UAT Tester

Ensuring that the development process is being demonstrably followed
Sign off business requirements for completeness and ability to create and validate test cases from user stories
Ensure full SDLC governance is followed
Liaison with Development, QA, and the end users (Business)
Ability to create E2E business scenarios that are not documented in user stories, working with the business to understand these operational flows
Support the development of business requirements
Provide test plan to define approach
Create traceability matrix to ensure proper coverage.
Peer Review and sign off UAT Test Plans and Scripts written by UAT Analysts
Provide support and council to UAT analyst
Execution of UAT Test Scripts
Production of Execution Reports
Lead the writing of procedures and provide training to user for projects and enhancements worked on
Represent Index change on smaller projects from initialisation phase right through to implementation.
Team player, working with the team to help resolve production issues, maintain environments, and improve overall quality within the team
Support the business on recent system enhancements

Candidate Profile / Key Skills
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

Excellent communication skills allowing an ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels within the company and with external clients/suppliers
Excellent knowledge of financial markets – Fixed Income and Equities especially
Commercial experience implementing projects within a financial institution
Good attention to detail is essential
Must be able to work under pressure and prioritise conflicting tasks to complete
them in the most effective way
Ability to relate to commercial as well as technical staff at all levels within FTSE Russell is important
Ability to provide constructive feedback to UAT analysts
Ability to challenge technology requirements and be the voice of the business.
Proven ability to develop and manage test cases/scripts, test criteria & procedures
Proven ability to translate scope and business rules into test cases/scripts
Proven ability to develop test cases/scripts when there is no clearly defined scope, requirements, uses cases or stories
Have excellent SQL knowledge
Have excellent Microsoft office knowledge with a focus on Excel
Familiar with various test products and tools (e.g. Quality Center, Jira etc.)