Principal Legal Counsel, Risk & Compliance at KCB Bank Kenya

Key Responsibilities

• Legislation and regulation analysis (review and analysis, preparation of position statements, business advisory, compliance tracking). Consolidation of analysis of legislation and advisory statements (position statements and resultant action matrix).
• Legal risk and compliance advisory (on business activities, projects, procedures and policies).
• Overall management of risk related divisional activities (DORCCO, KRIs. RCSA. KCSA, Ethics Compliance, BIA, RVA, BCP & disaster recovery, audit tracker and crisis management).
• Regulatory issues management (review and analysis and position statements on regulatory compliance – CBK, CMA, CA, IRA, RBA, CAK, KAMP, PRISK).
• Intellectual Property (IP): register and maintain data/information on service marks, trademarks, logos for KCB Group. Handle disputes arising thereof (e.g. infringements of IP and/or Copyrights). Intellectual property registration and life cycle management.
• Case law management (internal and external case law and legal opinions).
• Policies, procedures and standards (including process flows, templates and forms) (creation, maintenance, versioning and retirement).
• Management of authorities and authority limits (powers of attorney, authority limits sign off requirements, expenses, file processes and consent judgments).
• Preparation and dissemination of practice notes, FAQs and training materials and guidelines.
• Any other duties assigned.

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution.
• Diploma in Law.
• Should be an advocate of the High Court.
• 8 years post admission experience.
• Experience in legal drafting, corporate and commercial law, dispute resolution and legal risk management.
• Excellent communication and advocacy skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.