Financial Controller

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary - from £153,849+ and annual bonus & benefits

Work Level - 3. This is a certified role Location
- Reigate / Edinburgh Office Attendance
- Our hybrid working model gives you the best of both worlds - flexibility to work from home and valuable face-to-face time with colleagues. This role requires 2 days per week onsite at our Reigate / Edinburgh office.

Closing Date
- Applications close on 17th September 2026 at 17:00pm.

We deal in the personal – from pet insurance for your best friend, and 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.

We’re looking for a Financial Controller to join our Insurance and Money Services’ Finance Leadership team. You’ll be accountable for the integrity, governance and control of all financial information across Tesco Insurance and Money Services.

You’ll provide leadership across Financial Control, Treasury & Investments and Finance Systems, ensuring robust financial reporting, effective capital and liquidity management, regulatory compliance and a strong financial control environment that supports strategic decision making and protects the interests of customers, regulators, shareholders and the Board.

This role is a critical part of our organisation and aligning closely to Tesco Group, and which has a track record of year-on-year growth as well as ambitious plans to grow customer numbers and product offering over the next 5 years. You’ll report into the CFO.

• Identifying, communicating and implementing the function's strategy; explaining the relationship to the broader organisation objectives; motivating people to commit to these goals and delivering positive outcomes.
• Leading the Financial Control function (covering Tesco Underwriting and Tesco Personal Finance) through senior leaders, setting the vision, operating model, priorities and control framework for the organisation.
• Ensuring consistency of standards, effective governance and high levels of capability across all teams.
• Finance Governance and Accounting Policy – owning the Finance governance framework across our organisation ensuring effective oversight of accounting policies, financial controls, delegated authorities and governance forums.
• Delivering high-quality financial reporting and insight to our Executive, Board, Board Audit Committee and other governance forums, supporting effective decision-making and providing assurance over financial performance and controls.
• Accountable for the delivery of all external financial reporting requirements, including statutory accounts, regulatory returns (PRA and FCA) and Tesco Group reporting across TPF, TU and TPFG. Provide oversight and challenge to ensure high-quality reporting, effective auditor relationships and robust governance across all legal entities.
• Responsible for the reporting of accurate tax accounting and returns in accordance with HMRC guidance and legislation and ensuring that the business declares and settles all of its tax liabilities as they fall due.
• Leading our Treasury and Investment team ensuring effective liquidity management, investment governance, funding strategies and management of financial risks.
• Capital Management.
• Regulatory and Compliance Management.

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• Significant senior finance leadership experience within a regulated Financial Services organisation, preferably personal…