IT Test Analyst at Standard IBTC Bank

Standard IBTC Bank is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa's financial system for 150 years, and now spans 16 countries across the African continent.

Standard Bank is a firm believer in technical innovation, to help us guarantee exceptional client service and leading edge financial solutions. Our growing global success reflects our commitment to the latest solutions, the best people, and a uniquely flexible and vibrant working culture. To help us drive our success into the future, we are looking for an experienced IT professional to join our dedicated team at our offices.

Standard IBTC Bank is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: IT Test Analyst

Job ID: 12708
Location: Lagos

Main Purpose of the Job
Job purpose

• System testing of projects and code. Production of test strategies, test plans, defect tracking, requirements capture and analysis to agreed deadlines.
• Responsible for completing and maintaining up-to-date, high quality test strategies, test plans and scripts to agreed deadlines.
• Adopts a flexible approach to completing workload to ensure delivery within agreed timeframes.
• Plans and estimates project activities with team leader

Key Responsibilities

• Establish test approach/plan for projects
• Establish acceptance criteria and schedule for test cycles (CIT, SIT, UAT)
• Establish testing team quality standards and quality assurance processes
• Establish best practices and processes for testing team
• Coordinate the testing efforts on key Bank Projects from Initiation through to Closure
• Establish standards and processes for Test Analysts and other test resources to manage their areas of responsibilities
• Influence overall technology, driving product quality, and promoting practices to improve productivity and enable quality
• Clearly communicating the unit’s goals and objectives to the test team
• Resource mobilization for Projects
• Manage delivery by metrics
• Publish KPIs for Testing Projects on weekly, or milestone, basis
• Submit inputs for Weekly Status Reports for IT Exco sessions
• Participate in Weekly Test team Review Meetings
• Coordinating Test Requirements Analysis
• Coordinating Test Case Development / Updating
• Coordinating Test Data preparation
• Coordinating Defect Analysis & Reporting
• Coordinating re-tests for Fixes
• Manage Direct Reports (Test Analysts etc.)
• Challenge the perception of testing
• Stay abreast of new technologies
• Stay abreast of new test methods and tools
• Ensure efficient use of HP Quality Center

Key Performance Indicators

• Timely/Successful testing of delivered corebanking patches (customization and product)
• Development of Quality test cases for all solution
• Zero/Minimal rollback of Tested solutions.
• Effective management of defect picked during testing.

Required Skills and Qualifications
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Successful implementations of projects supervised
• Meet SLA targets and deadlines
• Ensure reduced number of incidents
• 2 years of Finacle experience in a MUST.

Required Competencies
Competence Requirements

• Generic Skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong customer focus and ability to manage client expectations
• Proven ability to work under stress in emergencies; flexibility to handle pressure coming from all directions simultaneously
• Strong team-orientated interpersonal skills; ability to effectively interface with a wide variety of people at all levels
• Self-motivated and able to work under little supervision.
• Logic and problem solving skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to interact with users at all levels.
• Must be service oriented

Application Closing Date
16th October, 2014.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should
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