About Equity Bank Kenya
Equity Bank Limited (The “Bank”) is incorporated, registered under the Kenyan Companies Act Cap 486 and domiciled in Kenya. The address of the Bank’s registered office is 9th Floor, Equity Centre, P.O. Box 75104 – 00200 Nairobi. The Bank is licensed under the Kenya Banking Act (Chapter 488), and continues to offer retail banking, microfinance and related services. The Bank has subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Tanzania. Its shares are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and Uganda Securities Exchange. Equity Bank was founded as Equity Building Society (EBS) in October 1984 and was originally a provider of mortgage financing for the majority of customers who fell into the low income population. The society’s logo, a modest house with a brown roof, resonates with its target market and their determination to make small but steady gains toward a better life, seeking security and advancement of their dreams.
General Manager, Business CFCC Risk Assessments & Governance
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualifications: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 8 years
- Location: Nairobi
- Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
The role shall support the Group Director, Business CFCC to manage the execution of key CFCC risk assessments and governance to ensure all subsidiaries operate in accordance with Group standards and applicable local regulations.
Job Responsibilities
- Deliver effectiveness in the management of Change Governance & Reporting; Customer Risk Assessments; Product Risk Assessment; Channels Risk Assessment; RCSA for 1LOD CFCC Controls; FC Group Risk Assessments; Geographic Risk Assessment; Sanctions Risk Reviews; ABC Risk Assessment & Due Diligence; Specialised Due Diligence; 2LOD, Audit & Regulatory Reviews Management; Compliance Group Risk Assessments; Conduct Group Risk Assessments; and CFCC Procedures Implementations, Monitoring, Enforcement, Breach Escalations; and Target Operating Model Management.
- Develop and implement strategies to broaden internal and external networks and keep up to date with regulatory requirements and industry best practice to continuously improve the effectiveness of Group relevant controls processes.
- Work with relevant stakeholders in the Group to ensure that the required controls to optimize CFCC risk assessments are embedded into new processes, products and initiatives in the Group.
- Implement a process that identifies and manages potential KYC/CDD gaps from regulatory and geo-political changes and provide assurance that changes have been effectively embedded relevant FCR business processes.
Qualifications
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree plus relevant professional qualifications such as CAMS, ICA.
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience
Competencies
- No less than 8 years of compliance management experience, with significant portion in Compliance risk within a large international bank.
- Strong understanding of Regulatory Compliance and requirements within the banking industry.
- Good experience in leveraging analytics and technology solutions to manage Compliance risks.
- Critical thinking skills to understand and analyse complex problems.
- Effective communicator with strong writing and verbal abilities to communicate across all levels of the Group.
- Ability to develop strong relationships and collaborate with senior business and function leaders to influence change
- Proven focus on deliverables, organized, and ability to manage multiple high priority deliverables
- Self-starter, highly organized, and detailed-oriented
- Strategic and critical thinking and the ability to concisely convey complex regulatory concepts and possible solution sets.
- Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
- Exercise high level of discretion and confidentiality due to the sensitive nature of the scope of work
- Extremely detail oriented with ability to elevate details into strategies
go to method of application »
General Manager, Business CFCC Operations
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualifications: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 8 years
- Location: Nairobi
- Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
The role shall support the Group Director, Business CFCC to manage the execution of key AML/CFT and Sanctions controls and ensure all subsidiaries operate in accordance with Group standards. It shall work with other leaders in the first and second lines of defence to identify, assess, monitor and address such activities.
Job Responsibilities:
- Deliver effectiveness in the management of Name Screening, Transaction Monitoring, Transaction Screening, Post Investigation Actions, including escalation of STRs to MLRO, Financial Crime Deep Dives & Complex Investigations, Systems & Scenarios Reviews, and Enhanced Due Diligence.
- Develop and implement strategies to broaden internal and external networks and keep up to date with regulatory requirements and industry best practice to continuously improve the effectiveness of Group AML/CFT/CPF and Sanctions controls processes.
- Work with relevant stakeholders in the Group to ensure that the required controls to mitigate AML/CFT/CPF and sanctions risk are embedded into new products and initiatives that are developed within the Group.
- Implement a process that identifies and manages potential AML/CFT risk from regulatory and geo-political changes and provide assurance that changes have been effectively embedded relevant FCR business processes.
Job Responsibilities
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree plus relevant professional qualifications such as CAMS, ICA.
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience
Competencies:
- No less than 6 years of compliance management experience, with significant portion in Compliance risk within a large international bank.
- Strong understanding of Regulatory Compliance and requirements within the banking industry.
- Good experience in leveraging analytics and technology solutions to manage Compliance risks.
- Critical thinking skills to understand and analyse complex problems.
- Effective communicator with strong writing and verbal abilities to communicate across all levels of the Group.
- Ability to develop strong relationships and collaborate with senior business and function leaders to influence change
- Proven focus on deliverables, organized, and ability to manage multiple high priority deliverables
- Self-starter, highly organized, and detailed-oriented
- Strategic and critical thinking and the ability to concisely convey complex regulatory concepts and possible solution sets.
- Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
- Exercise high level of discretion and confidentiality due to the sensitive nature of the scope of work
- Extremely detail oriented with ability to elevate details into strategies
Method of Application
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.
- General Manager, Business CFCC Risk Assessments & Governance
- General Manager, Business CFCC Operations
