Quality Assurance Consultant

Location: Gloucester (Hybrid 1-2 days on-site)
Day Rate: -400 - -500 per day (Outside IR35)
Contract: 3 months
Start: Asap

Overview:
A growing manufacturing organisation within the water treatment and environmental solutions sector is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Consultant to support ongoing optimisation and validation of its Sage 200 ERP system.

With established operations across finance, supply chain, and manufacturing, the business requires a QA specialist to ensure system changes, enhancements, and business processes are thoroughly tested, validated, and aligned with operational needs.

This is a business-facing QA/UAT role, focused on ensuring system reliability, process accuracy, and user confidence-not ERP implementation.

The Role:
You will take ownership of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and quality assurance activities across the Sage 200 landscape, supporting continuous improvement, system changes, and business-critical updates.

Working closely with finance, operations, and supply chain teams, you will ensure that system functionality is robust, defects are identified early, and business processes operate effectively end-to-end.

This role requires a structured, detail-oriented professional who can bring discipline to testing while working in a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities for Sage 200 enhancements and changes
• Design and maintain test plans, test scripts, and acceptance criteria aligned to business processes
• Validate end-to-end processes across:
• Finance (GL, AP, AR, reporting)
• Supply Chain (procurement, inventory, logistics)
• Manufacturing operations (production flows, stock control, BOMs)
• Ensure data accuracy, system integrity, and transactional consistency
• Identify, log, prioritise, and track defects through to resolution
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and third-party providers to resolve issues
• Facilitate UAT sessions with business users and gather structured feedback
• Support regression testing for system updates, patches, and process changes
• Provide clear reporting on testing outcomes, risks, and system readiness
• Challenge existing processes and highlight areas for improvement.

About You:

• Proven experience in Quality Assurance / UAT roles within ERP environments
• Strong hands-on experience with Sage 200 (essential)
• Solid understanding of manufacturing, finance, and supply chain processes
• Experience working in live/BAU ERP environments, supporting system improvements rather than full implementations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
• Ability to design structured testing approaches in complex environments
• Confident stakeholder engagement across technical and non-technical teams
• Experience working in fast-paced, evolving business environments.

Why Apply?

• Opportunity to play a key role in ensuring stability and quality of a business-critical ERP system
• Work within a growing manufacturing organisation with diverse operational processes
• High-impact contract with autonomy and ownership of the QA function
• Competitive day rate and Outside IR35 engagement
• Potential for long-term involvement as systems and processes evolve.