Test Analyst

Computershare UK

Test Analyst enabling quality measurement and delivery in software products for Computershare. Working in a collaborative agile team for software testing and product improvement.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeBristol • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Play a key role in enabling the team to confidently measure, deliver and improve quality in delivering products.
Apply technical knowledge and expertise to influence/define the test approach to mitigate the risk of change.
Take an active part in delivering team commitments and embrace continuous improvement across the wider team.
Ensure the quality of tasks, services and information provided by your team through the quality of your own work and the support you provide to others.
Apply best practice and contribute to improvements and innovation in technologies/practices within your team e.g. efficiency in the development process or improved customer experience.
Solicit feedback to clarify/understand requirements.
Translate business requirements into clearly defined test scenarios to support development.
Provide continual feedback on product quality to the team and stakeholders to enable them to make informed decisions.
Check that software meets expected behaviors and explore for additional risks.
Provide informal guidance and share knowledge with colleagues to enable them to contribute to the team’s objectives. Share knowledge with the wider community.
Communicate effectively with a variety of technical and non-technical audiences to share knowledge and ideas; provide updates; influence; challenge; and take on feedback.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience of using test design techniques and of performing and applying risk analysis to identify test types and test coverage.
Experience of exploratory testing – defining test charters to give direction and purpose, understanding what information to capture and providing feedback to team on completion.
Experience of working in a development environment, ideally within an enterprise context.
Understanding of the software development lifecycle, software architecture and technologies.
A curious, observant and intuitive explorer capable of the setup, exercise and checking of test scenarios against the system-under-test.
Basic scripting, database query, coding skills, understanding of test environments, quality gateways and the route to production.
Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or related discipline is preferred.
Experience of financial services, share registry or employee share plan industries is desirable.
Strong work ethic and able to deal with sometimes conflicting priorities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle
Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family
Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.
Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future

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Hard Skills & Tools

test design techniquesrisk analysisexploratory testingtest charterssoftware development lifecyclesoftware architecturescriptingdatabase querycoding skillstest environments

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationfeedbackcuriosityobservantintuitivestrong work ethicadaptabilityproblem-solvinginfluence

Certifications

tertiary qualification in Computer Science