Tester - AJ Bell

At AJ Bell Touch, we are developing a next-generation investment platform aimed at improving how consumers access financial advice and manage their investments. We are looking for a motivated and experienced manual tester who is ready to take the next step in their career. Our team culture is built on collaboration, with a strong emphasis on working together to achieve our goals. Our mobile-first app allows advisers to manage their clients' investments entirely through their smartphones. Join us in building a modern, efficient platform from the ground up, supported by AJ Bell, one of the UK's largest investment platforms.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, developers, and other stakeholders to understand and interpret business, functional and technical requirements, working as a team ensure testing activities are aligned with project goals and timelines
• Work as part of a distributed team made up of self-motivated and collaborative individuals. Much of our communication is remote and async so good communication skills are key.
• Embrace a shift-left approach to testing, engaging at all stages of the SDLC, baking in QA and a quality first approach to our deliveries.
• Create and maintain test documentation, including test plans, test cases and test outcome reports.
• Continuously improve the testing process by identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices.
• Work closely with our feature owners, often helping to demonstrate new processes and functionality to the operational users and being an SME for any UAT related activities.

What you'll have:

• Strong analytical skills. The ability to analyse requirements and build simple but effective test cases
• Attention to detail / problem solving mindset, you are proactive in identifying issues and providing solutions during the testing process.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate issues and statuses to various stakeholders.
• You can handle multiple tasks and prioritise work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• A solid understanding of manual testing techniques, including functional, regression, exploratory, and usability testing.
• You can think from the end-user's perspective to ensure a high-quality user experience.
• You'll have some understanding of SQL, testing APIs and possibly some test automation knowledge.
• You'll be comfortable with writing test cases in the BDD Given, When, Then format
• ISTQB/ISEB Foundation certificate in Testing
• Experience working in the financial services industry or financial services adjacent industries.

Our tools and technologies:
The below are all things that we are either currently using or have found to be a useful in the team. Prior knowledge of them is not essential but would be beneficial to the role:

• JIRA / JIRA Xray
• Confluence
• GitLab
• SQL

About AJ Bell:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 593,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £90.4 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For' for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work®.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

Our perks and benefits:

• Starting salary of £36,000 – £39,000 (Depending on experience)
• Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• SimplyHealth Plan
• Free gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay+ pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events, including monthly socials, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
• Ongoing technical training
• Professional qualification support
• Talent management programmes
• Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Casual dress code
• Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals

Hybrid working:

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you'll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.