TCM).
  Create automation test scripts.
  Assist in migration of existing automation framework.
  Improve automation productivity and reduce manual effort.
  
• Contributed to migration of desktop-based applications to modern web-based platforms by validating business workflows and regression coverage.
• Logged, tracked, prioritized, and verified defects using Azure DevOps and JIRA.
• Conducted defect triage meetings and collaborated with development teams for issue resolution.
• Mentored junior QA engineers and conducted knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Prepared test execution reports, defect reports, release summaries, and project documentation.

Domain: Retirement Planning Superannuation

Project: Legacy to Modern Platform Migration for Superannuation Schemes

Project Brief:

This project aimed to migrate several employer-based superannuation plans from legacy systems to Mercer’s unified administration platform. It included data transformation, functional reimplementation, and plan logic recreation based on actuarial and business rules. The system needed rigorous testing to ensure financial accuracy and regulatory alignment.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business Requirement Specifications and data mapping documents.
• Designed functional test scenarios and detailed test cases.
• Performed Functional, Integration, System, Regression, and UI Testing.
• Validated migration of legacy retirement schemes to modern administration platforms.
• Supported User Acceptance Testing with business users.
• Conducted cross-browser and cross-platform testing.
• Prepared test data for multiple testing cycles.
• Logged and tracked defects in JIRA.
• Participated in requirement walkthroughs and sprint ceremonies.
• Prepared test summary reports and defect metrics.
• Maintained regression suites for monthly releases.