AJ Bell is hiring a
UAT Tester

Summary

Join our team as a motivated, experienced manual tester to help develop a next-generation investment platform. We're building a mobile-first investment app that lets advisers manage their clients' investments entirely through their smartphone.

Requirements

• Strong analytical skills
• The ability to analyse requirements and build simple but effective test cases
• Attention to detail / problem solving mindset, you are proactive in identifying issues and providing solutions during the testing process
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate issues and statuses to various stakeholders
• You can handle multiple tasks and prioritise work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• A solid understanding of manual testing techniques, including functional, regression, exploratory, and usability testing
• You can think from the end-user’s perspective to ensure a high-quality user experience
• You’ll have some understanding of SQL, testing APIs and possibly some test automation knowledge
• ISTQB/ISEB Foundation certificate in Testing
• Experience working in the financial services industry or financial services adjacent industries

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, developers, and other stakeholders to understand and interpret business, functional and technical requirements
• Work as part of a distributed team made up of self-motivated and collaborative individuals
• Embrace a shift-left approach to testing, engaging at all stages of the SDLC, baking in QA and a quality first approach to our deliveries
• Create and maintain test documentation, including test plans, test cases and test outcome reports
• Continuously improve the testing process by identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices
• Work closely with our feature owners, often helping to demonstrate new processes and functionality to the operational users and being an SME for any UAT related activities

Benefits

• Starting salary of £42,500 - £45,000 (Depending on experience)
• Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• Health Cash Plan – provided by Medicash
• Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
• Free gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay+ pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
• Ongoing technical training
• Professional qualification support
• Talent management programmes
• Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
• Casual dress code
• Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals