ESG Control Manager (FTC)

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retailer in Welwyn Garden City is looking for an experienced ESG Finance Manager to enhance their ESG reporting processes and manage relationships with auditors. This role is pivotal in ensuring data reliability and compliance with regulations, while collaborating across various teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in business processes and internal controls, complemented by excellent communication skills. Attractive benefits package provided.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

Holiday starting at 25 days

Private medical insurance

Maternity and paternity leave

24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Core understanding of business processes and associated risks and controls.
• Practical experience of internal controls.
• Knowledge of ESG regulatory landscape and standards.
• Strong communication skills including report writing.

Responsibilities

• Review and document ESG core processes for reporting.
• Identify reporting risks and control gaps.
• Test the design and operation of the controls.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors.
• Promote process standardisation across units.

Skills

Understanding of business processes

Internal controls experience

ESG issues knowledge

Reporting and Corporate Governance knowledge

Strong communication skills

Job description

Overview

Tesco UK • Welwyn Garden City • Apply by 30-Sep-2025

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.

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 (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

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, 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.

Requirements

• 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

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.

We\'re proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone\'s welcome. That\'s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, please refer to the Secondment policy for more information. And if you\'re interested in joining our team but don\'t tick every box, don\'t let that hold you back from applying.