Quality Assurance Tester

Atrium; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Equal opportunities

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Atrium is seeking a QA Tester to govern and align change initiatives with business requirements. You will define proportionate testing standards and deliver quality assurance throughout the change lifecycle, collaborating with project managers, developers and operational teams to support delivery of effective and compliant solutions.

The successful candidate will design, execute and manage testing across business process and system changes, including user acceptance testing, to support the

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret business requirements and process documentation.
• Test estimation, scheduling, and progress reporting.
• Experience producing test documentation including test plans, test cases, and defect logs.
• Test data preparation and management.
• Knowledge of testing approaches such as functional, integration, regression, and UAT.
• Familiarity with testing both system functionality and business processes.
• Non-functional testing awareness, including accessibility, usability, performance, security and operational resilience.
• Experience using test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Defect triage, including severity, priority, root-cause themes and retesting.
• Understanding of controls, audit evidence and regulated change environments.
• Desirable: Understanding of insurance business processes.
• Desirable: Basic SQL, API-testing or data-query skills
• Desirable: Experience with test automation, or the ability to identify suitable automation opportunities

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the Business Change testing framework, including standards, templates, governance and ways of working.
• Assess test environment readiness and coordinate access, test data and dependencies before execution begins.
• Review business requirements and process designs to ensure adequate test coverage.
• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for change initiatives.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
• Validate that system and process changes meet defined requirements and operate effectively within the insurance business.
• Identify, log, and track defects, working with project teams to ensure resolution.
• Provide input on quality risks, testing progress, and release readiness within projects.
• Support audit and assurance activity by retaining appropriate testing evidence and demonstrating traceability.

Skills

Requirements interpretation

Test estimation

Test planning

Test execution

UAT testing

Defect tracking

Test documentation

Test data management

Non-functional testing

Automation awareness

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Test management tools

Job description

In a world of constant change, you need an insurer who has stood the test of time. Our reputation is built on consistency, expertise, and a client-first approach.

We manage Syndicate 609, one of the oldest syndicates at Lloyds, with a history going back to the 1930s. Our longevity reflects the strength of our underwriting discipline, the depth of our relationships, and our ability to adapt to the evolving needs of our clients and the wider insurance marketplace.

We're all in it together at Atrium

We are committed to creating an environment where people learn, grow, and follow what they're passionate about. Our culture encourages staff to feel confident in making decisions at any stage of their career and do work that makes them proud, knowing they're playing a valuable role in shaping the success of the business.

Role

We have an exciting new role within our Change team for a QA Tester to govern and align change initiatives with the business requirements. To define proportionate testing standards and deliver quality assurance throughout the change lifecyle.

Description

The successful candidate will define proportionate testing standards, processes, tools and ways of working, embed quality throughout the change lifecycle, and create a strong foundation that can evolve as the function grows. They will design, execute and manage testing across business process and system changes, including user acceptance testing, and collaborate with stakeholders, project managers, developers and operational teams to support the delivery of effective and compliant solutions.

Key Tasks:

• Help define and implement the Business Change testing framework, including standards, templates, governance and ways of working.
• Assess test environment readiness and coordinate access, test data and dependencies before execution begins.
• Review business requirements and process designs to ensure adequate test coverage.
• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for change initiatives.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing.
• Validate that system and process changes meet defined requirements and operate effectively within the insurance business.
• Identify, log, and track defects, working with project teams to ensure resolution.
• Provide input on quality risks, testing progress, and release readiness within projects.
• Support audit and assurance activity by retaining appropriate testing evidence and demonstrating traceability.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to interpret business requirements and process documentation.
• Test estimation, scheduling, and progress reporting.
• Experience producing test documentation including test plans, test cases, and defect logs.
• Test data preparation and management.
• Knowledge of testing approaches such as functional, integration, regression, and UAT.
• Familiarity with testing both system functionality and business processes.
• Non-functional testing awareness, including accessibility, usability, performance, security and operational resilience.
• Experience using test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Defect triage, including severity, priority, root-cause themes and retesting.
• Understanding of controls, audit evidence and regulated change environments.
• Desirable: Understanding of insurance business processes.
• Desirable: Basic SQL, API-testing or data-query skills
• Desirable: Experience with test automation, or the ability to identify suitable automation opportunities

Atrium offers all permanent employees the chance to work flexibly through our charter for flexible working - we actively invite applications from candidates requiring any form of flexible working arrangements.

Atrium is an Equal Opportunities employer with a strong and passionate commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Atrium actively invites applications from candidates requiring any form of flexible working arrangements.

We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.

We're committed to providing reasonable adjustments or accommodations for applicants, so if you need assistance or support during the recruitment process, please get in touch.