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Reporting into the Head of Financial Controls, you will be responsible for shaping and embedding our Key Financial Controls Framework across Finance. You will be closely connected to the day- to- day operation of our finance processes, working collaboratively across a number of stakeholders to provide expert guidance on financial controls design.
Strengthening Tesco’s control environment will be a key objective, particularly in light of recent corporate governance reform, and this position will sit within the team tasked with making these things happen, providing significant opportunity to raise your profile across the Group.
In the team you’ll be surrounded by a group of other experienced risk and control professionals, who are available for support and discussion, but you’re also given the independence and autonomy to go about your role in the way that best suits you.
You will be responsible for:
Reviewing the design of our key financial controls through process walkthroughs and discussions with control owners and Global Process Owners.
Designing our annual control monitoring programme and ongoing review and update to our internal control methodology.
Performing quality assurance over control testing performed by junior resources.
Preparing reporting, including to Senior Management and the Audit Committee, on the results of our control testing.
General ad hoc second line of defence activities – providing advice to the first line on controls, preparing and delivering training on controls, investigating control failures.
Supporting our controls culture, running training, information sessions and building control communities.
You will need:
Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Experience in internal controls, preferably financial controls, covering design, implementation, improvement or testing.
Solid understanding of key financial process cycles (e.g. Record to Report, Procure to Pay).
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What's 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 (after 1 years’ service) 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
About us:
Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.
We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.
NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.
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