QA Test Coordinator x 2 – Business (Functional & UAT) Aladdin or Charles River is a MUST London Hybrid

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

QA Test Coordinator x 2 Business (Functional & UAT) - Aladdin or Charles River is a MUST - London Hybrid

Hybrid - 3 days a week in London

Contract (inside IR35) or Permanent

Duration - 9 months

** DUE TO BACKGROUND CHECKS WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT APPLICANTS WHO HAVE 3 YEARS UK ADDRESS HISTORY **

Role Purpose
The Test Coordinator is responsible for planning coordinating and governing testing activities across the delivery lifecycle with a strong emphasis on User Acceptance Testing (UAT). The role ensures business stakeholders are effectively supported to validate solutions testing activities are aligned to the integrated programme plan and risks dependencies and progress are clearly managed and reported.

Scope and Context
The Test Coordinator operates between delivery teams and the business providing structure visibility and control over testing activities. The role focuses on enabling business-led testing ensuring upstream testing outcomes are understood and confirming solutions are fit for purpose prior to release.

Understanding of Testing Activities Supporting UAT

The Test Coordinator understands the end-to-end testing activities required to enable effective User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensures these activities are coordinated visible and aligned to business validation.

Testing Scope and Readiness
Understands overall testing scope environments roles timelines and entry and exit criteria to ensure UAT is planned realistically and aligned to the integrated programme plan.
UAT Preparation Inputs
Ensures business-focused test scenarios test data access and supporting materials are in place so business users can execute UAT efficiently and with confidence.
Upstream Testing Outcomes
Reviews and interprets system and integration testing results to confirm UAT readiness identify residual risks and prevent UAT being impacted by unresolved technical issues.
UAT Coordination and Execution
Plans and coordinates UAT activities supports business testers tracks execution progress and ensures issues and blockers are managed promptly.
Results Risks and Sign-off
Consolidates UAT outcomes defects and risks to support informed business sign-off and release readiness decisions.

Key Responsibilities

UAT Planning and Coordination

Develop and maintain UAT plans aligned to the integrated programme plan.
Coordinate UAT schedules environments test data and business participant availability.
Define and manage UAT entry and exit criteria.

Business Stakeholder Management

Act as the primary point of contact for business testing stakeholders.
Provide guidance materials and support to enable effective business testing.
Manage expectations and maintain strong working relationships.

Defect Management

Support the UAT defect management process from logging through closure.
Facilitate defect triage prioritisation resolution and retesting.
Ensure clear visibility of defect status and impact.

Progress Tracking and Reporting

Support the tracking of UAT execution progress including pass fail blocked and outstanding scenarios.
Report testing status risks and dependencies to programme stakeholders.
Highlight variances to plan and recommend corrective actions.

Risk and Dependency Management

Identify assess and manage testing risks impacting UAT and business readiness.
Map and manage dependencies between interrelated testing streams and releases.
Escalate risks and dependency issues with mitigation options.

Governance and Quality Assurance

Ensure testing activities comply with agreed QA processes and governance standards.
Maintain traceability between requirements UAT scenarios defects and sign-off.

Key Capabilities and Experience

Experience coordinating global operations testing across regions and time zones
Strong understanding of structured testing activities and UAT coordination.
Proven experience supporting business-led testing in complex programmes.
Strong planning organisation and stakeholder management skills.
Disciplined approach to defect management reporting and risk management.

Outcome Focus

The Test Coordinator enables confident business validation by ensuring UAT is well planned well supported and transparently governed reducing delivery and operational risk at go-live.

Additional skills required

10 years of experience in software testing plus 5 years of team leadership experience
Experience in large scale front-office middle-office and back-office programme delivery in asset management/financial services sector
Deep understanding and business knowledge on OEMS End-to-End life cycle covering all asset classes
Experience of implementing BlackRock Aladdin Platform
Experience in leading business test execution phases using both manual and automated testing practices
Familiarity with test and defect management tools (JIRA)
Certification in testing practices

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Intern

QA Test Coordinator x 2 Business (Functional & UAT) - Aladdin or Charles River is a MUST - London HybridHybrid - 3 days a week in LondonContract (inside IR35) or Permanent Duration - 9 months** DUE TO BACKGROUND CHECKS WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT APPLICANTS WHO HAVE 3 YEARS UK ADDRESS HISTORY **Role Purpose...