Functional QA Analyst: Financial Analytics & Data Validation

RiskSpan; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

RiskSpan seek a business‑oriented Functional QA Analyst to ensure data‑driven financial products meet quality standards from a business perspective. You will translate requirements into test strategies and validate calculations and data outputs.

You will own the QA test strategy, partner with a data analyst who will automate DBT tests, validate Power BI reports, and communicate risks and quality metrics to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in quality assurance or business analysis, with demonstrated strength in functional testing of financial data products or analytics platforms.
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies and SDLC best practices.
• Strong SQL proficiency sufficient to run queries.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the end‑to‑end QA test strategy, translating requirements into clear, business‑driven test plans and acceptance criteria.
• Lead functional, business acceptance, and regression testing efforts, validating financial calculations, data outputs, and business logic against expected outcomes.
• Manage defect lifecycle, root cause analysis, and communication of business impact.
• Document and maintain comprehensive test cases and test scripts.
• Validate Power BI reports against underlying data.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders during testing cycles, communicating defect status, risks, and quality metrics in clear, non‑technical terms.
• Review data lineage and business workflows to ensure end‑to‑end traceability of financial data from source systems to reporting outputs.
• Identify patterns in recurring bugs to drive long‑term solutions.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers and analysts to ensure requirements are met.
• Recommend business/functional test cases that are required to attest to data quality based on business requirements; partner with the dedicated data analyst to ensure these are implemented and automated correctly.

Skills

SQL

Business analysis

Quality assurance

Tools

Power BI

Job description

RiskSpan seek a business‑oriented Functional QA Analyst to ensure data‑driven financial products meet quality standards from a business perspective. You will translate requirements into test strategies and validate calculations and data outputs.

You will own the QA test strategy, partner with a data analyst who will automate DBT tests, validate Power BI reports, and communicate risks and quality metrics to stakeholders.