Test Specialist - Financial Services
Posted 2 days ago by Square One Resources
£336 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Summary: The Test Specialist - Financial Services role involves supporting the definition and execution of test strategies and plans for payments-related projects within a major international banking organization. The position requires hands-on experience in testing across various UK payment domains and strong defect management skills. The role is contract-based, with a start date of June 30th, and is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the definition of test strategies, approaches, and detailed test plans for payments-related projects.
- Contribute to test estimation, scheduling, progress tracking, and reporting of defects, risks, and issues.
- Execute the full testing life cycle including test design, test data preparation, execution, defect management, and test closure activities.
- Perform testing across UK payments domains including Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, SWIFT, ISO 20022 messaging, payment gateways, and reconciliation processes.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering testing within payments environments in banking or financial services.
- Strong knowledge of UK payment schemes including Faster Payments (FPS), CHAPS, Bacs, and SWIFT.
- Hands-on experience conducting integration testing across distributed systems, APIs, Middleware, and messaging platforms.
- Strong defect management and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to support cross-functional resolution activities.
Salary (Rate): £336 per day
City: Sheffield
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Test Specialist - Financial Services
Location: Sheffield
Salary/Rate: £336 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 30th June
Job Type: Contract
Company Introduction
Our client is one of the world's largest international banking and financial services organisations, operating across multiple markets and serving millions of customers globally. With a strong presence in retail banking, commercial banking, wealth management, and global payments, the organisation continues to invest heavily in technology transformation, operational resilience, and payment modernisation initiatives.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
1.Support the definition of test strategies, approaches, and detailed test plans for payments-related projects.
2.Contribute to test estimation, scheduling, progress tracking, and reporting of defects, risks, and issues.
3.Execute the full testing life cycle including test design, test data preparation, execution, defect management, and test closure activities.
4.Perform testing across UK payments domains including Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, SWIFT, ISO 20022 messaging, payment gateways, and reconciliation processes.
Required Skills/Experience
1.Proven experience delivering testing within payments environments in banking or financial services.
2.Strong knowledge of UK payment schemes including Faster Payments (FPS), CHAPS, Bacs, and SWIFT
3.Hands-on experience conducting integration testing across distributed systems, APIs, Middleware, and messaging platforms.
4.Strong defect management and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to support cross-functional resolution activities.
Desirable Skills/Experience
1.Experience supporting large-scale payment transformation or regulatory change programmes.
2.Exposure to performance, resilience, or security testing within financial services environments.
3.Knowledge of modern quality engineering practices and test automation strategies.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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