Product Control/UAT
Full Job Description
Product Control/UAT analyst urgently required for a leading city based tier 1 Investment Bank. The Product Control/UAT analyst will represent the business during test phases and work with the BA's to understand requirements. The Product Control/UAT Analyst must be a qualifed accountant. The Product Control/UAT Analyst must be from a Product Control or Finance Control backgorund with some experience of Testing.
Main Duties
* Represent Product Control and Financial Control in UAT test phase
* Define test plans, produce test scripts and track defects for closure
* Review test deliverables with Product Control and Financial Control to ensure they are fit for purpose
* Peer review of test plans and scripts
* Liaise with Business analysts and developers to understand requirements and ensure accurate coverage of testing scenarios
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of the standard test process and strategic test tools
* Contribute to the definition of the test strategy and approach across the multiple Programmes deliveries to include regression testing for upstream providers
* Minimise unnecessary rework through effective quality assurance of testing deliverables
Manage and escalate risks and issues to the Programme Test Manager
Person Requirements
Qualifications (essential): Educated to degree level (2.1 minimum) or equivalent
Candidate Profile
* Excellent Communication skills
* Ability to learn quickly
* Ability to work effectively upon multiple work items at the same time
* Can demonstrate attention to detail and rigor
* Possess good organisational skills
* Flexible approach to working hours
* Practical and pragmatic approach to work.
This role would suit candidates from one of two backgrounds:
Background 1: Finance BA/ line resource who would like to move into projects
Background 2: Good testing experience in a medium large size application implementation
Experience required (essential):
Qualified accountant
Ex Product Control or Finance Control
"Some" experience of testing
Experience required (preferred background):
* A strong working knowledge of one or more test management tools (Quality Centre or equivalent).
* Experience of creation and execution of automated tests
* Experience of testing application calculations and data analysis (not just UI)
* Prior experience in a medium large scale project
* A strong working knowledge of financial/banking systems, knowledge of accounting, financial and product control functions.
* Strong knowledge and experience of Software Test Life Cycle and various models - Waterfall, Agile, Iterative etc
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