Head, Compliance, Financial Crime & Conduct Risk Training at Equity Bank Kenya

Description

Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers - the largest customer base in Africa. Currently the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below.

The Head Compliance, Financial Crime, Conduct Risk and Training shall work with HR and the business leaders to identify and monitor AML/CFT, Sanctions and Conduct risk training needs. In addition, the role shall design, plan, prepare and implement bank-wide and tailored compliance, financial crime risk and conduct risk communication and training plans. The role requires good knowledge of Compliance, AML/CFT, Sanctions, ABC, Conduct risks and training.  

Primary Responsibilities –

• Support Group Director, CFCC in consulting with the business stakeholders and conducting Training Needs Analyses.
• Take responsibility for the designing, planning, preparation and implementation of bank wide and tailored CFCC communication and training plans. 
• Assist in designing CFCC training modules, including learning objectives, measurable outcomes, content and instructional strategies and ensuring the modules are current, effective and accurate.
• Work with relevant stakeholders in HR and CFCC to develop and test training materials, reference materials and job aids for training modules, while aligning them with Group policies.
• Maintain knowledge of new methods and techniques for training, training requirements applicable to the Group and the relevant industries.
• Conduct pilot sessions of CFCC modules and revise as appropriate and necessary.
• Evaluate employees’ knowledge and skill development from CFCC modules and use that information to enhance and design future programs.
• Align with stakeholders on learning delivery of relevant FCC related programs and manage any other projects that may be assigned- such as the preparation of lessons-learned documents from significant risk events.
• Liaise with external parties to obtain external specialist training where required.
• Produce MI and reports related to compliance, financial crime and conduct training and communication.
• Responsible for ensuring the appropriate record-keeping for compliance, financial crime and conduct training sessions and communication.
• Act as the Group’s subject matter expert in relation to compliance, financial crime and conduct training and communication.
• Where necessary, collaborate with vendors and third-party training providers to arrange employee registration for and participation in outside training programs.
• Prepare and implement training budget and ensure that training milestones and goals are met within approved training budget.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Requires 10+ years of professional experience and 4+ years of management experience.

 Critical Skills

• No less than 7 years of compliance training management experience, with significant portion within a large international bank.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and training facilitation skills with strong graphic design ability.
• Thorough understanding of training processes, ability to moderate large groups and extremely organized and detail oriented.
• Good experience in digital training and leveraging analytics and technology solutions to manage training.
• Critical thinking skills to understand and analyze 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.
• Extremely detail oriented with ability to elevate details into strategies. 

Others

• Ability to handle multiple requests, assess priorities, and achieve solutions under deadlines, with minimal direct supervision
• High degree of curiosity and creativity in a highly regulated, dynamic environment.
• Ability to focus on outcomes while demonstrating flexibility to changing requirements.
• Ability to work with partners at all levels, including internal and external legal counsels and consultants.
• Poise and tact; Calm under pressure
• Occasional travel required 

Education

• Master’s degree plus relevant professional qualifications such as CAMS, ICA.