Test Analyst (12 month FTC)
Posted 2 days ago by Cambridge & Counties Bank
£50,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Test Analyst involves joining the Transformation team on a 12-month fixed-term contract to interpret business needs and translate them into effective test approaches. The candidate will ensure the functional readiness of software and hardware products prior to their live deployment, while also designing and executing tests to identify defects. Experience in Financial Services, strong problem-solving skills, and excellent communication abilities are essential for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Interpret business needs and requirements to develop high-quality test approaches.
- Ensure functional readiness of software and hardware products before live deployment.
- Design, develop, and execute testing to identify defects.
- Create and evaluate internal test approaches.
- Write, evaluate, and execute test scripts.
- Utilize project management principles and tools such as JIRA.
- Collaborate effectively with internal colleagues and third-party suppliers.
- Demonstrate excellent organizational skills.
Key Skills:
- Experience in creating and evaluating test approaches.
- Significant experience in interpreting business needs and translating them into test strategies.
- Demonstrable experience in writing and executing test scripts.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills with internal teams and external suppliers.
- Experience in Functional and UAT Testing.
- Knowledge of project management principles and experience with JIRA or similar systems.
- Excellent organizational skills.
Salary (Rate): £50,000.00 yearly
City: Leicester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
We are looking for someone to join our Transformation team on a 12 month fixed term contract, who can interpret business needs and requirements and translate them into high quality test approaches. You would ensure the functional readiness of software and hardware products before they are released into the live environment. You would also design, develop and execute appropriate testing to identify any defects before live deployment. If you have Financials Services experience, excellent problem-solving ability, and great communication skills, then we would love to hear from you.
About you
For this role you will need the following skills and experience:
- Experience of creating and evaluating agreed internal test approaches.
- Significant previous experience of interpreting business needs and requirements and translating them into test approaches.
- Demonstrable experience in writing, evaluating and executing test scripts.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent communication skills with both internal colleagues and with 3rd party suppliers.
- Previous experience of Functional and UAT Testing.
- Demonstrable knowledge of and experience working with project management principles, e.g. RAID logs, Project plans, Project phases etc. and experience using JIRA or similar ticket system.
- Excellent organisational skills.
What we offer
- 10% employer pension contributions
- Bonus Scheme
- 30 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Sell Holiday scheme
- Hybrid working policy as standard and other flexible working options welcomed
- Private Medical Insurance including optical and dental cover from day one
- Life Cover at 4x salary from day one
- Income Protection cover
- Salary Sacrifice Cycle to Work Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice Electric Car Scheme
- Interest-free personal loans for various purposes
- Perkbox membership (discounts on shopping, restaurants, cinema, and lots more)
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay policies
- Various learning and development opportunities available
- Free tea, coffee and milk
- Christmas and summer parties
- A Wellbeing Team, Colleague Forum, a Green Environmental Action Team, Charities Committee and numerous opportunities to give back to the community, and more …
Diversity and Inclusion
Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. We are committed to equal treatment of all colleagues and potential colleagues, including those with criminal records. If you are successful in your application for employment, we will carry out pre-employment screening including use of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
For a full job description, please email recruitment@ccbank.co.uk Thank you.