Test Analyst

Allura Partners; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Core banking migration exposure

Automation opportunities

Vendor collaboration

Visibility at SteerCo

Job summary

Allura Partners is recruiting for a Test Analyst with a major Australian bank undergoing a core migration. The role coordinates validation testing across customer journeys, operational processes, and migration readiness, reporting progress to Program Manager and SteerCo.

You will help build testing capability, governance, and automation across tools such as HP ALM, OpenText ALM, and Jira integration, with broad exposure to banking operations and vendor collaboration.

Qualifications

• Essential: strong business validation testing background across end-to-end banking processes.
• Governance discipline: requirements-to-test-case traceability, structured execution and audit evidence.
• Hands-on with enterprise test management tooling (HP ALM, OpenText ALM) and Jira integration.
• Reporting capability suitable for SteerCo and Program Manager audiences.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement to drive outcomes across teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute business validation testing across end-to-end banking processes.
• Maintain requirements-to-test-case traceability and audit-quality evidence.
• Run defect triage and manage defects with delivery teams and vendors.
• Produce execution and readiness reports for Program Manager and SteerCo.
• Build reusable test collateral and identify automation opportunities.

Skills

Business validation testing

Stakeholder engagement

Test reporting

Communication

Tools

HP ALM

OpenText ALM

Jira integration

Job description

About The Company

Our client is an established Australian bank currently delivering one of the largest business testing programs in its history. Following a recent merger, the business is consolidating onto a single core banking platform, with serious investment in testing capability to support the transition.

About The Role

The Test Analyst role sits at the centre of business validation testing across customer journeys, operational processes, migration validation, reconciliation and go live readiness. You will coordinate execution across multiple internal teams and vendors, and report progress clearly enough to support migration decisions at Program Manager and SteerCo level.

Benefits

• Central role on a career defining core banking migration, with genuine visibility at program and SteerCo level
• Scope to build the testing environment, collateral and libraries that future migration cycles will run on, rather than inheriting someone else's framework
• Freedom to identify and introduce automation across test creation and tooling integration
• Broad exposure across banking operations, from customer journeys and reconciliation through to payments, fraud and digital channels

Duties / Key Responsibilities

• Plan and execute business validation testing across end to end banking processes, covering customer journeys, operational processes, reconciliation activities and mock migration cycles
• Maintain requirements to test case traceability, structured test execution and audit quality evidence throughout every cycle
• Run defect triage and manage defects through to resolution with delivery teams and external vendors
• Produce execution and readiness reporting for Program Manager and SteerCo audiences, including migration decision support and go live readiness assessment
• Build reusable test collateral and libraries for future cycles, and identify automation opportunities including Jira to ALM integration

Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Strong business validation testing background, with a track record validating end to end banking processes rather than technical components in isolation
• Test governance discipline: requirements to test case traceability, structured execution, defect triage and evidence management to audit standard
• Hands on experience with enterprise test management tooling, particularly the HP ALM and OpenText ALM family, and integration with Jira
• Reporting capability suited to a SteerCo and Program Manager audience
• Communication and stakeholder engagement strong enough to drive outcomes across business, delivery and vendor teams

Highly regarded:

• Core banking migration, merger or mock conversion experience
• Experience building a test environment or Centre of Excellence that can be leveraged for future cycles, rather than only working within one
• Automated testing exposure, including automated creation of test libraries
• Leadership or management of test execution teams
• Knowledge of banking operations, CPS 230 critical processes and ancillary systems such as CRM, AML, fraud, payments and digital channels

Conor is recruiting for this role on behalf of Allura Partners.

About Allura Partners

Allura Partners was founded to support private equity firms by placing C-Suites to lead, transform, and scale portfolio companies. Today, in addition to our proven private equity specialisation, we've become a trusted partner for major ASX-listed and private enterprises in Australia, offering executive search, recruitment, and business transformation. Known for integrity, reliability, and results, our expertise spans Executive Search, Accounting & Finance, Transformation & Change, and Technology & Digital. We connect businesses and top-tier talent, exceeding expectations and driving lasting impact.