The Senior Manager, Compliance 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 within the Central Bank of Kenya.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Framework Design: Design, implement, and continuously enhance the Bank’s enterprise compliance framework, ensuring it remains robust, risk-based, and aligned to evolving regulatory expectations.
Policy Development: Develop, review, and maintain Bank-wide policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal governance requirements.
Obligation Management: Establish and maintain comprehensive compliance obligation registers across the Bank, translating legislative and regulatory requirements into clear, practical business obligations and control expectations.
Oversight & Challenge: Provide oversight and challenge to business units on the design and effectiveness of compliance controls, including self-assessments and monitoring activities.
Advisory Role: Serve as a trusted advisor to business units on regulatory interpretation and compliance obligations.
Data Protection: Lead the implementation of the Bank’s Data Privacy and Protection program.
AML Framework: Oversee implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) framework in Central Bank operations, ensuring alignment with existing legislation and international standards.
Regulatory Monitoring: Monitor local, regional, and global regulatory developments, assess their impact on the Bank, and proactively advise senior management on required actions.
Reporting: Prepare high-quality compliance risk reports for senior management.
Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with regulators and key stakeholders on compliance-related matters and support regulatory inspections and reviews.
Qualifications and Experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
Professional Membership: Membership of good standing in a relevant professional association/Institute.
Experience: Minimum of 10 years' experience in a Risk Management or Compliance Management role in an organization of similar size and complexity.
Certifications: Professional certifications such as CAMS, CISA, CRCM, CDPSE will be an added advantage.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through the Central Bank of Kenya careers portal at https://careers.centralbank.go.ke.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply through the Central Bank of Kenya careers portal. Visit careers.centralbank.go.ke to submit your application before the deadline.
