Financial Controls Manager

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Finance Manager to play a crucial role in the delivery of our program to shape, develop and embed our ESG reporting process strategy and our risk and control framework across our core ESG processes.

Passionate about sustainability, but also about process & control improvement, this role will work closely with the different ESG and Finance teams to understand, document and assess data flows, risks and controls in the production of ESG information and help ensuring data reliability in the context of increasing regulation and enhanced attention from internal and external stakeholders. The role will also be the point of contact with our external auditors for queries on the assigned ESG processes.

This role is being offered as a 12 month Fixed Term Contract

This is a project based role, supporting our readiness for new regulation, there will be two core components working on mapping the end-to-end processes for multiple ESG KPIs and data points. The role will have exposure to many different ESG and Finance areas, such as: Environment, Sustainability, People and Communities teams, Investor Relations, Group Communications, Treasury and Finance Controls.

• Partnering with the business to review and document the end-to-end the ESG core processes for capturing, calculating, producing and reporting ESG-related information (KPIs and other data) across different business units.
• Identifying and assessing reporting risks and likely sources of misstatement for key ESG processes, and the controls in place to mitigate those risks.
• Identifying potential control gaps, discuss them with the business and agreeing remedial actions.
• Testing the design and the operation of the controls, and of the remediated control gaps, according to the Tesco testing methodology and report on the results
• Promoting process and control standardisation and efficiency across business units.
• Liaising with internal and external auditors on queries and requests regarding the processes reviewed by the role.
• Working closely with the Finance Change and technology team who will use your work as the basis for improving or automating the production of ESG reporting.

• Core understanding of business processes and associated risks and controls.
• Practical experience of internal controls (either in control design, implementation and testing).
• Knowledge of ESG issues is desirable : key topics, regulatory landscape, standards, etc.
• Knowledge of Reporting and Corporate Governance.
• Strong communication skills to include report writing, presentation, influencing and relational skills.

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

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