STEVEN KONANANI PHASWANA
Gauteng,Johannesburg
Summary
Senior / Lead Test Analyst with 13+ years of experience delivering high-quality testing services within banking and enterprise environments. Strong expertise in test planning, manual execution, defect management, UAT coordination, and stakeholder engagement. Proven track record in validating complex banking, payments, and digital platforms while driving continuous improvement and ensuring alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
Overview
6
6
Languages
1
1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Test Analyst
Ralph Technologies
Johannesburg
07.2021 - 06.2026
- Responsible for test planning, analysis, execution, and reporting in line with software testing best practices.
- Extract, create, and execute test cases from BRD, FRD, and FDD documentation.
- Manage test environments and ensure readiness as per setup requirements.
- Coordinate and manage UAT testing with business users and external vendors.
- Perform full defect lifecycle management using test management tools.
- Facilitate analysis sessions and drive sign-off of testing deliverables.
- Engage stakeholders across business units and vendors, ensuring solutions meet business requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement by gaining deep understanding of business and functional requirements.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of testing methodologies and software development life cycles.
- Conducted rigorous regression testing to identify software bugs and verify fixes in subsequent releases.
- Utilised Waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies to get projects completed quickly and efficiently.
- Prepared test reports, compiling findings and analysing results.
- Participated in sprint planning meetings, contributing insights on testability of features.
- Communicated with client stakeholders and third parties to ensure usability and user satisfaction.
- Coordinated with external testing teams on joint projects, ensuring consistency in testing approaches.
- Documented testing phases and defects, providing clear reports to development teams for prompt resolution.
- Reviewed test outcomes, identifying patterns to improve future testing approaches and software quality.
- Reported major issues to senior staff to deliver constructive solutions.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test reports.
- Prioritised test scenarios based on risk and impact, focusing efforts on critical functionality areas.
- Tested functionality, performance and compliance of products against design specifications to maintain strong development standards and high customer satisfaction.
- Wrote and updated manual test cases, maintaining optimal organisation for team productivity.
- Prepared and executed test cases and plans to strategically manage projects.
- Managed end-to-end and user acceptance testing, following guidelines and policies.
- Delivered training sessions on best testing practices to new team members, enhancing team capabilities.
- Worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project milestones and meet demanding timelines.
- Designed and executed detailed test plans to validate software functionality against client requirements.
- Adapted testing strategies to accommodate changes in project scope and timelines, maintaining project momentum.
- Trained junior team members of quality standards and testing procedures.
- Managed test environments, ensuring configurations met testing needs for accurate results.
- Utilised automated testing tools to streamline testing processes and increase efficiency.
- Independently wrote and executed complex test cases and acceptance criteria for both functional and regression testing.
- Submitted detailed analysis of all testing carried out on software environments, ensuring that all bugs and risks and issues were correctly logged.
- Collaborated with software developers and project managers to identify system requirements and refine testing strategies.
- Performed scoping, planning and scripting for test requirements based on technical documentation.
- Monitored testing progress and provided updates to stakeholders on key milestones and issues.
- Helped coordinated quality assurance processes throughout development life-cycle.
- Facilitated communication between cross-functional teams to align on testing priorities and schedules.
- Defined and maintained quality test scenarios and scripts, using design inputs.
- Attended product launches and user group meetings to share knowledge gained through testing reports.
- Examined user requirements and verified program functionality and performance against targets.
- Implemented methodologies to keep team operating consistently and produce reliable results for development team.
- Executed vigorous testing on hard and software, picking up faults and reporting them.
- Logged findings in detail following standard procedures for optimum collaboration across technical team.
- Installed and configured new hardware in preparation for software tests.
- Completed unit and regression tests on [Type] software and individual modules.
Test Analyst
ABSA Bank
10.2013 - 06.2021
- Led manual testing activities across multiple banking platforms including digital banking, payments, credit scoring, and core banking integrations.
- Planned, executed, and reported on functional, regression, and UAT testing cycles.
- Designed test cases from business requirements and validated financial transactions, interfaces, and batch processing.
- Managed defects and coordinated UAT sign-off with business stakeholders while supporting Agile delivery teams.
Trainee Junior Tester
Skilltopia
01.2013 - 10.2013
- Trained in software testing fundamentals, SDLC/STLC, and Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Created and executed manual test cases and performed functional testing under guidance of senior testers.
Education
ISTQB Foundation Level - IT
Bytes Technology
01-2014
Software Testing - IT
Skilltopia
01-2013
CompTIA Network+ - IT
Boston College
01-2012
CompTIA A+ - IT
Highpro Skills Bureau
01-2011
Grade/ Matric - Grade 12
Tshipakoni Secondary School
01-2007
Skills
- Test Management
- Test planning
- Test strategies
- Entry/exit criteria
- Test reporting
- Testing Types
- Manual Testing
- Functional Testing
- Regression Testing
- UAT
- Sanity Testing
- Non-Functional Testing
- Test Design
- Test cases
- Test scenarios
- Defect Management
- Defect logging
- Defect tracking
- Retesting
- Verification
- Tools
- HP ALM
- Quality Center
- TestRail
- Agile Accelerator
- Methodologies
- Agile
- SDLC
- STLC
- Test execution
- UAT coordination
- Defect management
- Regression testing
- Agile methodologies
- Software testing
- Test case design
- Manual test execution
- Manual testing experience
- UAT testing
- Detailed test planning
- Creative thinking
- Thorough test creation and execution
- Decision making
- Team player
- Active listening
- Manual testing
- Effective communication
- Lifecycle test development and production
- Identifying and resolving defects
- Record-keeping
- Manual test case preparation
- Defect monitoring
- Creative problem solving
- Agile methodology adaptability
- Critical-thinking
Languages
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Tshivenda
Advanced
C1
Zulu
Upper intermediate
B2
Tsonga
Intermediate
B1
Sesotho
Intermediate
B1
Sepedi
Intermediate
B1
Certification
- ISTQB ( software testing)
- COMPTIA A+
- COMPTIA N+
Custom Section
Test planning, test strategies, entry/exit criteria, test reporting, Manual, Functional, Regression, UAT, Sanity, Non-Functional, Test cases & scenarios from BRD, FRD, FDD, Defect logging, tracking, retesting, verification, HP ALM / Quality Center, TestRail, Agile Accelerator, Agile, SDLC, STLC
References
- Lufuno Ramanugu, Senior Manager, Sage Informatics, 0797917787
- Reference 2, Technical Lead, Confidential, Available on request
- Reference 3, Delivery Manager, Confidential, Available on request
Hobbies and Interests
- Soccer
Timeline
Senior Test Analyst
Ralph Technologies
07.2021 - 06.2026
Test Analyst
ABSA Bank
10.2013 - 06.2021
Trainee Junior Tester
Skilltopia
01.2013 - 10.2013
Grade/ Matric - Grade 12
Tshipakoni Secondary School
CompTIA A+ - IT
Highpro Skills Bureau
CompTIA Network+ - IT
Boston College
Software Testing - IT
Skilltopia
ISTQB Foundation Level - IT
Bytes Technology