Test analyst - united kingdom, cardiff

are you a skilled test analyst looking to rise to a new challenge?

pepper advantage is one of the leading specialist loan servicing companies in the uk and we are currently looking for a bright, enthusiastic, and driven candidate to join our technical services team in cardiff as a test analyst.

if you are open to a new opportunity and would like to chance to work within an organisation which can offer competitive benefits and career progression, then this is the role for you.

we are looking for a highly motivated professional with experience in planning, estimating, scripting, and executing testing of system changes for pepper's internally developed mortgage servicing software.

the main responsibilities of a test analyst will include:

writing test scripts using well defined testing techniques, ensuring prerequisites, steps, and expected results are clearly definedconfirming changes by running test scripts, giving comprehensive status of test execution, defects, and raising risks in daily and weekly meetingscreating, reviewing, and supporting the creation of test plans based on information from various document types, of sufficiently high quality to be shared externally with clients and other key stakeholdersraising defects and using technical knowledge and experience to provide relevant information to support developers to fix bugsdeveloping knowledge of the internal mortgage servicing systems in order to identify the impact of change on the systems by liaising with business analysts, developers, and end userssupporting the business whilst they are performing user acceptance testing, including environment support, investigating and overcoming issues, and raising defects.providing evidence of completed testing through robust test closure documentation.identifying ways to improve test process, ensuring benefits and plans to implement any change are shared and reviewed by management and peers.we welcome applications for this test analyst role from candidates with skills and experience in the following areas: sql, test planning, defects, testing, istqb, test analyst, quality assurance, software tester, phoebus, scripting, document control, technical, it, user interfaces, implementation.

benefitssalary range is £43,000 - £51,000 per annumprivate medical insurancesalary sacrifice pension matched up to 8%25 days holiday plus bank holidaysseason ticket loanscycle to work schemediscounts in local shopseap enhanced maternity and paternitywellbeing daysvolunteering dayseye carepayroll givingreward and recognition programrelaxed dress codediscounted rac vehicle breakdowndiscounted gym membershiplife assuranceessential skillsa good understanding of formal testing approaches; istqb certified tester foundation or highera strong communicator able to relay information competently in an organised mannerprepared to context shift to high-priority tasks when requiredeffectively develop working relationships with different members of the businessthe following technical skills:

o basic sql knowledge, e.g. select, insert, delete, joins essential

o basic knowledge in programming / scripting desirable

o knowledge of mortgage servicing or similar desirable

o knowledge of loan engine software, e.g. phoebus desirabledesirable skillsadditionally, it would be desirable if you're able to:

support the business whilst they are performing user acceptance testing, including environment support, investigating and overcoming issues, and raising defects.provide evidence of completed testing through robust test closure documentationidentify ways to improve test process, ensuring benefits and plans to implement any change are shared and reviewed by management and peersabout companywe currently operate in nine jurisdictions across the uk, europe, and asia pacific, and have over us$50 billion in assets under management. we employ more than 1,100 people to look after 65 clients and 1,000,000 end-users - and we're growing fast. through heavy investment in tech-enablement and data and analytics, we are driving operational efficiency, empowering clients, and expanding our remit all over the world.

working across commercial and residential real estate, personal and sme loans, credit cards, asset finance and point of sale, our advanced credit intelligence platform enables us to arrive at the best solutions for our clients and their customers, and always pushes for the right outcome, whatever financial journey they're on. as an employee of the pepper advantage community, you'll be part of a unique global-scale data network, giving you access to all the latest market trends and opportunities. you have to be in it to get the full advantage!

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