Equity Bank Kenya

Banking + 2 more

Manager: Market, Liquidity and Insurance Risk

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EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum of 7 years’ related areas within the financial services industry, 4 years in Market and Liquidity Risk experience

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Must-Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Risk Management, Finance, Banking, Accounting, Mathematics, Actuarial or a related field.

Professional qualifications such as ACI (ACI Financial Markets Association), FRM (Financial Risk Manager), or CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) or Actuarial certifications

Responsibilities

Market Risk Management

Maintain the Group Market Risk Management Framework and policies covering banking book and trading book exposures for the Bank and market/asset liability exposures for the Insurance Group.

Ensure alignment with:

o Basel III/IV market risk standards (Bank)

o IFRS 17 investment risk requirements (Insurance)

o Central bank and insurance regulatory guidelines

· Develop and oversee methodologies for:

o Value at Risk (VaR), Expected Shortfall (ES)

o Sensitivity analysis (PV01, DV01, FX & IR sensitivities)

o Interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB): EVE and NII sensitivity

o Equity and property investment risk (Insurance)

o Duration, convexity, and ALM mismatches

· Monitor compliance with market risk appetite and limits:

o FX position limits

o Interest rate risk limits

o Trading book VaR/ES limits

o Investment portfolio limits for Insurance entities

· Identify emerging market and liquidity risks: FX volatility, interest rate shocks, credit spread widening, equity downturns.

· Produce monthly and quarterly market risk reports for Group ALCO, Insurance investments committees and Board Risk Committee

Liquidity Risk Management

Maintain the Group Liquidity Risk Framework and policies, ensuring banking and insurance requirements are clearly differentiated.

Ensure alignment with:

o LCR, NSFR, ILAAP expectations (Bank)

o Liquidity coverage, stress scenarios, and cashflow matching per insurance regulations (Insurance)

Support Group wide liquidity stress testing across both the Bank and Insurance entities, incorporating:

o Market wide stress

o Name specific stress.

o Combined stress

o Large policyholders surrender risk (Insurance)

o Loss of wholesale funding (Bank)

ICAAP and Enterprise-wide Stress Testing

Support the ICAAP framework, calendar, and endtoend production across entities and the Group.

Align ICAAP with business plan, risk appetite, and recovery options, ensuring credible capital trajectories and buffers.

Coordinate crossfunctional contributions (Finance, Treasury, Credit, Market Risk, Model Risk, Strategy) and drive a strong use test (ICAAP informs decisions

Design and maintain a Group stress testing policy and methodology (topdown and bottomup), with severebutplausible scenarios.

Calibrate macro paths (GDP, inflation, rates, FX, unemployment) and satellite models linking macro factors to losses, NII/EVE, RWA, capital, liquidity, and earnings.

strategies and stakeholder needs.


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