Test Analyst

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

**About the Company**

JERA Global Markets (JERAGM) is a leading utility-backed seaborne energy trader specialising in LNG, coal and freight. A joint venture between majority shareholder JERA Co., Inc. and EDF Trading, JERAGM’s shareholders are among the world’s largest utilities.

JERAGM operates one of the largest energy portfolios in the world which gives it an in-depth understanding of the way local, regional and international energy markets behave. These insights enable it to help its customers increase security of supply, optimise their portfolios and improve the risk management of their assets.

JERAGM LNG team manages the flexibility of over 35 million tonnes of supply each year, with structural access to both the European and North American gas markets. The coal team manages 60 million tonnes of supply each year for its shareholders and third-party customers and operates a major coal terminal in the Netherlands.

Headquartered in Singapore, JERAGM has a global talent pool of more than 250 people across offices located in four strategic locations: Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), the UK (London) and the US (Baltimore).

JERAGM is strongly capitalised with over US$500 million in paid up capital and a total equity of US$3 billion. JERAGM has retained its A+ Stable rating from R&I, attributable to a robust business model and solid financial base.

DESIGNATION : Test Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your new role:
**Test design and plan**
- Provide inputs to detailed test plan
- Provide effort estimates to test and release planning activities
- Design initial regression scope and where required functional test scenarios based on functional requirements or through workshops with BAs
- Use confluence to document test scope and summary of actual against plan to aid Go/No Go meetings.
- For QA led UAT, discuss and agree scope with users up front and document test scenarios

**Test preparation, Environments, and execution**
- UAT - for QA led UAT perform environment pre-requisite checks, smoke test, QA checks for test preparation, progress test execution with users including closing user sign off
- SIT - set up test scenarios based on functional design requirements / documentation and test preparation + execution
- Build expertise to support BAU releases or programmes of work for Freight and Options trading business line in Middle Office, Finance and Treasury
- Provide testing support for allied solutions or IT systems to Allegro ETRM for risk reporting, finance postings, reports, and market data
- Perform manual functional testing and use custom automation tools for SIT regression testing
- For BAU releases, support defect management function by working closely with development teams and business analysts for defect resolution
- To support environment management function as required with typical asks involving raising appropriate requests, following up with environment provisioning team, smoke test and/or installing / connecting Front Office spreadsheets

**Test report**
- Use test tool to drive test execution and aid automated test reporting
- Provide a daily EOD qualitative summary of test progress
- Participate in daily defect and test management meetings and update defects from QA perspectiveQA knowledge management
- Contribute to knowledge management by maintaining QA learning space for continuous improvement

QUALIFICATIONS
- A minimum of 7 years’ relevant experience in software testing across regression, SIT and UAT is essential
- Test experience in commodity trading
- Experience of working in Agile and Waterfall delivery model
- SQL querying and scripting experience, backend test experience
- Experience working with Jira and Zephyr for defect management, test preparation, execution, and reporting
- Knowledge/Experience in automated regression testing and performance testing is distinct advantage
- Knowledge and experience of implementing test best practice
- Preferably ISTQB Foundation Level Certified or equivalent
- QA or analyst experience from commodity trading is required
- Good knowledge and practical experience of QA processes
- QA experience and functional knowledge of Middle Office, Finance and Treasury
- Good knowledge of Freight trades and options trading
- Experience in Allegro ETRM and/or in commodity trading is a distinct advantage