Functional Senior Test Analyst – Payments Contract - up to £400 per day (Outside IR35) - London
Posted 1 day ago by Resillion
£400 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Functional Senior Test Analyst – Payments involves supporting a major programme within a regulated financial services environment, focusing on functional testing with a strong emphasis on payment systems. The position requires an experienced professional who can quickly integrate into an established team and contribute effectively from day one. The role is contract-based, offering up to £400 per day and is classified as outside IR35. The position requires a presence in London for three days a week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop functional test scenarios and test scripts aligned to business requirements, features, and user stories.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and key stakeholders to define and validate test coverage.
- Create and maintain manual test scripts within Jira and Zephyr.
- Identify, prepare, and document test data requirements.
- Define and validate test prerequisites, dependencies, and readiness criteria.
- Maintain traceability between requirements, test scenarios, and test scripts.
- Perform quality assurance checks against agreed acceptance criteria and Definition of Done requirements.
- Produce status reporting, risk assessments, and progress updates through established governance channels.
- Support programme delivery through effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
Key Skills:
- Demonstrable experience in Functional Testing within Financial Services.
- Strong Knowledge Of Payment Systems And Schemes, Including Faster Payments, BACS, CHAPS, SEPA.
- Experience creating and executing manual test scenarios and test scripts.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Proven experience using Jira and Zephyr.
- Ability to work independently and manage testing deliverables to agreed timelines.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Desirable Payments testing experience is essential.
- Experience working within large-scale transformation or migration programmes.
- Knowledge of regulatory and governance requirements within financial services environments.
- Previous experience supporting audit and testing assurance activities.
Salary (Rate): £400 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Brief Description Functional Senior Test Analyst – Payments Contract - up to £400 per day (Outside IR35) London (3 days per week onsite) Immediate Start Required 5-Year UK Address History Required for Background Screening We are seeking an experienced Functional Test Analyst with strong Payments industry expertise to support a major programme of work within a regulated financial services environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a testing professional with proven experience across UK and European payment schemes who can quickly integrate into an established delivery team and contribute from day one.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop functional test scenarios and test scripts aligned to business requirements, features, and user stories.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and key stakeholders to define and validate test coverage.
- Create and maintain manual test scripts within Jira and Zephyr.
- Identify, prepare, and document test data requirements.
- Define and validate test prerequisites, dependencies, and readiness criteria.
- Maintain traceability between requirements, test scenarios, and test scripts.
- Perform quality assurance checks against agreed acceptance criteria and Definition of Done requirements.
- Produce status reporting, risk assessments, and progress updates through established governance channels.
- Support programme delivery through effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
Essential Experience
- Demonstrable experience in Functional Testing within Financial Services.
- Strong Knowledge Of Payment Systems And Schemes, Including Faster Payments BACS CHAPS SEPA
- Experience creating and executing manual test scenarios and test scripts.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Proven experience using Jira and Zephyr.
- Ability to work independently and manage testing deliverables to agreed timelines.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Mandatory Requirements
- Desirable Payments testing experience is essential.
- Experience working within large-scale transformation or migration programmes.
- Knowledge of regulatory and governance requirements within financial services environments.
- Previous experience supporting audit and testing assurance activities.
If you have a strong payments testing background and are available to start immediately, we'd like to hear from you.