General Manager, Business CFCC Operations at Equity Bank Kenya

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