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Equity Bank Limited (The "Bank”) is incorporated, registered under the Kenyan Companies Act Cap 486 and domiciled in Kenya. The address of the Bank’s registered office is 9th Floor, Equity Centre, P.O. Box 75104 - 00200 Nairobi. The Bank is licensed under the Kenya Banking Act (Chapter 488), and continues to offer retail banking, microfinance and relat...
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The Manager, Group DFS Planning is responsible for developing and executing the strategy, managing costs, and driving delivery of the Mobile Money Systems (such as Lending Platforms, Risk Platform etc). This role involves leadership at both the operational and strategic levels, working closely with teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals and maintaining high levels of performance, availability, and security across all facilities. The key drive of the Manager, Group DFS Planning will be to drive delivery of DFS platforms across all of Equity subsidiaries, while ensuring that the systems are designed and delivered in the most cost-effective way.
Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:
Technical Leadership
- Provide guidance and leadership to the design and implementation of of DFS Platforms.
- Ensure that all DFS systems are delivered within defined timelines, focusing on quality, performance, and re-usability.
- Ensure re-use of common functionality across all subsidiaries hence reducing costly Change Requests
Strategic Management
- Develop and implement the overall DFS Platforms to ensure alignment with the organizations long-term business objectives.
- Oversee the planning and execution of strategic initiatives, such as infrastructure upgrades, capacity planning, and technological advancements of the various Platforms.
- Lead long-term planning for DFS platform expansions, features and upgrades, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
Budgeting and Cost Management
- Monitor and manage operational expenditures (OPEX) and capital expenditures (CAPEX) related to DFS Non-Core Platforms.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements in DFS applications and infrastructure.
Operational Leadership
- Provide guidance and leadership to the Planning Engineers and other direct reports, ensuring the efficient implementation of Core Mobile Money systems.
- Ensure that all DFS systems are delivered within defined timelines, focusing on quality, performance, and reliability.
- Ensure re-use of common functionality across all subsidiaries hence reducing costly Change Requests
Risk and Compliance Management
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, certifications (e.g., PCI DSS, ISO), and regulatory requirements across all systems
- Oversee the development and implementation of risk management and disaster recovery plans.
- Ensure DFS systems are designed and implemented securely and that all security measures comply with organizational policies.
Audit Management
- Manage both internal and external audits related to Non-Core DFS systems, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- Coordinate audit preparation activities, ensuring all necessary documentation and processes are in place.
- Address audit findings and recommendations, implementing corrective actions to mitigate risks and improve operational efficiency.
- Liaise with internal audit teams, external auditors, and regulatory bodies, ensuring clear communication and timely responses
Qualifications
Essential Knowledge
- In-depth knowledge and experience of Mobile money systems
- Strong understanding and appreciation of Huawei Non-Core DFS Platform
- Understanding and proven working experience with API integration
- Excellent knowledge of industry standards and best practices including compliance and risk management.
Requirements:
- University degree in Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in FinTech Systems, with a focus on strategy and operational leadership.
- Proven experience managing large-scale Mobile Money/Fintech teams.
- Experience in managing CAPEX/OPEX budgets and vendor contracts.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Willingness to travel regionally based on business need
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Responsible for supporting the Group subsidiaries with strategic planning & budgeting, business projections development & support of the ICAAP process, managing strategic partnership relationships and reporting, cost optimization monitoring, business partnership for the commercial and operations department and subsidiary performance reporting.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Collaborate with subsidiary finance functions and department heads to prepare and consolidate annual forecast, budgets, and related key performance indicators, ensuring alignment to the approved Group strategic objectives.
- Assist group subsidiaries with quarterly performance forecasting and preparation of future rolling business plans
- Periodic budget variance analysis review and reporting
- Ensure capital budgets for the business units are reviewed and approved.
- Support the ICAAP and stress testing process at the group level for management oversight and internal control, ensuring engagement with all stakeholders and timely submission in line with regulatory requirements.
- Develop long-term business projections for EGH businesses as part of strategic planning and supporting Mergers & acquisitions activities.
- Conduct cost benefit analysis review on capital and operational expenditure, support on business case development and assessment of return on investment.
