Test Lead in Cheshire, Warrington

Who we are Vaultex are the UKs leading cash processing company, with sites nationwide. When you join us, you are supporting businesses to run securely and more efficiently, and ensuring continued access to cash for the millions of people that depend on it.

Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00 - 35 hours per week

Grade: CM40

Location: Hybrid role - 104 Dalton Avenue, Birchwood, Warrington, WA3 6YF & remote.

Competitive salary available on request.

Job purpose The Test Lead will be responsible for the oversight and deliverables of one or more project test teams for testing software components in line with company guidelines and standards. The role must provide support for the planning and execution of test activities, working within the agreed IT processes, to ensure robust and high-quality solutions to the end-user community.

Key responsibilities:

• Report into the Test Manager for updates, risk and issues
• Lead the project test team and ensure they are fully utilized and achieving project goals
• Create testing artifacts such as test approaches, test reports and closure reports
• Ensure the project test team are adhering to testing processes and standards
• Lead the SIT, UAT and Live Proving test phases to agreed quality gates and timelines
• Triage defects and chair triage calls
• Estimate all aspects of testing to be completed within the project
• Peer review of test cases/scripts
• Identify and communicate blockers and risks
• Utilises testing knowledge and experience to assess, advise and implement the best test approach for a particular set of acceptance criteria
• Identifies opportunities for test automation, work in conjunction with other TAs to bring test automation into the process
• Hands on testing when required

Knowledge, skills and experience required:

Essential:

• Proven experience working as a Test Lead
• Previous hands-on experience as a tester
• Strong experience of Testing Methodologies
• Experience in leading different testing phases
• Experience writing manual and automated test scripts
• Well-practiced in cloud-based solutions
• Experience with SQL/Postman/C#/SpecFlow
• Skilled with scrutinising data and generating test data
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Good automation knowledge with the ability to look to automate UI, Database and API testing, via various tool sets
• Strong technical background knowledge and experience of Visual Studio, JIRA, Confluence, Zephyr, Azure DevOps

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Salesforce
• Experience using Playwright
• Finance or cash management experience
• An Understanding of object models and workflow, configuration management tools, and .NET development environments would be a plus

What we offer you:

• We are a Living Wage employer with Investors in People Platinum status, and as such have a great range of benefits:
• A generous company pension auto-enrolled 4% employee 10% employer.
• Competitive holiday allowance with an option to purchase additional holidays (varies by grade).
• Group life assurance 4 x salary.
• Group income protection.
• VaulteXtra discounts on retailers, cycle to work, childcare vouchers, gym membership, cash back on purchase, eye tests and many more.
• Employee Assistance Programme a free service should our employees require professional and impartial advice for legal advice and counselling.
• Robust Learning and Development team and opportunities for career progression.
• Performance based yearly bonus (grade dependant).
• One day paid volunteering opportunity each year.
• Mentorship programmes.
• Access to Peppy - a digital health platform providing support for healthcare in menopause, fertility, men’s and women’s health.
• Access to Aviva Digicare+ for annual health checks, nutritional consultations, mental health support, bereavement support and more.
• Access to Zurich’s Virtual GP service.
• Charles Cameron - free access to independent mortgage advice.

Our culture:

Vaultex acknowledges every person's right to feel valued, respected, and fairly rewarded for what they do. We foster a collaborative environment where everyone is encouraged to share their views and shape Vaultex's future. We are proud to demonstrate our commitment to transparency and progress as a Work180 endorsed employer. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace where everyone is supported to be their best.

If you’re excited about any of our roles but you feel like you don’t tick every single box - we still encourage you to apply. You may be the right fit for this role or other roles in our wider team!

Continue the conversation:

Vaultex UK Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of the community. We strongly encourage applications from those with disabilities, are culturally & linguistically diverse, are veterans and identify as LGBTQIA+. We value your lived experience and knowledge.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.

Upon submitting your application via the Workday link, you will receive an email notifying you of the outcome of your application when this has been reviewed. For successful candidates, the next stage will be a phone interview with the Vaultex recruitment team. If you would like to check the status of your application, please contact a member of the recruitment team.

Due to the secure nature of our business, all successful candidates will need to provide a five-year traceable work history (satisfactory employment references or evidence to explain employment gaps) and complete a criminal record and credit background check. We look forward to hearing from you!