Jobs at Equity Bank Kenya

The Manager, Treasury Middle Office is responsible for independent monitoring, analysis, and reporting of treasury risks, including market risk, liquidity risk, and counterparty risk. The role ensures that treasury activities comply with internal risk policies, regulatory requirements, and best practices while providing insights to senior management to enhance decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitoring adherence of all treasury risk management policies and procedures and reporting of exceptions.
• Review the correctness of the market data loaded in treasury software and take ownership of maintained historical database on yields, exchange rates, volatilities etc.
• Oversight of the treasury activity
• Participate in risk assessment of new products before dealing is approved.
• Development of robust valuation and risk measurement models for various trading products.
• Effectively support and supervise the risk profile of dealers’ positions, in line with internal and external risk management and regulatory imperatives.
• Query and analyze the Treasury P&L to establish trends and deviations from the norm. Investigate further the causes of any significant deviations from the trend and report to head of risk, treasury, and finance.

Qualifications

Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business related field from a recognized university is preferred with a post graduate training in financial services and Risk management as an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years successive employment in Treasury front/operations required, preferably in high-growth dynamic organization with a global outreach.
• Treasury/Risk Management certification.
• Practical knowledge of Treasury products and operations as well as Treasury risk management systems and operational processes.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with risk management with demonstrated ability to conduct risk assessments.
• Professional qualifications such as ACI Dealing and Operations must.
• Professional qualifications such as CFA, FRM, FRR, CISI highly recommended.

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Reporting to the Relationship Manager Business, the Relationship Officer - Biashara Banking has the responsibility to manage and coordinate all the Micro businesses under him/her to ensure the bank goals and objectives are achieved. 

Key Responsibilities:

Onboarding and Customer Management:

• Onboard retailers and customers across various Ecosystem value chains and digital platforms (PWE, EAZZY APP, etc.).
• Identify prospective leads and recruit new customers.
• Conduct outreach and manage relationships for customer retention.
• Utilize existing partnerships to expand the customer base.

Loan Processing and Compliance:

• Guide customers through the loan application process, including business and home visits to verify financial information and securities.
• Ensure timely loan approval and disbursement within SLAs.
• Present client requests for approval and manage security perfection and disbursement.
• Initiate recovery processes for overdue accounts.

Marketing and Sales:

• Conduct marketing outreach to onboard new customers.
• Cross-sell and upsell bank products.
• Recruit ecosystems by leveraging established relationships.

Training and Policy Adherence:

• Train branch staff on Biashara Banking lending policies, procedures, and new products.
• Ensure compliance with credit policies and act as the custodian of bank policy in the branch.

Customer Service and Support:

• Provide high-standard customer service, fast-track loan processes, and give prompt feedback on loan requests.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders in the branch environment.
• Mobilize clients for financial literacy training and guide them on maintaining proper records.

Portfolio and Relationship Management:

• Maintain an up-to-date portfolio management toolkit for efficient customer follow-up.
• Conduct post-disbursement visits and baseline all customers.

Deposit Mobilization and Documentation:

• Mobilize deposits 

Qualifications

Qualifications and Education 

• University degree holder with preference in Education, Social sciences, or Business-related field.
• Overall mean grade of C+ in KCSE
• 3-4 Years’ experience

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The Assistant Manager, Treasury Middle Office is responsible for monitoring, controlling, and reporting treasury-related risks, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and maintaining oversight of treasury operations. The role ensures effective management of liquidity, interest rate, and market risks while supporting treasury governance and policy implementation. This role ensures compliance with internal risk policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices while providing insights to support treasury decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with subsidiary Treasury office representatives on a regular basis to give guidance and support on risk control and management activities in accordance with the market risk policy and the treasury policies and procedures manual.
• Ensure accurate valuation of treasury positions and compliance with regulatory reporting requirements.
• Perform independent risk oversight of treasury transactions, ensuring adherence to approved policies and risk appetite.
• Oversight of all Subsidiary Treasury operations and ensuring that all activities carried out are in line with the group’s strategic objectives.
• To mentor, impart and cascade critical knowledge and skills to treasury staff within the subsidiaries.
• Monitoring adherence of all risk management policies and procedures and reporting of exceptions. 
• Review the correctness of the market data loaded in treasury software and take ownership of maintained historical database on yields, exchange rates, volatilities etc. 
• Revalue and mark to market of portfolios.
• Carrying out market analysis and articulating short-term views regarding the bank’s risk profile. 
• Participating in risk assessment of new products before dealing is approved.
• Development of robust valuation and risk measurement models for various trading products. 
• Daily monitoring of stop loss, dealer limits, tenure limit, counterparty limits etc.
• Daily monitoring of the blotters on deals booked and advising on any findings.
• Effectively support and supervise the risk profile of dealers’ positions, in line with internal and external risk management and regulatory imperatives.
• Maintain, monitor and report individual dealer, counterparty and open market limits utilization and violations.
• Query and comment on fixed income trades at the point of initiation. Identify the justifications, pricing & stop loss limits before the trade is confirmed.
• Mitigate settlement risks by checking and verifying deal tickets details and highlighting any discrepancies.
• Query and analyze the Treasury P&L to establish trends and deviations from the norm. Investigate further the causes of any significant deviations from the trend and report to head of risk, treasury, and finance

Qualifications

Qualifications And Experience

• Undergraduate degree in business related field
• ACI operations qualification 
• Professional qualifications in Risk from a recognized professional body is an added advantage
• Relevant treasury front/bank office experience of 3 years