- Prepare subsidiary performance analysis covering all group entities, business segments reports, product performance, key performance indicators and performance against budget, and providing actionable insights to senior management for decision making.
- Review and compilation of accurate subsidiary Board papers and investor briefing presentations on quarterly basis
- Assist with development and tracking of performance scorecards for Group Job families e.g. Group Corporate banking
- Identify inefficiencies in business processes and recommend improvements.
- Train, coach, mentor and provide leadership to a team of analysts.
- Work with various departments to streamline operations and improve productivity.
- Carry out industry analysis/bank peer review on quarterly basis including market share analysis to advise management on the prevailing business environment and enhance decision making
- Review and preparation of cost efficiency reports and identification of areas of cost optimization
Qualifications
Qualifications, Experience & Key Competencies
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in a business-related field from a recognized institution. A master’s degree is an added advantage
- At least 5-8 years relevant commercial and/ or management reporting experience, including exposure to senior executives and directors
- Experience gained at a Big Four audit firm or an equivalent international accounting firm is considered an added advantage.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
- Knowledge of accounting best practices and regulations. CPA/ ACCA qualification or equivalent required
- Working knowledge of Oracle ERP, Oracle BI, Oracle ERP SQL, PowerBI and data analytics languages (Python, SQL, R e.t.c) will be an added advantage
- Strong analytical skills.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office suite – Ms-Excel and PowerPoint:
Experience in the following areas; Financial Analysis & performance management, Business Partnering and Stakeholder management
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- The role holder creates well-structured web applications using Angular, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS with the latest technologies. The focus will be to implement a complete user interface for mobile and desktop web apps with a strong emphasis on performance.
Job Responsibilities / Accountabilities
- Deliver a complete front-end application.
- Work with the backend development team to define RESTful API specifications.
- Create self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components.
- Participate in sprint planning and track work items.
- Collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver high-value results.
Qualifications
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in Angular development.
- Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Understanding of JavaScript core concepts: DOM manipulation, Fetch API, ES6 features.
- Proficiency in advanced Angular concepts (e.g., container/components pattern).
- Working knowledge of at least one CSS framework (e.g., Bootstrap, Materialize CSS, Semantic UI).
- Strong understanding of TypeScript.
- Familiarity with REST API clients (e.g., SuperAgent, Axios).
- Experience with CSS preprocessors (e.g., SASS, LESS).
- Familiarity with Linux command line/terminal and basic Bash scripting.
- Knowledge of frontend architecture and code organization best practices (e.g., CSS code guides,
- maintainable CSS, Airbnb style guide).
- Strong grasp of responsive design principles.
- Familiarity with end-to-end testing tools (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Puppeteer).
- Personal Attributes
- Must be able and willing to collaborate in a team/cooperative environment and exercise independent
- judgment and initiative.
- Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Logical and detail-oriented with a keen attention to detail.
- Proven ability to prioritize workload and meet multiple project deadlines.
- Capable of conducting research into systems issues and related products.
- Highly self-motivated and self-directed.
- Ability to effectively manage tasks in high-pressure environments.
- Comfortable working in a team-oriented, collaborative setting.
- Quick to learn new applications, systems, and processes.
- Structured thinker and effective communicator, both written and verbal.
- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
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The Senior Manager, Group DFS Planning is the head of the DFS Non-Core Platforms, responsible for developing and executing the strategy, overseeing the budget, managing costs, and driving delivery of the Non-Core Mobile Money Systems (such as Lending Platforms, Risk Platform, Middleware etc). This role involves leadership at both the operational and strategic levels, working closely with teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals and maintaining high levels of performance, availability, and security across all facilities. The key drive of the Senior Manager, Group DFS Planning will be to drive delivery of Non-Core DFS platforms across all of Equity subsidiaries, while ensuring that the systems are designed and delivered in the most cost-effective way.
Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:
Technical Leadership
- Provide guidance and leadership to the design and implementation of of Non-Core DFS Platforms.
- Ensure that all Non-Core DFS systems are delivered within defined timelines, focusing on quality, performance, and re-usability.
