Financial Crime Compliance Manager at Equity Bank Kenya

Job Purpose:  

The role holder will be tasked to support Group Compliance, Financial Crime and Conduct Risk function by ensuring that the Group has an optimal, effective, efficient, and regulatory compliant financial crime risk management framework. The role will assist the team in ensuring that the Group is kept appraised of relevant changes in laws and regulations, emerging risks and potential gaps in managing and implementing international and local financial sanctions, anti-money laundering, counter terrorism and proliferation financing controls. 

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the team to manage the financial crime risks across the Group. 
• Support to ensure compliance with all relevant sanctions, anti-money laundering, counter terrorism and proliferation financing regulations and industry standards, implementing and maintaining robust program. 
• Provide guidance on the enhancement of sanctions, anti-money laundering, counter terrorism and proliferation financing processes, frameworks, and investigative standards. 
• Support to collaborate with other stakeholders, including subsidiaries, to maintain and improve transaction monitoring systems in line with business growth and regulatory changes. 
• Analyse financial crime trends and data to anticipate emerging risks and implement proactive mitigation strategies. 
• Support in continuous evaluation and improvement of systems and processes related to financial crime risks. 
• Contribute to the preparation of Management Information (MI) reports, highlighting key trends, performance metrics, and risk insights for senior management and relevant stakeholders 
• Conduct tests and deep dives to ensure effectiveness of the financial crime program. 
• Assist in ensuring an up to date comprehensive Compliance matrix/grids, based on all the relevant legislations/regulations, to ensure that the Group and its local subsidiaries comply with all the relevant legislations and regulations. 
• Assist Management with financial crime related inquiries from employees, business managers, internal and external auditors by providing information and guidance in a timely manner. 
• Assist to draft and socialize financial crime compliance policies and standards. 
• Collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure a robust and effective training program. 

Qualifications

• Degree in Law, Business Administration, or related field 
• Professional Certification such as CAMS, ICA. 
• Requires 6+ years of professional experience in financial crime risk management.