Senior Manager, Compliance in Risk and Compliance Division at Central Bank of Kenya

Job Purpose

Provides leadership over the Bank’s enterprise-wide compliance function, ensuring full alignment with applicable legislation, regulatory expectations, and internal governance requirements. The role drives a strong culture of compliance, proactive regulatory engagement, and effective oversight across all business areas.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, implement and continuously enhance the Bank’s enterprise compliance framework, ensuring it remains robust, risk-based and aligned to evolving regulatory expectations.
• Develop, review and maintain Bank-wide policies, standards and guidelines to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and internal governance requirements.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive compliance obligation registers across the Bank, translating legislative and regulatory requirements into clear, practical business obligations and control expectations.
• Provide oversight and challenge to business units on the design and effectiveness of compliance controls, including self-assessments and monitoring activities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business units on regulatory interpretation and compliance obligations
• Lead the implementation of the Bank’s Data Privacy and Protection program.
• Oversee implementation of Anti-Money Laundering framework in Central Bank operations, and ensuring alignment with existing legislation and international standards.
• Monitor local, regional and global regulatory developments, assess their impact on the Bank and proactively advise senior management on required actions.
• Prepare high-quality compliance risk reports for senior management.
• Engage with regulators and key stakeholders on compliance-related matters and support regulatory inspections and reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Law, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology or a related discipline.
• Membership of good standing in relevant professional association/ Institute.
• Professional certifications such as CAMS, CISA, CRCM, CDPSE will be an added advantage.

Work Experience

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in Risk Management and Compliance Management role in an organization of similar size and complexity.