Test Analyst – Retail Banking Payments Transformation | Permanent - Up to £52K | Hybrid Central London - June Start
** ALL APPLICANTS MUST HAVE PREVIOUS RETAL BANKING EXPERIENCE **
Location: Central London (Hybrid)
** Note: Applicants must have 5 years UK address history. We cannot sponsor or transfer ICT visas. **
Role Overview:
Join a trusted retail banking client where we already have a strong delivery presence. As part of the growing engagement, you’ll be a key contributor to a large-scale payments transformation programme, focused on legacy-to-digital migration of critical systems.
This is a hands-on testing role, ensuring high-quality delivery, regulatory compliance, and seamless customer experience. Work closely with Test Managers, business analysts, and developers executing functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing for real-time and faster payments systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing
- Validate high-volume and real-time payment flows, including error handling & reconciliation
- Support UAT cycles in collaboration with business users
- Log, track, and manage defects through to closure
- Collaborate with stakeholders, delivery managers, and technology teams
- Provide test evidence, status reporting, and metrics to Test Managers
- Support release validation, cutover planning, and production readiness
Key Skills & Experience:
- Hands-on experience as a Test Analyst in retail banking/financial services
- Experience with real-time/faster payments systems
- Knowledge of legacy-to-digital transformation programmes
- Strong understanding of payments processing, transaction banking, and integration points
- Experience in System, Integration, Regression, and UAT testing
- Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration
- Awareness of test automation approaches – hands-on automation not required
- Knowledge of BACS, CHAPS, SEPA, ACH, RTGS, and SWIFT
- Experience in high-volume transaction banking environments
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery models in regulated banking
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