- Ensure re-use of common functionality across all subsidiaries hence reducing costly Change Requests
Strategic Management
- Develop and implement the overall Non-Core DFS Platforms to ensure alignment with the organizations long-term business objectives.
- Oversee the planning and execution of strategic initiatives, such as infrastructure upgrades, capacity planning, and technological advancements of the various Platforms.
- Lead long-term planning for Non-Core DFS platform expansions, features and upgrades, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
Budgeting and Cost Management
- Develop, manage, and control the Non-Core Platforms DFS budget, ensuring alignment with financial goals and optimizing costs.
- Monitor and manage operational expenditures (OPEX) and capital expenditures (CAPEX) related to DFS Non-Core Platforms.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements in DFS applications and infrastructure.
Operational Leadership
- Provide guidance and leadership to the DFS Managers and other direct reports, ensuring the efficient implementation of Core Mobile Money systems.
- Ensure that all Core DFS systems are delivered within defined timelines, focusing on quality, performance, and reliability.
- Ensure re-use of common functionality across all subsidiaries hence reducing costly Change Requests
Risk and Compliance Management
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, certifications (e.g., PCI DSS, ISO), and regulatory requirements across all systems
- Oversee the development and implementation of risk management and disaster recovery plans.
- Ensure DFS systems are designed and implemented securely and that all security measures comply with organizational policies.
Audit Management
- Manage both internal and external audits related to Non-Core DFS systems, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- Coordinate audit preparation activities, ensuring all necessary documentation and processes are in place.
- Address audit findings and recommendations, implementing corrective actions to mitigate risks and improve operational efficiency.
- Liaise with internal audit teams, external auditors, and regulatory bodies, ensuring clear communication and timely responses.
Qualifications
Essential Knowledge
- In-depth knowledge and experience of Mobile money systems
- Strong understanding and appreciation of Huawei Non-Core DFS Platform
- Understanding and proven working experience with API integration
- Excellent knowledge of industry standards and best practices including compliance and risk management
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- The Backend Developer will be responsible for building scalable RESTful APIs, managing server-side application logic, and integrating with internal and external systems to support seamless data flow and functionality across the platform.
Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities
- Design, build, and maintain efficient RESTful APIs in C#.
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Design and implement data storage solutions.
- Work with frontend and mobile app developers to define API specifications.
- Collaborate with frontend engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and reliable user experiences.
- Manage tools and processes for handling analytics data and evaluating user experience quality.
- Participate in sprint planning and track work items effectively.
- Ensure the backend supports business goals through effective strategy, planning, and execution.
Qualifications
Essential Knowledge & Skills
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience
- 2+ years developing applications in C#.
- 2+ years in ASP.NET Core.
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- This is a role responsible for the development and implementation of Mobile Channels across the group. The role holder will be tasked with driving adoption of certain mobile based channels across the Group’s subsidiaries and licenses. The role holder shall focus on maintaining the specified channel to the uttermost standards of availability, innovation and customer centricity. The outcome will be a channel that meets the daily needs of our customer’s thus becoming a pivotal customer recruiter & retainer and ultimately a key revenue earner for the Group.
Non-Financial Impact (e.g. Risk Mitigation, Governance, Customer Experience, Social Impact, other):
- The role holder will be part of the existing risk and governance frameworks on Mobile Channel innovation, management and service deployment.
- Channel Commercial Growth
- Support the growth targets of the Group through innovation and continuous channel improvement.
- Help in designing and developing services in tandem with the Group’s strategic direction.
- Channel Continuous Development for Omni Channel Experience
- Lead the planning, development, launch, and continuous enhancement of Mobile channels, overseeing the full product lifecycle to meet user needs and business goals.
- Build on the feedback received, market intelligence gathered and research on global best practises to champion the continuous improvements and enhancements.
- Oversee testing processes to ensure that mobile applications meet required standards and deliver a satisfactory user experience
- Channel Efficiency and Stability
- Work with the various IT teams to ensure optimal channel uptime. Governance on channel access and change management is also a key deliverable for the role holder.
- Risk & Compliance
- Ensure the services provided meet the threshold of internal, local and international laws and procedures.
