QUALI013350_1 Who We Are NFP, an Aon company, is a multiple Best Places to Work award winner in Business Insurance. We are an organisation of consultative advisors and problem solvers. We help companies and individuals around the globe address their most significant risk, workforce, wealth management and retirement challenges through custom solutions and a people-first approach. To learn more, please visit: https://www.nfp.co.uk. About The Role We are recruiting for a Quality Assurance Engineer to be responsible for planning & executing comprehensive system & application end-to-end testing efforts based on project requirements and system design. This role is responsible for thorough test planning as well as identifying, documenting and reporting defects. Overview Of Duties Develop and analyse project requirements to develop reliable, comprehensive test approaches Design and implement tests, debugging and defining corrective actions Contribute to creating test plan, test strategy and test cases Assist in defining regression plans that minimize risk and ensure coverage Create test estimates and assist in developing project milestones and timelines Collaborate with test automation team to assist in intelligently and proactively expanding the automated test suite Create and execute test scripts based on the project requirements and system design Coordinate test script reviews with stakeholders as appropriate Conduct all levels of testing including smoke, functional, integration and regression Identify knowledge deficiencies in team and work with management to resolve Interface with users and domain experts, establish a high level of trust and credibility with these people, and recognize that our products must bring value to them. Strive to perfect the communication skills necessary to achieve this goal Report issues/defects and follow through to resolution Keep QA Lead and management informed of current state of quality and test progress Coordinate defect validation and reporting with the team and assist developers in recreating defects Create and maintain test documents in accordance with QA best practices Clearly report to wide audience the status of QA deliverables, including test plans, test execution and incident reporting with appropriate metrics Assist in coordinating user acceptance documentation and testing, seeing through to successful completion Assist with release training sessions and implementations Perform support as needed, including production support for internal and external users Person specification Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Test automation experience, from framework design and understanding to execution and reporting Experience with CRM systems and/or Broker Management systems such as Acturis Proven knowledge and adherence to Quality Assurance best practices Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes Proficient in writing and editing Proficient in clearly communicating to a wide audience Elevated level of integrity and strict adherence to protecting confidential information Proven ability to coach and mentor team members Education / And Or Experience Proven experience writing automated test scripts Proven understanding of database testing with excellent SQL skills Proven experience in effectively working within multiple integration applications Experience with acquisitions and mergers Experience in Software as a Service (SaaS) web application environments Proven experience within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Proven experience with iterative, non-iterative and hybrid SDLC processes Experience in platforms using c#, ASP.NET Experience in front ends using JavaScript or similar frameworks Experience in Automation (design and developing scripts) along with strong Testing skills Key Information Hours: 35 hours Location: Bromsgrove, Hybrid What You’ll Love About Us We may be a global business, but our culture is united and truly collaborative. We strive to adopt a genuinely flexible approach to working, and we have the technology to make it as easy as possible for our people around the world to connect to one another, and to be productive in and out of the office. We want everyone to bring their best selves to work each day, so we have a relaxed and casual office environment, plus great employee benefits and socials. Joining NFP means you’ll get plenty of opportunities to invest in your career and personal development. Attractions - NFP We pride ourselves on our fast-paced, collaborative, vibrant working environment and hybrid model for part-remote working Our PeopleFirst culture means our people work in a flexible and autonomous way and have the freedom and expertise to deliver outstanding service to clients in the way that they know-how We build partnerships with organisations that can complement our client offering and we invest in new technology to deliver innovative solutions in our given markets We focus on making sure that people can bring their best selves to work every day; and that they are placing as much importance on family and community as they do their valuable work Our inclusion and belonging initiatives and charity work form a large part of this. NFP has an Executive Board member as well as Board made up of individuals from across our entire business dedicated to inclusion and belonging If this sounds like something in which you are interested, please apply or contact Lucy Reed for further information. NFP and You Better Together!