Job Description

Management Level

Senior Associate

& Summary

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives.

As a Guidewire consulting generalist at PwC, you will specialise in providing consulting services for Guidewire software solutions. You will apply an in-depth knowledge of Guidewire applications to assist clients in optimising operational efficiency through analysis, implementation, training, and support specific to Guidewire software.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest part of PwC, a global brand delivering services for the biggest clients in the world. PwC leads the way in human led, technology enabled professional services, working with clients to transform their business and make it fit for the future.

We are looking for candidates who bring in-depth market experience, who see technology as a way to enable and drive human innovation and who want to be a part of a community of solvers, to tackle the biggest challenges in society.

We have a number of exciting opportunities across a range of roles and disciplines to join our expanding Guidewire/Insurance team. As a Guidewire Test Analyst / QA Engineer, you will be responsible for participating in business requirements review meetings and providing test strategies and scenarios to ensure coverage of requirements for all functionality to be implemented on Guidewire projects.

What will you do?

· Analyse requirements to ensure completeness of test cases.

· Develop test scenarios that reflect the capabilities being established in projects.

· Work with the Business Analyst to establish proper test coverage and traceability to requirements.

· Develop test cases with a view to ensure end-to-end functional coverage, as well as potential impact areas for regression.

· Execute testing, including test preparation and execution, test data creation, and analysis of test results.

· Provide test coverage and clearance feedback.

· Analyse test failures and work with the development team to address defects.

· Develop automation test scripts that are to the high performing technical standards and created using Guidewire best practices.

· Work with Business Analysts to assist and monitor User Acceptance Testing.

· Participate in daily standup meetings, sprint planning and retrospective.

What are we looking for?

· 4 plus years in Automation testing / Selenium / Katalon / GT-UI & GT-API.

· Web services testing / API testing skills

· Database testing knowledge

· Experience in functional and non-functional (performance, security, regulatory and compliance) testing

· Knowledge of Software Quality Assurance across the SDLC.

· Experience in Requirements Management, Test Management and Defect Management tools, like Jira and Xray.

· Knowledge of the AGILE methodology/Scaled Agile Framework, SDLC processes

· Strong verbal and written communication skills.

· Testing Certification (ISTQB Certified Tester)

· Prior client facing testing experience

What is nice to have?

· Azure/AWS Cloud experience

· Guidewire Testing Certification on current solutions

What’s in it for you?

We're exceptionally passionate about providing you with the necessary skills, experience, and training to help you develop both personally and professionally. As a PwC employee you will be included on our specific Operate training framework, tailored to match your skills, needs, and career aspirations.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

July 31, 2026