- The role holder will also ensure any associated risks within the channel are effectively mitigated.
- Responsible for Channel governance in ensuring firm controls, adherence to the laid down processes and procedures as well as championing controls reviews.
- Channel awareness, Subsidiary Support and Service uniformity
- Collaborate with Cross country teams to ensure parity of product offering and localised innovation where applicable.
- Work with the Communications Division and other stakeholders to drive awareness and preference for the Channel’s solutions in the market.
- People, Learning and Development
- Drive cultural change towards channels use across the group.
- Inject the required new talent and motivate the team to create customer centric service
- Drive competencies focus through continuous learning and job enrichment to ensure high performance.
Qualifications
Desired qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree preferably in a technology related field.
- Two to five years of experience in channel management.
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- We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented BPM Developer to join our digital transformation team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in developing, configuring, and supporting workflows using Newgen's BPM platform. You will work closely with business, product, and IT teams to deliver automated, efficient, and scalable process flows across various banking operations, especially in lending, account opening, and servicing domains.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, configure, and maintain workflow applications on the Newgen platform.
- Design and implement process maps, form designs, business rules, and integrations based on business requirements.
- Collaborate with business analysts and functional leads to convert process documentation into automated digital workflows.
- Integrate Newgen workflows with third-party systems such as LOS, LMS, CBS, document management systems, CRM, and APIs.
- Troubleshoot workflow issues and support enhancements and performance tuning.
- Work on user access control, version management, testing, and deployment within Newgen environments.
- Document solution designs, process flows, technical specifications, and test cases.
- Support user acceptance testing (UAT) and production rollout activities.
Qualifications
Requirements
- 3 years of experience in software development, with minimum 2+ years in Newgen development.
- Strong working knowledge of:
- Newgen workflow development
- DMS
- Workflow form designing, scripting, and rules configuration
- Experience in web services integration (REST/SOAP APIs) and third-party system interfacing.
- Good understanding of business process management (BPMN) concepts and automation best practices.
- Familiarity with SQL databases (Oracle, SQL Server) for queries and backend integration.
- Exposure to banking processes (especially lending, onboarding, KYC, service requests) is highly preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field.
- Experience working in Agile environments with tools like JIRA and Confluence.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team with minimal supervision and strong documentation practices.
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The Senior Manager, Group DFS Configurations is the head of the DFS Core Platform, responsible for developing and executing the strategy, overseeing the budget, managing costs, and driving delivery of the Core Mobile Money Systems. This role involves leadership at both the operational and strategic levels, working closely with teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals and maintaining high levels of performance, availability, and security across all facilities. The key drive of the Senior Manager, Group DFS Configurations will be to drive delivery of Core DFS platform across all of Equity subsidiaries, while ensuring that the system is designed and delivered in the most cost-effective way. This means standardizing the configurations across all subsidiaries, and building a Center of Excellence with regards to DFS Core Platforms
Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:
Technical Leadership
- Provide guidance and leadership to the configuration of Core DFS Platforms.
- Ensure that all Core DFS systems are delivered within defined timelines, focusing on quality, performance, and re-usability.
- Ensure re-use of common functionality across all subsidiaries hence reducing costly Change Requests
- Ensure management of configurations across all subsidiaries
- Strategic Management
- Develop and implement the overall Core DFS Platforms to ensure alignment with the organizations long-term business objectives.
- Oversee the planning and execution of strategic initiatives, such as infrastructure upgrades, capacity planning, and technological advancements of the DFS Platform.
- Lead long-term planning for Core DFS expansions, features and upgrades, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
- Budgeting and Cost Management
- Develop, manage, and control the Core Platforms DFS budget, ensuring alignment with financial goals and optimizing costs.
- Monitor and manage operational expenditures (OPEX) and capital expenditures (CAPEX) related to DFS Core Platforms.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements in DFS applications and infrastructure.
- Operational Leadership
- Provide guidance and leadership to the DFS Managers and other direct reports, ensuring the efficient implementation of Core Mobile Money systems.
- Ensure that all Core DFS systems are delivered within defined timelines, focusing on quality, performance, and reliability.
