QA Tester
Posted 1 day ago by ARM
£540 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The QA Tester role is a 3-month contract position based in London, requiring hybrid working with 2-3 days on-site. The position demands a strong background in testing within the insurance sector, with a focus on data validation and reconciliation, as well as experience in automated testing and advanced analytics. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and a proven track record in financial services, particularly within the Lloyds Insurance market or similar regulatory environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Validate and reconcile data within Medallion architecture, ensuring accuracy and consistency across systems.
- Manage automated testing processes.
- Query and validate test scenarios through a SQL server-based warehouse and MI reports.
- Communicate effectively with business stakeholders to understand and resolve complex test scenarios.
- Utilize advanced reporting and analytics to add value within the insurance domain.
- Engage with users to ensure timely and professional execution of testing tasks.
Key Skills:
- 5+ years of professional experience as a tester in the insurance sector.
- Strong understanding of insurance domain processes and data flows.
- ISTQB Qualification.
- Experience with SQL Server BI suite (SQL RDMS, SQL, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS).
- Desirable experience with Informatica ETL and cloud technologies, particularly Microsoft Azure and Azure Data Factory.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and testing skills.
- Demonstrable ability to translate technical information for non-technical users.
Salary (Rate): £540 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
QA Tester
3-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £540 per day
London based - hybrid working - 2/3 days on site
Insurance sector
- 5+ years professional background as a tester in the respective area
- Strong understanding of the insurance domain, including key processes, data flows, and industry standards.
- Hands on experience validating and reconciling data within Medallion architecture, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment across systems.
- ISTQB Qualification
- A balanced customer and delivery focus approach
- Previous experience of managing automated testing
- Strong written and verbal English
- Sound understanding of the ways in which advanced reporting and Analytics can add value in organisations, ideally Insurance organisations
- Exposure to Analytic projects and solutions that delight internal customers
- Relevant experience required for querying and validating test scenarios through a SQL server-based warehouse and MI reports.
- Exposure to MS SQL Server BI suite (SQL RDMS, SQL, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), preferably across multiple databases.
- Informatica ETL experience is desirable
- Experience with cloud technologies, notably 'Microsoft Azure' and 'Azure Data Factory' is highly desirable
- Ideally someone from insurance or financial services with a good understanding user reporting requirements across business domains (end2end)
- Good communication, organisational and testing skills are required to ensure that all areas of the role are performed in a timely and professional manner, involving the users where necessary
- Demonstrable ability and track record of having performed a similar role in financial services, ideally within the Lloyds Insurance market or regulatory financial organisations.
- Successfully communicate with business stakeholders, understand and offer solutions to often complex test scenarios, ability to translate technical answers to non-technical users
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.