Job Description

General information

Job Title

Technology Control Assurance Specialist

Ref #

9688

Location

Edinburgh - 2 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9FQ

Department

IMS - Technology Operations

Business Area

Technology Operations

Working time

Full-Time

Date Published

04-11-2026

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

Salary - from £47,500 + annual bonus & benefits

Work Level - 2

Location – Glasgow or Edinburgh - Permanent

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 typically requires 2 days per week onsite.

Closing Date - Applications close on 19/11/2026 at 5pm

Why this role?

This is a great opportunity to join our Technology Controls team as a Technology Control Assurance Specialist, helping to strengthen how we assess, evidence and improve the effectiveness of key technology controls across Tesco Insurance and Money Services. You’ll play an important role in supporting a robust control environment, providing insight on control performance and helping teams understand where improvements are needed.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the delivery of control assurance activity across key technology processes, helping to assess whether controls are designed and operating effectively.
• Work with control owners and technology teams to gather evidence, understand control performance and identify gaps, themes or areas for improvement.
• Document assurance outcomes clearly, ensuring findings, actions and supporting evidence are accurate, proportionate and aligned to agreed standards.
• Track agreed actions through to completion, supporting colleagues to remediate control weaknesses and improve control maturity.
• Contribute to reporting that provides clear insight on control effectiveness, risks, issues and emerging themes for technology leadership and risk forums.
• Support continuous improvement by helping to refine assurance approaches, templates and ways of working across the Technology Controls team.

What we’re looking for (minimum criteria)

• Experience of working in technology risk, controls, assurance, audit, compliance or a similar governance-focused role.
• Good understanding of control design, control testing, evidence review and the importance of clear, accurate documentation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to explain control requirements and assurance outcomes in a clear and practical way.
• Well organised, with good attention to detail and the ability to manage assurance activity, evidence requests and action tracking to agreed timescales.

And if you have any of these, even better

• Experience working with technology control frameworks, regulatory expectations or industry standards such as COBIT, ITIL or NIST.
• Experience supporting internal or external audits, second line reviews, risk assessments or control assurance reviews.
• Familiarity with risk management, issue management or governance tools used to record controls, findings and remediation reviews.
• A relevant professional qualification or working towards one, such as CISA, CRISC, ITIL or equivalent experience.

We welcome applications from everyone. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you.

What’s in it for you

• A generous pension, with up to 7.5% employer contribution, depending on what you put in.
• Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service for you and your family
• Performance related annual bonus.
• 7.2 weeks holiday, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Colleague Clubcard discount (10-15% + second card to share with someone else).
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Opportunities to Save and Buy as you earn.
• A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Interviews

As a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2), we’re committed to creating an accessible and supportive environment for all. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, including interviews, to ensure every candidate has a fair opportunity to succeed.

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 are expected to be held from w/c 23rd of November.

Don't miss out. We're assessing applications throughout the recruitment process and may close this opportunity ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.

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.

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.

Everything we do is about making things better. Not just for others, but for you too. It's why you'll get bags of choice and plenty of development. It's why you'll always be heard and find balance that works for you. It's why you'll feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome.

We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.

So, if you want a career where you can do good and feel good, you've found it.

Let's make everyday a little better.

More information

As a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2), We're committed to creating an accessible and supportive environment for all. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, including interviews, to ensure every candidate has a fair opportunity to succeed.

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.

Don't miss out. We're assessing the application throughout the recruitment process and may close this opportunity ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications. If you're interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Insurance Services looks like, click apply to find out more!