Senior Test Analyst - Payments Settlements

• Impactful work on critical national payments settlements systems that help run the Australian economy.
• This is for a fixed-term 12-month engagement.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Test Analyst 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

• Work with the team to drive quality improvements particularly in the testing space, to ensure a consistent approach to testing and to foster a quality mindset.
• Support coordination and planning of testing activities aimed at minimising risk while achieving high levels of quality, in the most pragmatic manner.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders, developers, and business analysts to understand functional requirements and acceptance criteria
• Comprehensive and effective analysis of functional requirements and design of risk-based, fit-for-purpose test cases.
• Plan and execute functional testing related deliverables across various test levels.
• Manual execution of functional, end-to-end and regression test scenarios in accordance to test timelines
• Timely reporting of defects, participation in defect triage meetings and validation of fixes
• Contribute to regular test updates
• Maintain quality and relevance of test artefacts, analysis outcome and other documentation
• Contribute to producing Handover document for operations team

About you

• A good understanding of banking, payments and settlements systems, services and operations.
• Extensive experience in planning, support and testing of functional changes to mission critical systems.
• Experience in testing of ISO 20022 messages and solid comprehension on message usage guidelines.
• Experience in working with testing tools (e.g. JIRA, QMetry, Database tools).
• Strong technical documentation/interpretation skills and proven ability to be analytical and work creatively to solve problems.
• Practical testing experience in waterfall and agile software development methodology.
• Experience writing tests in GWT and automation scripting is desirable.
• An ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Degree in IT, business, finance or other relevant 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.

Application Close :

July 28, 2026

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