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Overview

Our leading Financial Services Sector Client are seeking a Senior Test Analyst to join their QA team as they enjoy continued business growth.

As Senior Test Analyst here you will be responsible for:

• Designing and executing functional and regression tests that ensure comprehensive coverage and quality
• Collaborating with change teams (BA/PM), development, and the business, to align testing with business & project objectives
• Identifying, planning and implementing the test approach across BAU and project workstreams, while adhering to departmental standards & release deadlines
• Monitoring estimates against actuals, escalating potential slippage and providing workable options for mitigation
• Monitoring and reporting on test results, creating & maintaining reporting dashboards, and producing completion reports for stakeholder approval
• Adhering to testing strategy, processes & procedures to facilitate governance. Maintaining accurate documentation and artefacts for audit and governance purposes
• Designing, maintaining re-useable regression tests following internal standards, supporting test execution where needed to ensure deadlines are achieved
• Developing own knowledge of automation technology and practice, to facilitate a shift-left/automation first approach
• Coordination & support of UAT/BVT testing activities
• Performance management, training & and support of direct reports

The ideal candidate for the role of Senior Test Analyst will have:

• Excellent understanding of testing principles, techniques and methodologies
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills, attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Excellent communication, collaboration & leadership skills
• Proven track record of delivering to tight deadlines
• Experience with using Gherkin syntax for test case design
• ISTQB Foundation certificate in Software Testing
• Minimum 3 years' testing experience

Desirable:

• Experience of the Finance domain, and Life & Pensions in particular, is an advantage
• Experience of test automation is an advantage
• Experience in people management is an advantage, although training will be given to the right candidate