Flex Test Analyst (Night Shift)

**The Role**

Working within PMOT to provide test support for the implementation of new functionality and the maintenance of existing functionality within the Benefits Access and FSA platform.
Also providing support for validating and raising production issues known as LSIs (Live Site Incidents)
- Assist with the testing of functional deliverables
- Assist in the appropriate test documentation to ensure effective test preparation and test execution are produced
- Review business requirements, to identify what is required to be tested
- Ability to write appropriate test scenarios and test scripts based on agreed business requirements
- Raise any test issues
- Identify and accurately recording test defects
- Provide effective communication including test progress reports and defect status to Test Manager
- Validate and raise LSIs (production issues)
- Liaison with Business, Development and Support Teams

**Performance Objectives**:
**Excellence**
- Prepared to put in the extra effort when needed to meet challenging test deadlines
- Demonstrate a 'can do' attitude, overcoming any problems as they arise
- Demonstrate the ability to deal with any obstacles and setbacks
- An enthusiasm for proving the quality of software releases in testing
- Analyze information and situations by thinking ahead about test implications and being able to think creatively about solutions to test problems
- Continuously work to improve own skills and knowledge

**People**
- Prepared to show initiative where appropriate, but equally prepared to take instructions from others where appropriate in order to contribute to projects of varying nature across the whole department
- Liaise with Business / BDA / PMOT to ensure that testing provides adequate requirements coverage

**Clients**
- Demonstrate strong communication skills, both written and verbal and able to articulately adapt style for various purposes and audiences

**Financial**
- Responsible for assisting the Test Manager with the managing and planning of testing activities and identifying any risks

**Requirements**:

- A good understanding / Experience of Benefits Access platform testing
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Flexible and "can do" approach
- A willingness to learn
- Sense of accountability, owning one's work and taking pride in it; with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement
- Strong organizational skills and flexible in managing multiple priorities
- Ability to grasp new concepts quickly, demonstrating an understanding of the implications of technical and testing issues on actual and business requirements
- Ability to gather information and document in a structured manner, tests to cover business requirements
- Ability to create test member data to support the required tests

Equal Opportunity Employer