About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading provider of financial advice, investments and wealth management, committed to being the UK's best wealth manager for clients and their advisers. Quilter oversees £119.6 billion in customer investments (as at end March 2025). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve.

Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it's the perfect time to join us!

About the Role

Level : 3

Department: Test Execution

Location : Southampton

Contract type : Permanent

Quilter have demand for two additional permanent Test Specialist resources to join our QIP Team.

Ideal candidates will have valid experience in testing within an Agile Framework, manual and automation experience, preferably in a .net Framework.

Must also have experience of Requirements Analysis, Test Planning, Execution and strong communication skills.

The successful candidates will join and supplement a fast paced and responsive Test Team who facilitate vendor delivered enhancements as well as undertake their own rigorous testing.

The Test Specialist provides expertise in test design and execution with the aim of removing failures in use. The role is responsible for the end-to-end test process for all assigned Change to Production IT Estates ensuring adherence to the testing strategy, quality framework and methodology.

Test Planning and Execution:

• Analyses software requirements to write and execute comprehensive, thorough and effective test scripts and regression packs in order to verify the quality of new or enhanced software releases.
• Develops technical documents to accurately represent the test suite. Executes tests in accordance with test frameworks and governance to drive precise and detailed testing expected outcomes.
• Estimates test case build and execution effort to support detailed test planning for releases.
• Reports outcomes of tests, analyses and manages defects through to closure.
• Escalates impediments to Test and Programme Management structure.
• Facilitates demos of the stories/functions in test for business owner sign off. Collaborates and coordinates test execution with any relevant third parties.
• Contributes to continuous improvement of the planning and execution of test.
• Embraces change and initiates new and better ways of working to deliver positive customer outcomes.
• Communicates confidently and effectively, at all levels, both in written and verbal form.
• Analytical mind set, able to use data and metrics to drive actions and develop solutions for our customers.
• Agile - makes decisions within remit and executes in fast, simple and focused way.
• Embraces a collaborative working environment to achieve shared objectives. Strong interpersonal skills, able to build and maintain positive working relationships.
• Able to positively influence and persuade others.
• Strong organisation and planning skills to manage a wide variety of tasks, processes and responsibilities.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Self-motivated with a strong results focus, takes the initiative to drive disciplined delivery of objectives.
• Develops own capability, looking outwardly to keep up to date with advances in technology and utilises knowledge to support the delivery of new and innovative solutions to our customers.
• Demonstrates credibility, professionalism and strong personal integrity and acts as a role model for the Quilter values - Pioneering, Dependable, Stronger Together

About You

• Testing business and technology projects through to completion, resulting in delivery of robust and high-quality applications.
• Building Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Defect tracking.
• Experience in test data management.
• Good experience of test management tools such as JIRA working with XRay.
• Proven software testing experience including the implementation of smoke tests, unit tests or Pester tests as well as exploratory testing/alerting.
• Experience in working with both Agile (Primary) and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Desired experience in one or more of the following automated testing framework components: - Specflow, NUnit, RestSharp, Appium, Selenium WebDriver and LamdaTest
• Understanding of industry best practice and trends together with their application within a business context.

As a Quilter employee you are expected to demonstrate adherence to the following Conduct Rules and Standards:

• You must act with integrity.
• You must act with due skill, care and diligence.
• You must be open and co-operative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators.
• You must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly.
• You must observe proper standards of market conduct.

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Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.
Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we're one step ahead of our clients' needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.
Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.
Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.

Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.

Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.

Life Assurance: 4x your salary.

Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.

Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.