Description
Senior Test Analyst - Financial Services - Calculations -System Testing- Dublin
Senior Test Analyst - Financial Services - Calculations -System Testing- Dublin required to work in a busy, professional environment.
Harvey Nash are working with a world leading specialist in software quality. Alongside our client we are looking for a strong Senior Test Analyst who has worked within Financial Services previously and have experience in verifying financial calculations and checking outputs.
Job Title: Senior Test Analyst
Location: Dublin.
Contract role: 6 months Initial +
Contract rate: €450.00 - €500.00 Per Day. (Negotiable)
Job Description
In that role, the successful candidate will:
*Responsible for developing and executing formal test plans to ensure the delivery of quality software applications.
*Involved in test planning, writing test cases/scripts, test case automation and test execution.
*Defines and tracks quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status.
*Collects and analyzes data for software process evaluation and improvements, and integrates them into business processes to address the needs of the business.
*Documents all problems and assists in their resolution.
*Delivers quality process training to technical staff and acts as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners.
*Performs quality audits across the various IT functions to ensure quality standards, procedures and methodologies are being followed.
Qualifications/Key Skills:
*Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar. Or equivalent work experience.
*Ideally around 5 to 7 years of systems development, testing and/or business experience.
*Prior testing experience in Financial Services.
*Experience with data-feeds and systems integration.
*Experience of testing financial calculations from process outputs.
*Excellent written and verbal communication skills
*Flexible and adaptable
*Team player who can also work on tasks independently and able to integrate quickly into an established, busy finance team.
*Demonstrated problem solving and consensus building skills
*Strong analytical skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills
*Experience at interacting successfully with technical and business staff
*Ability to work multiple projects simultaneously and achieve tight deadlines
*Excellent attention to detail
*A high degree of computer literacy including advanced knowledge of the MS Office Suite, ability to understand and write SQL and a willingness and skill to learn new programs quickly
If this role would be of interest to you, please apply online. Alternatively, if you would like to contact me directly, you can email me on on the address.