Principal Legal Counsel, Regulatory Affairs at KCB Bank Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Managing the Regulatory Affairs team and ensuring excellent service provision and performance management and team motivation and development.
• Representing the Group in public policy matters and stakeholder engagement and input on legislation during drafting.
• Regulatory issues management (review and analysis and position statements. Stakeholder and regulatory (includes regional/international) compliance – CBK, CMA, CA, IRA, RBA, CAK, KAMP, PRISK).
• Delivering early awareness on regulatory developments and coordinating Group policy positions to build KCB Group profile in regulatory policy debates.
• Legislation and regulation analysis (review and analysis, preparation of position statements and business advisory).
• Consolidation of analysis of legislation and advisory statements (position statements and resultant action matrix).
• Product and outsourcing regulatory approvals (Prudential guideline requirements for approval of products, outsourcing).
• Responding to and dealing with customer complaints through regulators (CBK and CAK).
• Group wide approach to regulatory affairs.
• Any other duties as may be required

DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Legislation reviews and public policy engagements.
• Handling product related regulatory applications.      
• Handling customer complaints through regulatory agencies. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors Degree -LLB
• Professional Qualifications -Diploma in law
• Masters Degree -LLM
• Total Minimum No of Years’ Experience Required - 8 years