TAS - Senior QA Analyst

Company Description

WELCOME TO MARS CAPITAL

Mars Capital is part of Arrow Global Group Limited, which is one of Europe’s leading integrated asset managers with €70bn Assets Under Management (“AUM”) and 2,000 employees across five jurisdictions.

Mars Capital was established in 2015 and is a Regulated Credit Servicing Firm, authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland and located in Dublin 2. Mars Capital has the capacity and regulatory authority to service loans secured against properties and has €8bn AUM, experiencing significant growth in recent years. We provide services that span the full lifecycle of a loan post origination, from drawdown through to loan administration, asset management, enforcement as well as syndication, securitisation, and standby servicing.

We value our relationship with our clients and believe that our deployment of dedicated, Dublin-based project and asset management teams give us a competitive advantage over other competitors who operate a shared services model across their portfolios. Placing the customer first in a simple and efficient manner in line with our regulatory obligation is our number one priority.

Our local strategic ambition is to provide value accretive services to institutional clients, while building better financial futures for our customers, clients, communities and colleagues.

Our Culture and Way of Working

We’re entrepreneurial, fast-paced and decisive, working together safely and supportively. We trust our colleagues to make the right decisions and are brave enough to acknowledge mistakes and to learn from them. Celebrating success, we reward those who help us to achieve exceptional long-term results. 

We’re inclusive and encourage our colleagues to be themselves. Our culture supports the difference that makes each of us unique.  We’re open and eager to embrace new ways of working and have a diverse community, enriched by local identities that works collaboratively to build a unified and dynamic organisation.

We believe that a supported flexible working approach helps us to retain valued colleagues, enhance wellbeing, increase motivation and encourage a healthy work/life balance.  If you’re interviewed, ask about the flexibility involved in this role.

Our Values

Our stakeholders expect us to act in an ethical and responsible way and this is at the heart of how we conduct our business. Our values support this philosophy, and we seek out and reward behaviours that will make us more sustainable, responsible and successful. Our values are- we succeed together; we do the right thing; we’re trusted and valued; and we’re brave and creative. You’ll hear more about these throughout the interview process.

Our STAR Awards provide a fantastic platform to send a special thank you to a colleague who may have gone above and beyond to help you and the business succeed, or someone who has been brave and creative with their own approach to how they work. Values orientated, our Recognition Scheme plays a pivotal role in aligning and celebrating our culture and simply wouldn’t exist without colleague participation and input.

Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Commitment

We’re committed to investing responsibly and supporting our local communities and charitable organisations.  Every colleague is encouraged to take a paid day each calendar year to volunteer for our nominated charities. Internally we are very proud of our four colleague-led engagement groups, who run events/initiatives, that promote our culture and values which is a key part of the life blood of this business.

Job Description

Overall Purpose

As a Quality Assurance Analyst you will be part of the Tasman Change Team and will be responsible for ensuring the software's functionality and performance via comprehensive testing in collaboration with the development team.

What will you be doing?

• Reviewing Business Requirements with Business Analysts and writing test cases
• Writing detailed test plans for both internal and external stakeholders
• Carrying out testing, working collaboratively with developers
• Performing routine inspections and quality tests
• Identifying and resolving workflow and production issues.
• Ensuring that standards and safety regulations are observed.
• Addressing and discussing issues and proposed solutions with superiors.
• Documenting quality assurance activities and creating audit reports.
• Making recommendations for improvement.
• Creating training materials and operating manuals.

Qualifications

Expertise

• 5+ years experience in QA testing, preferably in the financial services industry.
• Experience working on large data programmes
• Strong understanding of financial services or other regulated environments.
• Experience in testing financial applications, such as trading platforms, payment systems, or banking software
• Excellent communication skills
• Hands-on experience with both manual and automated testing.
• Experience working in an agile development environment, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Familiarity with version control systems 
• Datawarehouse experience
• Familiarity with Testing Automation  (e.g. Selenium)

Additional Information

Complexity

The systems against which the candidate will be expected to develop are complex in their level of interconnectivity and design.  Architectural and logical decisions often need thorough refinement before any implementation.

Influence

The candidate must have excellent inter-personal skills as they will be required to attend meetings with users at different levels across the business, to discuss new work and participate in reviews of code releases where database development requirements were in-scope.

The candidate will join an Agile delivery team, part of a wider Programme team with a vast knowledge and skill in varying disciplines.

The candidate will be expected to liaise with other team members to ensure testing can be completed effectively.

Resource

The candidate will be largely independent and responsible for their own work, all work is subject to peer review.  Senior members are expected to guide more junior team members and structure their development in line with Mars development practises.

Other

• Ability to prioritise tasks

• Good communication skills

• Adaptability and flexibility to accommodate ever changing business needs

• Ability and willingness to ask in depth questions and accurately record responses

• A willingness to work as part of a constantly developing team

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