- Ensure re-use of common functionality across all subsidiaries hence reducing costly Change Requests
- Risk and Compliance Management
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, certifications (e.g., PCI DSS, ISO), and regulatory requirements across all systems
- Oversee the development and implementation of risk management and disaster recovery plans.
- Ensure DFS system is designed and implemented securely and that all security measures comply with organizational policies.
- Audit Management
- Manage both internal and external audits related to Core DFS systems, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- Coordinate audit preparation activities, ensuring all necessary documentation and processes are in place.
- Address audit findings and recommendations, implementing corrective actions to mitigate risks and improve operational efficiency.
- Liaise with internal audit teams, external auditors, and regulatory bodies, ensuring clear communication and timely responses.
- Essential Knowledge
- In-depth knowledge and experience of Mobile money systems
- Strong understanding and appreciation of Huawei Core DFS Platform
- Understanding and proven working experience with API integration
- Excellent knowledge of industry standards and best practices including compliance and risk management.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- University degree in Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in FinTech Systems, with a focus on strategy, budgeting, and operational leadership.
- Proven experience managing large-scale Mobile Money/Fintech teams.
- Experience in managing CAPEX/OPEX budgets and vendor contracts.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Willingness to travel regionally based on business need
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- The Manager, Group DFS Configurations is responsible for developing and executing the strategy, managing costs, and driving delivery of the Core Mobile Money Systems. This role involves leadership at both the operational and strategic levels, working closely with teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals and maintaining high levels of performance, availability, and security across all DFS Systems. The key drive of the Manager, Group DFS Configurations will be to drive delivery of Core DFS platform across all of Equity subsidiaries, while ensuring that the system is designed and delivered in the most cost-effective way. This means standardizing the configurations across all subsidiaries and building a Center of Excellence with regards to DFS Core Platforms
Job Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:
- Technical Leadership
- Provide guidance and leadership to the configuration of Core DFS Platforms.
- Ensure that all Core DFS systems are delivered within defined timelines, focusing on quality, performance, and re-usability.
- Ensure re-use of common functionality across all subsidiaries hence reducing costly Change Requests
- Ensure management of configurations across all subsidiaries
- Strategic Management
- Develop and implement the overall Core DFS Platforms to ensure alignment with the organizations long-term business objectives.
- Oversee the planning and execution of strategic initiatives, such as infrastructure upgrades, capacity planning, and technological advancements of the DFS Platform.
- Lead long-term planning for Core DFS expansions, features and upgrades, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
- Budgeting and Cost Management
- Monitor and manage operational expenditures (OPEX) and capital expenditures (CAPEX) related to DFS Core Platforms.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements in DFS applications and infrastructure.
- Operational Leadership
- Provide guidance and leadership to the Configuration Engineers and other direct reports, ensuring the efficient implementation of Core Mobile Money systems.
- Ensure that all Core DFS systems are delivered within defined timelines, focusing on quality, performance, and reliability.
- Ensure re-use of common functionality across all subsidiaries hence reducing costly Change Requests
- Risk and Compliance Management
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, certifications (e.g., PCI DSS, ISO), and regulatory requirements across all systems
- Oversee the development and implementation of risk management and disaster recovery plans.
- Ensure DFS system is designed and implemented securely and that all security measures comply with organizational policies.
- Audit Management
- Manage both internal and external audits related to Core DFS systems, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- Coordinate audit preparation activities, ensuring all necessary documentation and processes are in place.
- Address audit findings and recommendations, implementing corrective actions to mitigate risks and improve operational efficiency.
- Liaise with internal audit teams, external auditors, and regulatory bodies, ensuring clear communication and timely responses.
- Essential Knowledge
- In-depth knowledge and experience of Mobile money systems
- Strong understanding and appreciation of Huawei Core DFS Platform
- Understanding and proven working experience with API integration
- Excellent knowledge of industry standards and best practices including compliance and risk management.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- University degree in Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in FinTech Systems, with a focus on strategy, budgeting, and operational leadership.
- Proven experience managing large-scale Mobile Money/Fintech teams.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Willingness to travel regionally based on business need
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