Lead QA Tester for the Thunes payment rail integration, owning the full QA life cycle—from requirement review and test planning to execution, defect management and release sign-off.

Lead QA Tester at Global Reach Group

April 1, 2023 - Present

Lead QA testing for ongoing Thunes payment rail project, owning end-to-end QA lifecycle for the engagement from April 2023 to present. Responsibilities include test planning, execution, defect management, and sign-off, with continued collaboration with product and engineering teams to ensure high-quality releases. Utilised Jira, TestRail and Confluence to manage test cases and track defects; performed API and UI testing, and supported risk assessments and go/no-go decisions for production deployments.

Test Analyst at Global Reach Group

March 1, 2020 - February 28, 2023

Lead QA Tester for the Thunes payment rail integration, owning the full QA lifecycle — from requirement review and test planning to execution, defect management and release sign-off. Performed extensive manual API testing using Postman, validating request/response structures, authentication flows, error handling, and ensuring payment routing logic met business and compliance requirements. Conducted functional, regression, integration and UAT testing across the client-facing Corporate platform, ensuring high-quality experience for global B2B/B2C customers and partners. Collaborated with Product Owners, Developers, Business Analysts and external partners to align test coverage with business rules, settlement flows and cross-border payments logic. Designed and executed end-to-end test scenarios covering onboarding, payment creation, beneficiary validation, settlement processes, transaction tracking and reconciliation. Performed SQL queries and data validation for payment records, messag

Junior QA Engineer at Monese

September 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020

Functional testing of Monese Pay and Business Account functionalities; created and tracked bugs in JIRA; updated test scenarios in TestRail; collaborated with developers and UI/UX designers to verify front-end behavior.

QA Engineer at Monese

September 1, 2018 - January 31, 2020

Led functional testing across Monese Pay ment and Business Account features to ensure reliability and high-quality user experiences. Logged, triaged, and managed defects in Jira, working closely with Product Managers to prioritise and resolve issues effectively. Created and maintained test scenarios and documentation within TestRail to support consistent and repeatable testing coverage. Implemented end-to-end testing across UI/UX and backend APIs, verifying data integrity through the processing pipeline. Collaborated with UI/UX designers to validate user interfaces against requirements. Performed SQL queries to verify data in financial records.