Mortgages Test Analyst Originations and Servicing

Admiral Group Plc; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an exciting financial services division of a well-established company as a Senior Test Analyst. This role offers the opportunity to develop and maintain high-quality test artefacts for the mortgages platform, ensuring software robustness and suitability for production release. You'll collaborate with diverse teams, engage in testing methodologies, and contribute to process improvements. With a focus on innovation and a supportive culture, this role is perfect for those eager to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Enjoy a great work-life balance with generous holiday allowances and a commitment to employee wellbeing.

Benefits

33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Option to buy or sell annual leave

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Employee wellbeing programs

Recognition as a great place to work

Qualifications

• Experience in mortgage servicing and testing complex applications.
• Ability to analyze requirements and ensure test coverage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-quality test artefacts for the mortgages platform.
• Execute functional, integration, and regression testing.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage.

Skills

Mortgage servicing expertise

API testing

Test management with JIRA

Analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Automated testing

Knowledge of testing methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

JIRA

Postman

Xray

BrowserStack

Confluence

Job description

Admiral Money is a growing financial services business and is on track to become a strategic pillar within the Admiral Group. We have a vacancy for a Senior Test Analyst to join us in the mortgages team.

About Admiral Money

Admiral Money is an exciting, new division of Admiral Group. We have the freedom and innovation of a small start up with the security of a large parent company, Admiral.

Launching unsecured personal loans in June 2017, we have gone from strength to strength with two other product lines launched in more recent years – motor finance & second charge mortgages.

We’re looking for people who are keen to learn, excited about getting stuck in and are ready for a challenge to help us to achieve our aim of creating a special lending business for our customers.

Role Overview

This role involves developing and maintaining high-quality test artefacts for the mortgages platform across Originations and Servicing. You will ensure software robustness and suitability for production release, provide testing expertise, share best practices, and develop process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

1. Safeguard against defects and testing-related risks.
2. Collaborate with test teams, stakeholders, and suppliers.
3. Engage in requirements refinement and create high-quality test artefacts.
4. Execute functional, integration, and regression testing.
5. Test scheduled releases and priority production hot fixes.
6. Identify and set up test data.
7. Ensure comprehensive test coverage.
8. Report and manage defects, ensuring accurate documentation and resolution.
9. Deliver testing activities on schedule and support team needs.
10. Develop solutions to mitigate test data/environment limitations.
11. Suggest improvements to current processes.
12. Peer review test collateral and provide feedback.
13. Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and defect triage calls.
14. Apply appropriate testing techniques and tools.
15. Provide progress updates and highlight risks to stakeholders.

Key Competencies

1. Expertise in Mortgage servicing and Originations.
2. Knowledge of Mortgage products and characteristics impacting testing.
3. Ability to analyze complex requirements and determine suitable test coverage.
4. Validate financial calculations (affordability, LTVs, APRCs, payment schedules).
5. Experience testing complex applications with third-party APIs.
6. Knowledge of various testing methodologies.
7. API testing and analysis.
8. Self-motivated, reliable, and a team player.
9. Ability to work under pressure and manage workload.
10. Expertise using JIRA for test management and defect reporting.
11. Strong communication skills, simplifying technical information for non-testers.

Desirable Experience

1. Knowledge of 2nd charge mortgages.
2. Automated testing with Playwright, TypeScript, JSON, and JavaScript.
3. Knowledge of Phoebus mortgage servicing system.
4. Experience with Xray test management tool, Postman, Amazon Connect, Confluence, BrowserStack, and accessibility testing.
5. Mobile testing using real devices and emulators/simulators.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

Admiral, Where You Can Be You

At Admiral you’re accepted, supported and empowered to be you. Because you’re brilliant.

We’re proud of our people-centric culture which has led us to being recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re committed to ensuring that at Admiral, progression is not slowed or haltered by barriers related to protected characteristics.