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Head - Controls & Governance at KCB Bank Kenya
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 1 day ago (27 Oct 2026) Deadline: 3 Nov 2026 Updated about 2 hours ago
Job Description
The Head of Controls & Governance will oversee the integrity of KCB Bank’s financial reconciliations, risk controls, and compliance processes across the group and subsidiaries. Key duties include monitoring account reconciliations, automating controls, managing audit exceptions, and reporting risk issues to senior committees. The role requires strong analytical expertise and leadership to ensure operational excellence.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field (BA/BSc/HND) and a professional MBA/MSc/MA.
- • Minimum 10 years experience in finance, controls, or governance within banking.
- • Professional certification in finance or audit is advantageous.
- • Strong analytical, reporting, and stakeholder management skills.
- • High proficiency in Excel and financial reporting tools.
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Monitor reconciliation of Nostro, asset, liability, and suspense accounts to ensure accuracy.
- • Oversee settlement account reconciliations and validate ledger balances.
- • Lead automation and centralisation of reconciliation processes for new products.
- • Review compliance, enhance operational efficiency, and validate first‑level controls.
- • Collaborate with Internal Audit to identify risk parameters and resolve audit exceptions.
- • Manage risk reporting, escalation, and governance oversight for the bank.