Change Management Specialist

QE Test & Change Manager

Leeds/Hybrid

6 months contract

Salary from £69,000pa plus extensive benefits, details below – day rate option available

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My client powers businesses of all sizes to make, take and manage payments. They are a global leader in financial technology with unique capabilities to power omni-commerce.Whether online, in store or mobile, they are at the heart of great commerce experiences in 146 countries and across 135 currencies. They help our customers become more efficient, more secure and more successful.

They are looking for a QE Test & Change Manager to join the team on an initial 6 month with the potential to extend. You will be working Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, hybrid working being office based 2 days a week.

The Team

This role sits within the organisations Finance Platform, specifically in the Balance Sheet Management & Regulatory Reporting Lab—a 70-person team based across Leeds, London, and India. The Lab owns and maintains the technology and data that supports balance sheet management and regulatory reporting across the Group. It delivers capability uplift across products including Capital Management, Liquidity Risk Management, Asset Encumbrance, Regulatory Reporting, Funds Transfer Pricing, and Interest Rate Banking Book Risk.

The Role

As a QE Test & Change Manager, you will lead testing and change delivery for finance systems impacted by inbound change from across the Group. You’ll act as a conduit between business stakeholders and engineering teams, coordinating impact assessments, testing, and communication to ensure smooth implementation of changes—especially those driven by new products or regulatory requirements.

You will also be responsible for understanding and optimising the end-to-end customer experience (internal and external), ensuring customer needs remain central to all journeys.

The Key responsibilities for this role:

• Lead testing strategy and execution for inbound change affecting BSM & RR applications.
• Assess impact of changes across finance systems and coordinate across affected areas.
• Own and manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring alignment with business expectations.
• Collaborate with product and business teams to define and deliver backlog items.
• Work in an agile, iterative manner to deliver change efficiently.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders across business and technology.
• Support change initiatives across Finance, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience as a QE Test Manager in financial services.
• Proven ability to manage change and transformation projects in a finance setting.
• Strong analytical skills for impact assessment and data interpretation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and problem-solving capabilities.
• Customer-centric mindset with a focus on delivering value-driven outcomes.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Jira, Jira Align, and SQL.
• Treasury experience is advantageous.

Please apply with an up-to-date CV which must show evidence of the above to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you.

You will be an integral part of Ajilon (Adecco), a FTSE500 Global organisation with over 52 clients and sole supplier to the biggest organisations in the country and the world. You will be employed by ourselves as an Ajilon Consultant working onsite with our client where you will receive a regular salary, pension contributions, holiday and sick pay, plus a number of additional benefits such as medical insurance, income protection, critical illness and life insurance, access to our discounted benefits website and library of online training materials and future career and certification opportunities.

This great opportunity is being offered on a PAYE basis which means a LTD/Umbrella company cannot be used.

We use generative AI tools to support our candidate screening process. This helps us ensure a fair, consistent, and efficient experience for all applicants. Rest assured, all final decisions are made by our hiring team, and your application will be reviewed with care and attention.