Head of Audit - Operations and Professional Practices

Tesco Insurance; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 87,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company seeks a Head of Audit – Operations and Professional Practices to lead internal audit initiatives in Edinburgh. The role requires extensive experience in risk assessment and stakeholder management in the insurance sector. The ideal candidate will hold professional audit qualifications and demonstrate exceptional leadership in delivering audit and assurance services. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid work model, and extensive employee benefits including healthcare and retirement plans.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Annual bonus

Generous holiday allowance

Colleague discount scheme

Green car leasing

Critical illness cover

Enhanced maternity leave

Share schemes

Qualifications

• Wide and deep experience with insurance and financial services.
• Proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Exceptional skills in presenting to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal audit’s assurance delivery, overseeing audit reviews.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders and lead audit teams.
• Report on internal audit matters to appropriate committees.

Skills

Expert competence in insurance/financial services

Deep controls expertise

Stakeholder management skills

Education

Professional Audit or Accountancy qualifications

Job description

Salary – from £95K + annual bonus & benefits

Work Level – 3 – Certified role

Location

Edinburgh

Office Attendance

Our roles are hybrid; you should be able to work in our offices 2 days per week.

Closing date

Wednesday 17th December 2025

About Tesco Insurance and Money Services

We deal in the personal – from 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.

Opportunity

We’re looking for a Head of Audit – Operations and Professional Practices at Tesco Insurance and Money Services.

Reporting to the Head of Audit (SMF5), you’ll have ongoing exposure to Tesco Insurance and Money Services leaders & stakeholders, representing the function at key programme governance and ensuring that the Audit function deliver timely and impactful assurance and insights to the business. This is a Certified role under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime.

The Role

• Leading the risk assessment, plan development and execution of Internal Audit’s assurance delivery, overseeing audit reviews in line with the International Professional Practices Framework and Audit Standards.
• Managing key stakeholder relationships across the business and leading a team of Audit professionals in the delivery of our audit strategy and plan.
• Reporting on internal audit matters to the appropriate committees, ensuring that recommendations are issued in accordance with the work carried out.
• Managing the audit relationship with senior stakeholders and contributing to the organisation wide governance meetings.
• Supporting the team.

You need (min exp)

• Wide and deep experience with expert competence and understanding of insurance /financial services, in particular general business risks, objectives and operational processes.
• Deep controls expertise – not only knowing ‘what good looks like’ but providing insights that supports Tesco Insurance and Money Services’ achieve better control outcomes.
• Proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams in the delivery of high‑quality Audit and assurance services.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with senior stakeholder exposure, presenting and engaging effectively with the Board and ExCo level colleagues.
• Professional Audit or Accountancy qualifications or other relevant professional qualifications.

And if you have any of these, even better

• Strategic functional leadership experience.

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.
• Car allowance.
• Private Healthcare & 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.
• Enjoy a 10% discount that increases to 15% every payday on our Colleague Clubcard (up to £2K). A second card is provided for a friend or family member.
• Green Car Leasing Scheme.
• Critical Illness cover.
• Enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8‑week paid paternity leave.
• Participation 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

We also know the importance of balancing work with life’s other commitments. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, as we’re committed to exploring part‑time and flexible working opportunities, at every level of the organisation.

Interviews commencing December 2025.

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.

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.

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!