Transformation Lead - People Controls
| Posting date: | 27 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2025 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/12955985/970846 |
Summary
About the role
This role is accountable for developing and leading a high‑performing team by setting clear direction, coaching colleagues, and fostering a culture of success in line with Tesco’s manager expectations.
It drives continuous improvement initiatives and oversees the design of end‑to‑end Controls Frameworks for new processes and People systems within transformation projects, ensuring the right level of control is embedded.
The role owns and enhances Risk and Control Matrices (RACMs), establishes KPIs to monitor the control environment, and partners with Global Process Owners, Service Leads, Group Risk, and Internal and External Audit.
You will be responsible for
- 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 leadership responsibilities
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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)
What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- 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
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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