Manager, QA

Toyota Finance Australia (TFA) is the country's largest automotive financier.  Our past gives us credibility and knowledge. But it's what the future holds, and how we can make the world a better place, that excites us. It's not just about technology but what it can do for people.

In Australia there are two separate businesses: Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA) and Toyota Finance Australia (TFA).  While we work closely together, TMCA focuses on vehicles and here at Toyota Finance Australia our priority is to provide finance, insurance and fleet management.

At TFA we're committed to empowering our customers to get into their new car and onto the road. 

We're also passionate about, and committed to, our people.  Our philosophy of Here To Move You represents our commitment to not only move our customers, but help our employees grow. 

Your success at TFA is important to us, and we pride ourselves on a work culture that supports and rewards people.

From partnering with you to support your career growth, to providing you with opportunities to learn, improve, feel engaged and appreciated, we celebrate our people and the difference they bring.

We strive to create a workplace that not only gives equal opportunities to people of all backgrounds and abilities but supports them to reach their full potential.

We're working towards a future where we look out for each other and our planet.  Where we enrich lives with the safest and most responsible ways of moving.  This is the kind of tomorrow we're imagining here at TFA.

Join us and help drive the future.

This role is based in our Head Office, Grosvenor Place, Sydney.  The office is within walking distance from the train station.  There are plenty of options for lunch and catching up with colleagues or friends after work. 

How you'll make an impact

The purpose of this role is to lead and continuously evolve TFA's Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing capability in alignment with the organisation's business strategy and Scaled Agile domain model. This includes owning QA governance, frameworks, and processes that ensure consistent, high-quality

delivery across all projects and business streams.

The role fosters collaboration across teams, leverages partner expertise, and drives best practices in testing and automation to support Agiledelivery at scale. It is responsible for improving testing maturity—targeting TMMi Level 4—and implementing cost-effective, enterprise-wide testing solutions and automations for Domain (Scaled Agile), tradional project and BAU activities. Through strong stakeholder relationships and clear communication, the role champions a culture of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement, ensuring QA practices are embedded across the delivery lifecycle and aligned with Agile principles.

Your usual day in the office will include:

• QA Governance & Frameworks: Own and evolve QA governance, processes,and frameworks aligned with TFA's business strategy and Scaled Agile domain model. Ensure consistent QA practices across all business streams.
• Testing Strategy & Maturity: Lead the enterprise-wide testing strategy, including automation, Agile testing practices, and improving maturity to TMMi Level 4. Ensure cost-effective testing across projects and BAU.
• Project QA Oversight: Review and sign off QA/testing artefacts, own SIT and UAT frameworks, and apply risk-based testing models to ensure quality outcomes across all projects.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, influence teams on quality assurance importance, and communicate changes to frameworks and processes effectively.
• Continuous Improvement & Compliance: Champion ongoing improvements in QA processes and Automation, ensure compliance in testing practices, and maintain documentation and checklists for process conformance

Your attributes

• Tertiary or professional qualification in information technology
• Experience in Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• At least 5 years of experience as a Test or QA Lead / Manager
• Proven experience in a Systems Testing or User Acceptance Testing environment with
• governance responsibility for repetitive or concurrent 3 month to a year software project durations
• Extensive experience in Test Automation of Web-based, Desktop Applications of large- scale distributed applications and the integration of disparate systems.
• Automation using tools like Selenium Webdriver, Selenium GRID, for End-to-End and Mock UI browser-based tests
• End to End Automated testing of Microservices using RestSharp, Mocha, Chai.
• Exploratory testing of web services using Postman.
• Architecting, developing and maintaining Test Automation Frameworks to support automated tests
• Working knowledge of Docker containers for running automated tests.
• Experience with BDD (Behavioural Driven Development) tools such as Cucumber (ruby, JVM), SpecFlow (C#) and JBehave (Java).
• Experience with Continuous Integration tool such as TeamCity, Jenkins and GO (Cruise Control).
• Experience in configuring and setting up pipelines.
• Exposure to Log Management tools like Splunk and SumoLogic.
• Working knowledge of AWS & Azure.
• Version Control Systems such as Git and SVN.
• Exposure to Project/Story/Defect management tools like JIRA, Mingle.

Life at Toyota & What we offer you

We pride ourselves on a work culture that supports and rewards people. From development programs to recognition programs, we make sure everyone at Toyota Finance Australia lives their best possible life. After all, our people are our greatest assets.

Toyota Australia is well-recognised for offering:

• Flexible hours and workspaces
• Career Development
• 26 weeks paid primary carers leave & 8 weeks paid parental leave for secondary carers
• Wellness facilities & Employee Assistance Program (private coaching available to you and your family)
• Paid volunteer days to support your community / Employee Community Grants Fund
• Employee Car Benefit Scheme

Building a great place to work

You're welcome to find out more by visiting our careers page:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are happy to adjust the recruitment process for your accessibility requirements. Please contact us and let us know your preferred type of communication and we will be in touch as soon as possible to discuss your requirements.

Come with us and help create the future.