Finance Risk & Control Manager

Tesco Insurance • Edinburgh • Permanent • Apply by 15-Feb-2026

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary - Salary £44k-£60k (dependent on experience) + annual bonus & benefits

Work Level - WL2

Location - Edinburgh/Reigate, Permanent

Office Attendance - Our roles are hybrid; however, you should be able to travel to one of our offices, preferably Edinburgh, 2 days per week for this position.

Closing Date - Applications close 15th February at 5pm

We deal in the personal - from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you've worked hard for. And that means we always work with heart. Whether we're helping our customers or looking after our people, you'll find there's a warmth and friendliness to everything we do.

We're looking for a Finance Risk & Control Manager (known internally as a Control Assurance Manager) to join our Insurance and Money Services team. The successful applicant will play a key role in supporting the Finance Leadership Team (including Legal & Procurement) in embedding a strong risk management culture across the function.

This role will sit within the TPF Financial Control team, while also providing support to the broader Finance Function. Key stakeholders will include the Head of Financial Control, Chief Financial Officer, other members of the FLT and Tesco Group.

What you'll be doing

Provide support to FLT members and all teams across Finance to ensure that risks and controls are appropriately documented and assessed to the required standards

Own the requirements around our integration with the Tesco Group ICFR (Internal Controls over Financial Reporting) programme. Become key contact point both internally and with Tesco Group. Responsible for completing testing on relevant controls to the required standard, identifying improvements and working closely with control owners to support implementation.

Become the key point of contact for Finance with the IMS Risk team

Coordinate all other risk requirements across the function e.g. Policies, Business Continuity Plans.

Develop concise and effective management reporting to ensure the CFO and FLT are fully aware of risk and control status, upcoming requirements and any actions needed.

We need you to have

• External audit, internal audit and/or risk management experience
• Experience of SOX/ICFR frameworks and requirements
• Excellent organisation and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience managing all levels of stakeholders, in particular senior stakeholders
• Experience in report writing and providing concise and relevant MI
• Ability to work independently

And if you have any of these, even better

• Experience in Insurance & Money Services
• Experience of financial reporting controls
• Professional accounting qualification

We don't expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it's worth exploring to further develop your career here with us.

What's in it for you

• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service for you and your family 365 days a year.
• Performance related annual bonus.
• Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday. As an added perk, we'll give you a second card to share with someone else.
• Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as you Earn share schemes.

Everyone's welcome

We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We're committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Additional Information

Interviews

Interviews are expected to be held from w/c 23rd February.

Why Tesco Insurance and Money Services?

Seeing your impact all around you: there's no better feeling.

Lucky for us, we get to feel it all the time. Because whatever our role, we're helping our colleagues and serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.

We deal in the personal - from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you've worked hard for.

Everything we do is about making things better. Not just for others, but for you too. It's why you'll get bags of choice and plenty of development. It's why you'll always be heard and find balance that works for you. It's why you'll feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome.

So, if you want a career where you can do good and feel good, you've found it.

Let's make everyday a little better.

Our story

Making Insurance and Money Services more rewarding and offering great value and choice - because we know little wins can make a big difference.

We began life in 1997 and now help more than 2 million customers protect what matters to them.

We want to deliver a helpful service in everything we do and to make life easier for our customers. Our policies are really easy to manage online for our customers, but we know that being able to speak to our customer service staff when you need to is really important. This is why our customer service centers are open seven days a week.

Delivering great customer service means having great people behind the scenes - people who understand our customers and are driven by doing the right thing for them. We offer colleagues a place where they can feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome, where they can be part of a great team focused on making a real difference for our customers.

How to apply

We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.

Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you're interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Insurance and Money Services looks like, click apply to find out more!