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QA Engineer About Finova Finova is the UK’s largest financial services technology provider, supporting one in every five mortgages nationwide. Our agile, cloud-native solutions enable over 60 banks, building societies, specialist lenders, equity release providers and a network of 2,400+ brokers to stay ahead in a competitive market. Built on open architecture and backed by deep industry expertise, our platform is designed to scale. Each year, we process over £50 billion in loans, manage nearly £50 billion in savings, and support the digital servicing of more than 650,000 UK borrower accounts. Be part of a team that’s driving innovation, enabling growth and shaping the future of UK lending. For Lenders Finova offers a flexible, modular technology suite designed to help lenders move faster, scale efficiently and deliver standout digital experiences. Financial Institutions use Finova to launch products faster, process applications up to 50% more efficiently and reduce operational costs — all while staying fully compliant in a fast-moving market.

About the Role

• Finova is hiring a QA Engineer to join our quality-focused team in Manchester. This is an opportunity to take ownership of quality across our cloud-native B2B workflow solutions, ensuring our complex mortgage and savings platforms deliver exceptional reliability for our clients. You'll work closely with Product, Development, and stakeholders to champion testing best practices and drive quality at every stage of delivery.
• What will you be doing?
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, functionality, acceptance criteria, and test scope.
• Analyse requirements and design, execute, review, and maintain manual test plans, test cases, and documentation, with exposure to basic automation where applicable.
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing for new features, enhancements, and existing functionality.
• Identify, log, prioritise, and track defects to closure using Azure DevOps, JIRA, or equivalent tools, ensuring clear documentation.
• Validate UI/UX behaviour, perform basic API testing using Postman, and support release and deployment validation.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, keep test activities updated, contribute to QA process improvements, and support knowledge sharing within the team.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Up to 2 years of experience in software testing or a related technical role.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, test design techniques, QA processes, testing methodologies, and defect lifecycle management.
• Hands-on experience with manual testing, writing clear test cases, maintaining test documentation, and executing structured test cycles.
• Experience with defect tracking tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA, including severity and priority assessment.
• Basic exposure to test automation tools or scripting concepts (for example Selenium) and API testing tools such as Postman.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with attention to detail and comfort working in Agile teams.

What We Offer

Leave and Holidays: 30 days of annual leave and 10 public holidays to support a healthy work-life balance.

Health and Wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits including medical insurance, group term life cover, personal accident insurance, and wellness services through our insurance partner.

Family-Friendly Policies: We support our employees and their families with paid maternity and paternity leave, along with flexible options to meet family needs.

Equal Opportunity Statement We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re passionate about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, please reach out—we’d love to discuss how your skills and experiences align with our needs.