Manual QA Analyst (Data & UAT Focus) - Asset Management

A leading Global Asset Management Firm is seeking an experienced Manual QA Analyst to support a major transformation programme. This is a hands-on role with a strong focus on data testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), working closely with stakeholders to ensure high-quality delivery across complex change initiatives.

Location: London (Hybrid)
Rate: £600 per day
Department: Technology – Quality Assurance
Reporting to: Head of Testing

The successful candidate will be a confident, business-facing tester who can quickly understand requirements, analyse data-driven solutions, and champion quality throughout the SDLC/STLC.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform test analysis, design, execution, and defect management across complex projects

• Lead and own pre-UAT testing, ensuring all requirements are validated and traceable

• Support and guide business users during UAT, including defect triage and resolution

• Review requirements to ensure clarity, testability, and alignment to business outcomes

• Maintain test cases, execution evidence, and defect tracking in JIRA

• Produce clear test progress, defect, and end-of-phase reporting

• Collaborate with Test Managers, BAs, Developers, and business stakeholders

• Participate in SIT activities alongside technology teams

• Identify risks, escalate issues appropriately, and contribute to project sign-off decisions

• Promote continuous improvement and share testing best practices

Core QA Skills

• Strong manual testing experience (test planning, design, execution, documentation)

• End-to-end testing with a solid understanding of business processes

• Requirements-to-test traceability and regression test suite creation

• UAT support and stakeholder-facing testing

• Risk and defect management

• Excellent attention to detail, organisation, and communication skills

Technical Skills

• Strong SQL querying capability

• Advanced Excel (formulas, analysis)

• JIRA administration, execution management, and reporting

• Data warehouse testing experience

• Experience with regression testing

• Exposure to test automation frameworks (beneficial, not mandatory)

Data & Platform Experience

• Data acquisition, transformation, and data quality validation

• Data presentation and reporting

• Experience with Tableau or other BI/visualisation tools

• Hands-on experience with AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, or SQL Server

• Familiarity with Aladdin / Aladdin Data Cloud (ADC) is advantageous

Experience & Capabilities

• 5–7 years’ experience as a QA/Test Analyst in financial services

• Strong experience testing investment management data

• Solid understanding of asset management business processes and reporting

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