Kenya Commercial Bank Limited is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure adherence to Group Capital Management policies and risk framework across the bank subsidiaries.
• Develop Capital planning and modelling templates for assessing Capital ratios and requirements to deliver target RWA growth for all KCB bank subsidiaries.
• Ensure adherence to the regulatory and internal capital requirements across the group and set clear escalation guidelines for breaches.
• Oversight to all capital applications (including SBL dispensations and guarantee applications) ensuring quality of applications and deliver board expectations by challenging and reviewing returns.
• Optimize funding strategies and funding plans to support market share growth; returns and cost reductions, engaging with in-country and Group TES function on wholesale funding market capacity and opportunities.
• Working with the Group Treasurer on the issuance of short-term and long-term funding instruments (where appropriate) – Secured funding (securitization); Unsecured funding (senior and subordinated capital)
• Provide guidelines on the appropriate design and structure of the benchmark investment portfolio for each subsidiary.
• Oversight, check and challenge all investment committees in subsidiary treasuries to optimize the sovereign investment strategies to enhance contribution to Group RoRC
• Review Capital plans from bank subsidiaries monthly. Clearly capture the forecast regulatory capital demand and supply across business units over the 3-year planning horizon. Check and challenge to ensure the capital position on the capital plan over the planning cycles meets the board and regulatory approved targets.
• Facilitate the determination of capital buffers and perform Cost of Equity calculations in line with KCB Treasury principles and methodology.
• Oversight Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) optimization initiatives. Challenge data inputs and engagement with in-country treasury teams to understand modelling capability and provide support.
• Assist in-country treasury teams in setting risk adjusted return hurdles. Challenge and review whether hurdle rates are met by evaluating pricing tools and assumptions.
• Support/lead the BAU Basel regulatory change initiatives. This extends beyond RWA reporting to the consideration of moving from Standardized to advanced (engaging with the credit modelling teams as appropriate)
• Review, challenge and support the Treasurers with Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Plan (ICAAP) submissions to regulators. Coordinate the drafting and governance of Group ICAAP submission.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Academic & Professional

Education 

• University Degree in Actuarial Science, Accounting, Business Administration, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics or any other relevant field RQ
• Masters Degree    Any relevant area    AA

Postgraduate qualifications/Professional Certifications    

• ACI Dealing Certificate RQ

Experience

Total Minimum No of Years Experience Required

• 6 years

Detail    Minimum No of Years    Need Type[1]

• Treasury Execution Management    6    ES
• Funds Transfer Price Modelling    5    ES
• Capital Management    4    ES
• Investment portfolio management    5    ES
• Stakeholder Management    5    ES
• Senior Management Reporting    4    ES
• Banking/Finance    3    ES
• People Management    3    ES
• Risk Management    3    DE