About the role

Functional Test Analyst responsible for software quality assurance in the evolving technology landscape. Engaging with teams to uphold quality and validate vendor deliverables throughout project lifecycles.

Responsibilities

Actively participate in refinement sessions, questioning and clarifying requirements to uncover gaps, ambiguities, or assumptions.
Ensure acceptance criteria are clear, testable, and aligned with business value.
Promote a culture of quality across the team, pushing back where deliverables do not meet agreed quality standards.
Review and validate work produced by third-party vendors/outsource partners, ensuring outputs meet contractual KPIs and SLAs.
Define comprehensive test strategies that include positive, negative, boundary, edge, and exploratory testing.
Plan targeted regression suites, ensuring appropriate test coverage for both functional and non-functional aspects.
Consider upstream and downstream system impacts, ensuring end-to-end integrity of the business process.
Incorporate vendor-delivered scripts into overall test coverage plans, ensuring alignment with internal quality expectations.
Design, develop, and execute functional and UAT test cases to validate business requirements, including data validation (numbers, calculations, and results integrity).
Verify integration and data flows between systems, ensuring downstream processes are not adversely affected by changes.
Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and other stakeholders to ensure shared understanding of quality goals.
Use automation and AI-assisted testing where appropriate to increase efficiency and accuracy.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
5+ years in software quality assurance, functional testing, or a related role with financial services experience (TA experience an advantage).
Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, including boundary analysis, equivalence partitioning, negative testing, and regression testing.
Proficiency in creating clear, detailed, and traceable test plans, scripts, and reports.
Solid understanding of SQL and ability to validate data in back-end systems.
Experience working within agile/scrum teams, with the ability to contribute to sprint refinement and planning.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Adaptable and able to multi-task across multiple scrums.
ISTQB certification (Foundation or higher) is advantageous.