Surround Test Coordinator

About the Business

Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation.

Quilter oversees £157.4billion in customer investments (as of June 2026). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.

Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning - offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.

At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues.

Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us!

About the Role

Level: 3

Department: Test Execution

Location: Southampton

Contract type: 6 months Fixed Term Contract

Test Planning & Coordination

• Coordinate integration test phases, schedules, and activities.
• Develop and maintain integration test plans, entry/exit criteria, and test approaches.
• Ensure testing aligns with project timelines and release milestones.
• Manage dependencies between applications, environments, and teams.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the central point of contact for integration testing activities.
• Liaise with project managers, business analysts, development teams, architects, and third-party suppliers.
• Facilitate test planning meetings, defect triage sessions, and status reviews.
• Communicate testing progress, risks, issues, and readiness assessments.

Test Execution Oversight

• Coordinate execution of integration and end-to-end test scenarios.
• Ensure test cases cover cross-system business processes and interfaces.
• Monitor test progress against plan and escalate issues when required.
• Track completion of test cycles and ensure evidence is captured.

Defect Management

• Log, track, prioritise, and manage defects through to resolution.
• Coordinate defect triage meetings with relevant stakeholders.
• Verify retesting and regression testing activities are completed.
• Produce defect metrics and trend analysis.

Environment & Data Management

• Coordinate test environment availability and readiness.
• Ensure interfaces, integrations, and dependent systems are accessible.
• Manage test data requirements and support data preparation activities.
• Identify and mitigate environment-related risks and issues.

Reporting & Governance

• Produce weekly test status reports and dashboards.
• Track key testing metrics such as execution progress, defect status, and coverage.
• Support governance forums with test updates and risk assessments.
• Provide recommendations on test exit readiness and go-live decisions.

Risk & Issue Management

• Identify testing risks, dependencies, and constraints.
• Maintain risk and issue logs.
• Escalate critical blockers impacting testing timelines.
• Support contingency planning and mitigation activities.

About You

Technical Skills

• Understanding of System Integration Testing (SIT) and End-to-End (E2E) testing.
• Knowledge of software development and testing lifecycles (SDLC/STLC).
• Experience with defect management tools (Jira)
• Understanding of APIs, interfaces, data flows, and system integrations.
• Familiarity with test management tools (Xray)

Coordination & Management Skills

• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Scheduling and resource coordination.
• Risk and dependency management.
• Attention to detail and quality focus.

Communication Skills

• Excellent stakeholder management.
• Strong facilitation and meeting management skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Ability to influence teams without direct authority.
• Effective escalation management.

Analytical Skills

• Defect analysis and root cause identification.
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting.
• Reporting and metrics analysis.
• Ability to assess testing readiness and quality risks.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive and self-motivated.
• Collaborative team player.
• Resilient under pressure.
• Strong ownership and accountability.
• Adaptable in complex delivery environments.

Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.

Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we’re one step ahead of our clients’ needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.

Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.

Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.

Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.

Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only.

Benefit Allowance: A cash benefit allowance is payable in lieu of some of our core benefits.

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.