ESG Control Manager (FTC)

RHR UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational retailer in Welwyn Garden City seeks an ESG Finance Manager to enhance their ESG reporting strategy. This role requires expertise in business processes, risk management, and compliance with ESG regulations. The ideal candidate will collaborate with various teams to ensure data reliability and coordinate with external auditors. Competitive benefits package and the opportunity for hybrid work are available.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20%

Holiday starting at 25 days plus personal day

Private medical insurance

Maternity and adoption leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Expertise in documenting and assessing data flows and controls related to ESG.
• Proven experience in internal controls design, implementation, and testing.
• Familiarity with ESG regulations and standards.

Responsibilities

• Document end-to-end ESG core processes for reporting.
• Assess reporting risks for ESG processes.
• Identify and remediate control gaps.

Skills

Core understanding of business processes and associated risks and controls

Practical experience of internal controls

Knowledge of ESG issues

Knowledge of Reporting and Corporate Governance

Strong communication skills

Job description

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 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.

If you are applying for a Secondment opportunity, your benefits, including bonus, will continue to align to your current role; for further information please refer to the Secondment policy.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with the business to review and document the end-to-end 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, discussing 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 reporting 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.

Qualifications

• 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: key topics, regulatory landscape, standards, etc.
• Knowledge of Reporting and Corporate Governance.
• Strong communication skills to include report writing, presentation, influencing and relational skills.

Benefits

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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 year 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 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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