Assistant Manager Market Risk at Equity Bank Kenya

The Assistant Manager, Market and Liquidity Risk is responsible for assessing, monitoring, and managing the Bank's exposure to market and liquidity risks. The role involves working closely with treasury, finance, and risk teams to ensure adequate risk mitigation strategies are in place while maintaining compliance with regulatory and internal risk policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, measure, and analyze market risk exposure, including interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, and price risk.
• Monitor liquidity risk by assessing the bank’s funding sources, cash flow projections, and stress testing scenarios.
• Ensure adherence to internal liquidity and market risk limits and propose adjustments as needed.
• Develop and maintain market and liquidity risk management frameworks, policies, and controls.
• Conduct risk analysis, prepare reports, and provide insights to senior management on market and liquidity risk exposures.
• Collaborate with treasury and finance teams to optimize asset-liability management and funding strategies.
• Perform stress testing, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis to evaluate the impact of adverse market conditions.
• Keep track of regulatory developments affecting market and liquidity risk and ensure compliance with CBK guidelines and Basel requirements.

Qualifications

Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Professional certifications such as FRR, CFA, FRM, or PRM are an added advantage.
• At least 1-3 years of experience in market and liquidity risk management.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets, asset-liability management, and liquidity risk measurement techniques.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks, including Basel III liquidity requirements.