QA engineer with Insurance domain experience

Job Title: Manual Tester with experience in Pensions domain

Location: Frederick, MD

Duration: 6 months

The Performance Quality Analyst is responsible for ensuring high standards of service quality operational consistency and risk mitigation within the Institutional Retirement Client Services function at Banner Life. This role focuses on quality assurance performance monitoring and data-driven insights to support fair customer outcomes and continuous process improvement.

Required Skills:

• Experience 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance Operations or Risk Control roles
• Strong experience in manual testing methodologies
• Ability to analyze requirements and create test cases
• Experience with defect tracking/test management tools (JIRA, ALM, Azure DevOps)
• Experience in financial services/ insurance domain or pensions (preferred)
• Strong documentation and reporting skills
• Strong proficiency in data analysis and reporting
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables formulas data analysis)
• Experience with QA tools dashboards or reporting platforms
• Understanding of quality frameworks audit processes and controls

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Assurance  Control Conduct quality assurance (QA) assessments and control testing in adherence to the company’s Quality Framework
• Evaluate transactions processes and service interactions for accuracy compliance and consistency
• Ensure proper documentation and audit trails are maintained
• Performance Monitoring
• Monitor individual and team performance metrics Identify trends process gaps and risk areas
• Develop insights to improve service quality and operational efficiency Coaching  Feedback
• Provide clear structured and constructive feedback to analysts and team members
• Partner with managers to deliver coaching sessions and improvement plans
• Drive accountability and enhance performance standards
• Data Analysis  Reporting
• Analyse customer data QA results and performance trends
• Prepare and present actionable insights and dashboards for stakeholders
• Support decision-making through data-driven recommendations Continuous Improvement
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify test and implement process improvements
• Contribute to process documentation SOPs and quality standards
• Support initiatives focused on operational excellence and customer outcomes Compliance  Risk Management
• Ensure adherence to regulatory compliance and internal risk standards
• Participate in internal and external audits
• Identify and escalate potential control gaps and compliance risks