Test Manager (Insurance)

Square One Resources; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Test Manager for a role in transformation programmes within the insurance sector in London. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in test management, particularly in finance and actuarial domains. Responsibilities include developing test strategies, managing integrations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Competitive daily rate of £425-450, with a hybrid structure of 2 days on-site per week.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Test management within finance, actuarial, or regulatory transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of insurance data, claims processing, actuarial reserving, and financial reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technical domains.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the Test strategy, planning, and scheduling.
• Manage system integration, data validation, UAT, regression, and OAT.
• Collaborate with Actuarial, Finance, Data Governance, and IT teams.

Skills

Test management

Stakeholder management

Insurance data knowledge

Claims processing

Actuarial reserving

Financial reporting

Tools

ETL pipelines

Reporting tools

Job description

Role Title: Test Manager (Insurance) Location: London Duration: 30/04/2026 Days on site: 2 days per week Rate to candidate: £425-450 per day

*Candidates MUST have Insurance domain experience*

Role Description

• Preferably served as Test Manager or has a great amount of experience in QA / Quality Engineering (technical background preferred).
• Ideally a large amount of experience in Delivery Test Management on strategic, complex transformation programmes.
• Proven experience in managing Finance & Actuarial programs.
• Availability: Less than 1 month.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the Test strategy, planning, and scheduling across multiple releases within the transformation programme.
• Manage system integration, data validation, UAT, regression, and Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT) across Policy and claims administration platforms, and related financial systems.
• Collaborate with Actuarial, Finance, Data Governance, and IT teams to ensure comprehensive Test coverage aligned with business objectives and regulatory standards.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills, engaging effectively with cross functional teams including IFRS17, Actuarial, Regulatory & Statutory Reporting.
• Ensure adherence to non-functional requirements such as performance, financial controls, and service assurance standards.
• Support go-live readiness through detailed cutover planning, and post-implementation validation to maintain operational stability.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in Test management within finance, actuarial, or regulatory transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of insurance data, claims processing, actuarial reserving, and financial reporting.
• Hands-on experience with data platforms, ETL pipelines, and reporting tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technical domains.
• Familiarity with governance frameworks, change management, and release planning in regulated environments.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer

Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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