Risk and Controls Lead - Transformation
Tesco UK • Welwyn Garden City • Hybrid • Full-Time • Working hours 36 • Apply by 08-Sep-2026
You'll be responsible for leading the People Transformation Controls agenda, and ensuring our controls are designed effectively to future proof our business, remediate audit issues and mitigate our risks.
This is a Group level role which spans across all our core People processes and systems, which means strong business partnering is a must, along with strong team and project management skills. Agile working and pragmatism is key, where you are expected to focus on our most critical, key risks and controls with the business and support automation opportunities.
What is in it for you
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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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 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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You will be responsible for
Developing and leading a high performing team, creating an environment for success by setting direction and coaching them to succeed through inspiring conversations every day. (Refer to the expectations of a manager at Tesco- the minimum standards)
- Initiates and designs continuous improvements initiatives to drive performance within their teams
- Overseeing the development of end-to-end Controls Frameworks for new processes and new People systems as part of our Transformation projects
- Driving the controls agenda and ensuring that Transformation projects are building the right level of control
- Ownership and responsibility to update and continuously improve Risk and Control Matricies (RACMs)
- Creating KPIs to monitor the control environment for the end-to-end processes
- Business Partnering with Global Process Owners, Process Team and Service Leads on changes to process that impact the Controls Framework
- Business Partnering with 3rd line teams in Internal and External Audit
- Business Partnering with 2nd line teams such as Group Risk
- Review and support the design and operational effectiveness testing of key and non-key controls by working with the testing team in India
- Oversee and support the documentation and preparation of Governance Reporting, and presenting at the respective forums
- Providing technical guidance and deliver training to control performers and owners
- Reviewing and re-engineering procedures, formulating policy, process, controls and compliance ensuring risk mitigation
- People management responsibilities
You will need
- Control Transformation
- Controls knowledge in Compliance, IT and Audit
- HR controls knowledge is desirable
- Enterprise controls and compliance
- Internal and External Audit
- Team Management/ People Management
- Presentation skills
- Retail operations
- Critical thinking
- Business Partnering
- Attention to detail
- Finance awareness including ICFR
- Prioritisation
- Relevant certification is preferred but not essential (ACA/ACCA/CIA)
About us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we're all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
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