Role Description 

As an Analyst Tester you will work as part of a Regression Test Team, facilitating the delivery of quality software by undertaking rigorous testing activities and providing accompanying documentation to support each release; to improve the quality of FNZ solutions, and to mitigate the risk of FNZ releasing defective business critical software to its clients. 

The Analyst Tester is required to work closely and proactively with Analyst Developers and Solution Architects to implement quality and future proof functionality. There is an expectation that the Analyst Tester will learn about our application, our business and the industry we operate in as well the range of test tools and methodologies we use to support our business. 

Specific Role Responsibilities 

Develop and maintain a deep knowledge of the platform functionality and business processes related to a functional area 

Understand and analyse business requirements to enable the design of detailed test requirements  

Creation of clear, destructive, reusable and broad test cases that contain the appropriate level of detail 

Draft and issue test plans, where appropriate 

Plan and prioritise work for all incoming testing 

Creating and maintaining appropriate test data 

Perform test execution over FNZ solutions; ensuring the changes developed are to an acceptable standard by reviewing solutions and testing the changes end to end once the feature is available 

Author reusable tests and conducting end to end system, regression and mis-use case testing as part of the production readiness process 

Assist with user acceptance testing or other client support activities if required 

Create and maintain test scripts in a test management tool, to a specified quality standard 

Document and publish using a test management tool, all test results to a defined standard 

Document and report issues arising from testing in a timely manner, and manage their resolution and tracking 

Raise, validate and re-test defects 

Participate in defect triage meetings as directed 

Provide estimates of the testing effort to the Test Manger as required 

Provide regular and timely updates to the Test Manager on progress to plan as well as key risk and issues 

Issue testing status and completion reports to project teams and clients, and be able to present an overview of testing done to clients and to internal release boards as required 

Be an active member of the test community within FNZ, contributing to team sessions and sharing best practice and lessons learnt 

Assist in the ongoing development and improvement of testing standards and procedures across the company 

Help mentor more junior members of the testing team 

Proactively identify technical issues (environmental, coding and testing) that may impede test progress to enable early resolution of said technical issues 

Maintain high standards regarding written and verbal communication to ensure that information is clearly and concisely documented and appropriately disseminated 

Support process improvement initiatives and identify new process improvements. 

Essential experience 

Minimum 2 years testing experience incorporating several aspects of System testing, Regression testing, Load and Performance testing, UAT and OAT 

Knowledge and awareness of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC) 

Experience of working with different development methodologies e.g. Kanban, Scrum 

Experience of working with test management tools (such as Jira) for test planning, executing and reporting 

Confident, and able to take initiative given client and test focused environment 

Excellent organisational, administration and time management skills 

Good team communication skills, confident in dealing with internal and external clients 

Highly developed written and oral communication skills 

Superior analytical thinking and problem solving. 

Non-essential experience 

Experience of working within the Financial Services sector 

A background in automated testing (while the role is predominantly manual testing we are keen to hear from candidates with a background and/or enthusiasm in automated testing as we aim to roll this out more) 

Experience of training/mentoring junior members of a testing team 

Knowledge of SQL. 

Non-essential Education 

ISEB/ISQTB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing is desirable. 

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About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back. 

We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution. 

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.7 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 26 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.