UAT Analyst

Summary:

The Analyst, UAT designs the user acceptance testing process to verify that requirements and business objectives are successfully met. Writes test plans, engages with business users to determine if the delivered functionality satisfies the requirements, and works with development with resolve identified issues.

Essential Job Functions:

• Reviews business requirements and functional specifications to understand the functional and technical requirements.

• Develop user acceptance test plans by analyzing business requirements and engaging with project team members and subject matter experts as necessary.

• Assist UAT lead in designing user acceptance testing process with business users, and setting up a testing schedule.

• Tests functionality as business user or alongside business subject matter experts in order to test the delivered functionality in real-world scenarios and certify user acceptance criteria.

• Assures that issues uncovered during testing are tracked and corrected.

• Collaborates with external and internal development teams to address issues found during UAT, and validates that corrective actions taken by development resolve those issues.

• Supports activities throughout the software development life cycle.

• Collaborates and supports business analysts and business representatives during the requirements elicitation process as needed.

• Responsible for validating UAT scenarios, test data creation, defect monitoring and regression during UAT and production validation activities.

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

Other Related Duties:

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience.

• 3+ years of experience working in a software quality assurance and/or UAT roles.

• Software Testing (QA/UAT): 3 years

• Traditional and agile software development life cycle: 3 years

• Mortgage knowledge: Nice to have

• Strong communication skills.

• Effective investigative and analytical skills.

• Excellent writing skills.

• Attention to detail.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to manage competing priorities, meet agreed upon deadlines, and deliver high-quality materials.

• Ability to handle UAT and Production validations outside of business hours and over the weekend.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

None required.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, memos, and work place policies. Ability to analyze, interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, procedures and governmental regulations. Ability to write professional correspondences. Ability to write routine business reports. Ability to speak effectively with other employees and/or customers. Ability to present formal information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, students, parents and/or other employees. Ability to present information and respond to questions from groups of administrators, managers, employees, customers and/or the general public.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to carry out detailed written and/or verbal instructions. Ability to solve problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is normally performed in a typical interior office work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Freedom Mortgage is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities:

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. Freedom Mortgage Corporation may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.