Job Description

Arbuthnot Latham has been associated with banking since 1833. We combine private and commercial banking, wealth planning and investment management. We believe in traditional relationship and service-led banking powered by modern technology.

Job purpose

The Test Manager is a hands on role within a small testing team to support Arbuthnot Latham's existing business applications and new system implementations. The role supports Arbuthnot Latham's testing strategy, and will work with the Senior Change Manager in setting up and maintaining a first-class testing capability. It ensures that any changes to Arbuthnot Latham's business applications are effectively tested against agreed functional and non-functional requirements prior to production deployment. In addition to this, the role has responsibility for ensuring the effective scheduling, use and management of pre-production environment availability, performance and integrity to enable quality testing and production releases to be carried out.



The role will be required to work across multiple projects which will each range from c50k through to 1m+.

Key Responsibilities

Defines & implements the overall test approach for each project; works effectively with IT, Change Management, the Business and 3rd party vendors to determine which types of testing (e.g. non-functional, UAT) are required and aligns the business and IT test phases Ensures that all test phases have appropriate entry / exit criteria and monitors achievement of these criteria Defines the business solution acceptance criteria and obtains sign-off against these prior to go-live Supports the business in the production of test scripts. Where necessary will produce test scripts. Executes test scripts and testing activities where required Understands the overall project or programme benefits and how the delivered solution impacts these; selects appropriate test approaches (e.g. risk-based) to ensure delivery of benefits is not compromised Creates and maintains demand/supply for Business, Operational, Change and IT test resource (internal and external) Ensures effective issue escalation to senior management where there is a significant threat to delivery Implements a well-structured approach to test defect management and incident reporting Works with IT & Environments Management, to ensure the availability of appropriate test environments and data. Owns and resolves issues around the technical solution delivered into the business test environment Contributes to the definition of the cut-over approach, is key to the go / no-go decision making process Determines whether test phases will be automated and selects and implements appropriate test tools. Produces the overall test delivery plan defining the business and IT test deliverable milestones, test tasks and activities; tracks progress against this and implements strategies to recover slippage Uses different approaches to estimating timescales, effort and costs for the testing phases Monitors and reports the status and progress of each test phase to different stakeholders Works within the overall project or programme governance defined by the Project / Programme Manager and contributes to formal project reviews at appropriate points in the project lifecycle Supports the Senior Change Managers and Head of Change Management in the development of the Testing function and testing best practice across the Bank Person Specification

Knowledge/Experience

Programme/Project management lifecycle skills Able to read and analyse application requirements and design documents Test design, test scripting and test execution experience Knowledge of testing methodologies and techniques Process Improvement skills Managing multiple portfolios of work covering multiple projects simultaneously Ability to apply general/commercial awareness to projects Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with a positive demeanour Attention to detail, quality, high standards and controls Presentation & facilitation skills Previous experience managing technology testing essential Previous experience of using JIRA and associated testing tools (e.g. Zephyr) Knowledge of Microsoft Project would be advantageous Knowledge of release management methodologies & governance is desirable but not essential Experience of implementing and managing test automation tools

Qualifications

Testing qualifications e.g. ISTQB or equivalent

Competencies

Attention to detail Communication & Confidence Business & Commercial Focus Planning & Reviewing Change Focus Judgement & Problem Solving

About Us

Life, Work and Benefits

Arbuthnot Latham is committed to equal-opportunities for all staff and candidates. We embrace inclusion & diversity and understand why they are critical for the success of our business and people.


Agile working - (4 Days in London Office per week) Competitive salary, pension & holiday allowance BUPA Health cover 4x Life Assurance Income Protection scheme Discretionary bonus Market leading maternity/paternity and menopause policies Flexible benefits

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Reasonable adjustments

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