Job Description
Senior Test Analyst – Retail Banking Payments Transformation | Contract – Up to £425/day | Hybrid Central London - June Start
Location: Central London (Hybrid)
Contract: Start - Beginning of June – Outside IR35
** Note: Applicants must have 3 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 Senior 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
Highly Desirable:
* 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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