Manual Tester
Posted 1 week ago by Jobserve
£430 Per day
Inside
Onsite
London
Summary: The Manual Tester role is a 2-month contract position based in London, requiring on-site work five days a week. The position involves leading test activities for UI-centric applications within the finance sector, ensuring compliance with testing standards and collaborating with various stakeholders. The role is classified as inside IR35, offering a daily rate of up to £430.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead test activities for UI-centric applications across multiple finance domains.
- Define, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts in line with the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Software Test Framework Standards (STFS).
- Run and optimise SQL/Oracle queries to validate data-driven test scenarios.
- Identify, document, and clearly articulate defects, root-cause analyses, and remediation recommendations.
- Mentor junior testers and act as a technical/functional point of contact for testing teams.
- Collaborate with product owners, developers, and business analysts to ensure test coverage aligns with business requirements.
- Contribute to continuous-improvement initiatives, driving higher quality and faster delivery.
Key Skills:
- Strong background in finance (banking, capital markets, payments, etc.)
- Advanced SQL/Oracle query writing for data verification
- Experience testing across multiple business domains (eg, Back Office, compliance)
- Proven ability to lead test efforts, mentor peers, or manage test teams
- Deep understanding of testing life cycle phases and compliance with STFS
- Exposure to Selenium, Cypress, or similar UI automation tools
- Computer Science degree optional; extensive hands-on testing experience required
- Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated long-term tenure in previous organisations, showing stability and value-add.
- Ability to work autonomously within a distributed EMEA team.
Salary (Rate): £430 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Manual Tester
2-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £430 per day
London based - 5 days a week onsite
Finance sector
What you will do:
- Lead test activities for UI-centric applications across multiple finance domains.
- Define, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts in line with the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Software Test Framework Standards (STFS).
- Run and optimise SQL/Oracle queries to validate data-driven test scenarios.
- Identify, document, and clearly articulate defects, root-cause analyses, and remediation recommendations.
- Mentor junior testers and act as a technical/functional point of contact for testing teams.
- Collaborate with product owners, developers, and business analysts to ensure test coverage aligns with business requirements.
- Contribute to continuous-improvement initiatives, driving higher quality and faster delivery.
Skills and Experience:
- Strong background in finance (banking, capital markets, payments, etc.)
- Advanced SQL/Oracle query writing for data verification
- Experience testing across multiple business domains (eg, Back Office, compliance)
- Proven ability to lead test efforts, mentor peers, or manage test teams
- Deep understanding of testing life cycle phases and compliance with STFS
- Exposure to Selenium, Cypress, or similar UI automation tools
- Computer Science degree optional; extensive hands-on testing experience required
- Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated long-term tenure in previous organisations, showing stability and value-add.
- Ability to work autonomously within a distributed EMEA team.
Disclaimer:
This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.