Senior Test Analyst

We are looking for an experienced Senior Test Analyst to support key programme deliverables within a complex banking and payments environment.

The role will focus on test strategy, end-to-end testing, UAT, defect management, participant certification and ensuring that all testing activities meet programme, quality and governance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain test strategies, plans, schedules, entry and exit criteria, and testing governance processes
• Review business requirements, technical documentation, APIs and interfaces to identify test scenarios and coverage requirements
• Develop and maintain test cases, scripts, test data requirements and traceability matrices
• Coordinate and execute functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, certification and conformance testing
• Manage defects from identification and logging through to retesting and closures
• Coordinate testing across participant systems, vendor platforms, sandbox environments and external interfaces
• Support UAT preparation, execution, reporting, validation and sign-off
• Support participant certification, readiness assessments and evidence management
• Coordinate test environments, data availability, onboarding, endpoint validation and access requirements
• Identify testing risks, dependencies and issues and recommend practical mitigation strategies
• Work closely with business stakeholders, developers, architects, vendors, participant banks and programme teams
• Ensure testing artefacts and evidence meet governance, quality and industry requirements

Requirements

• 7–10 years’ experience in Software Testing and Quality Assurance
• Experience working within Agile, Scrum and Waterfall environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Information Systems or a related field
• ISTQB or equivalent software-testing certification advantageous
• Minimum 5 years’ experience within Banking, Payments, Fintech, Financial Services or Payment-Scheme environments.

Strong experience in:

• Functional testing
• System integration testing
• UAT
• End-to-end testing
• Regression testing
• Certification and conformance testing
• Experience with API testing, web services, message-based integrations and data validation.
• Experience working with multiple vendors and cross-functional teams.
• Experience within regulated financial-services environments.
• Strong knowledge of defect management, test governance and audit-evidence practices

Technical Skills

• Jira
• Confluence
• Microsoft Office
• SharePoint
• Test-management and defect-tracking tools
• Postman, Swagger or equivalent API testing tools
• SQL
• Data reconciliation and validation
• Experience with Payment Switching, Real-Time Payments, Interoperable Payment Ecosystems and Certification Testing advantageous

Key Competencies

• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• High attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Strong coordination skills across multiple teams and workstreams.