IT Test Analyst
Boardroom Appointments · Sandton, South Africa ·
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- QA
The IT Test Analyst will perform quality assurance, develop test plans, and execute various testing types for banking and financial services platforms. This 6-month contract role requires strong stakeholder management and the ability to translate business requirements into technical test documentation.
IT Test Analyst [6 Month Contract]
Requirements:
- Intermediate to Senior-Intermediate test analysis
- Banking / Financial Services experience, particularly with financial products, related trading activities, and life cycle
- Exposure to compliance and regulatory environment in financial services (beneficial)
- Exposure to foreign exchange trading activities (beneficial)
- Degree, Diploma, or relevant Certification
- Test Analysis skills
- Good documentation and communication skills
- Self-starter who takes ownership of expected outcomes; self-managed
- Stakeholder management skills
- Big picture thinking
- Critical thinking
Responsibilities:
- Perform Quality Assurance
- Engage with stakeholders (both business and technology)
- Develop awareness of platform capabilities
- Apply client-centric thinking in a banking context
- Translate business requirements and functional specifications into test plans and test packs
- Perform testing on the platform as required, including integration, regression, functional, and end-to-end testing
- Document test results and communicate them to relevant parties (project manager, analyst, vendor, etc.)
- Communicate effectively at both business and technical levels with business analysts, vendors, and business stakeholders
- Ensure a quality product before release by obtaining sign-off on test cases
- Prepare release documentation, including deployment and back-out plans, with support from the business analyst
- Periodically fulfill a support role post-implementation