Onsite Test Analyst
Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
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Job Summary
Our client a leading financial services and insurance group requires a Test Analyst to plan design and execute testing across finance and actuarial systems. Reporting into the Head: Centre IT via the Test Manager you will own test coverage from functional and integration testing through to System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support providing the quality assurance that underpins confident go-live decisions.
Key focus areas: risk-based test planning test design with full requirements traceability validation of financial calculations and reporting output automation of regression suites defect management and UAT coordination with business users.
Required Skills:
5 years in software testing or QA with 3 years testing finance systems in insurance or financial services Proven test design and execution for ERP finance implementations and system integrations Hands-on data validation using SQL including source-to-target reconciliation API and message-based interface testing using Postman SoapUI or REST Assured Test automation with Selenium Playwright Tosca Cypress or comparable frameworks Test management and defect tracking in Jira (Xray/Zephyr) Azure DevOps or Micro Focus ALM Experience leading or supporting UAT and SIT with business stakeholders Strong understanding of finance processes accounting principles and financial reporting High attention to detail and strong documentation skills Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Required Education:
Degree or Diploma in IT Computer Science Finance or a related fieldISTQB Foundation certification (ISTQB Advanced advantageous)Advantageous: actuarial systems IFRS 17 or regulatory reporting test exposure; performance testing (JMeter LoadRunner); mentoring or test coordination experience
