The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Conduct functional, integration, usability, configuration, system, regression and user acceptance testing and market testing.
• Review business and functional requirements and assist in gap analysis to ensure that comprehensive testing can be performed.
• Assist with the analysis of business requirements and gap analysis to ensure comprehensive testing can be performed.
• To assist and consolidate the test strategy, test plan, test closure, test cases, and scenarios (including test estimation) to ensure a structured approach during testing.
• Compile and execute test cases and scenarios (including test estimation) to ensure a structured approach during testing.
• Co-ordinate regional payment system participants in relation to testing activities.
• Perform defect management to ensure high-quality solutions.
• Produce and communicate progress for all testing efforts, results, activities, data, logging and tracking.
• Produce quality reports (encapsulating test results and statistics) to support the final approval for implementation of the solution.
• Assist with the compilation of user and training manuals.
• Collaborate with test analysts, analysts, designers, developers, project managers and system owners in the testing of new requirements.
• Communicate delays on test execution and defects related issues/risks timeously to the relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• A minimum of a Bachelor degree OR Advanced Diploma OR equivalent; and
• ISTQB Foundation Level Certification
• two to five years’ experience within an IT environment, specifically in the area of testing.