Senior Test Analyst, Functional Testing

• Impactful work on critical national payments settlements systems that help run the Australian economy.
• Full-time 1-year fixed-term contract
• Achieve meaningful outcomes alongside driven colleagues with a common focus

About the business/role/team
We are seeking an experienced Senior Test Analyst for a
fixed-term engagement
to join the Functional Testing team in Payments Settlements department. The Department is responsible for the ongoing development and smooth operation of Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS) and the Fast Settlement Service (FSS), the day-to-day management of Exchange Settlement Accounts, and back-office settlement of transactions arising from the Bank's open market operations and reserves management trades. The Department also provides a low-value clearing service to payments system participants for the exchange of cheque and direct entry payment files.

About the role

• Proactively take part in testing activities to minimise risk and ensure high-quality outcomes, applying pragmatic and efficient testing strategies.
• Work closely with project stakeholders, developers, and business analysts to understand functional requirements, acceptance criteria, and business objectives.
• Conduct comprehensive analysis of functional requirements to design risk-based, fit-for-purpose test cases that align with project goals and quality standards.
• Plan and execute functional testing deliverables across multiple test levels, including system, integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Perform manual execution of functional, end-to-end, and regression test scenarios, ensuring adherence to test timelines and coverage expectations.
• Ensure timely reporting of defects, actively participate in defect triage meetings, and validate fixes to support efficient resolution and continuous improvement.
• Provide clear and regular test progress updates to lead and stakeholders, highlighting key metrics, risks, and issues.
• Ensure the accuracy, relevance, and accessibility of test documentation, analysis outcomes, and related artefacts throughout the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to the development of handover documentation for the Operations Team, ensuring a smooth transition and ongoing support capability.

About you

• Solid understanding of banking, payments, and settlement systems, including related services and operational processes.
• Extensive experience in planning, designing, executing, and supporting functional testing for mission-critical systems.
• Demonstrated experience in testing ISO 20022 messages, with a strong grasp of message usage guidelines.
• Experience in testing data warehouse environments is highly desirable.
• Skilled in using industry-standard testing tools such as JIRA, QMetry, and database utilities.
• Strong ability to interpret technical documentation and analyse complex issues.
• Knowledge and experience working with waterfall and agile software development methodologies.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders across technical and business domains.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.

Be More
Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?
The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.