Senior Manager- Regulatory Compliance

Key Accountabilities:

• Oversee implementation and alignment of the Regulatory Compliance and Conduct Programmes with regulatory expectations, internal frameworks, and Group standards.
  

• Support the translation of Regulatory Compliance and Conduct frameworks into consistent application across business units.
  

• Monitor and report current and proposed changes to legislative and regulatory environment that affect the Bank’s operations or strategic plans and conduct impact/gap assessments in conjunction with the appropriate areas of business.
  

• Provide technical interpretation of regulatory requirements, review and challenge regulatory change impact assessments and implementation approaches.
  

• Oversee the integrity, completeness, and effectiveness of the Regulatory Obligations Register, ensuring appropriate mapping of controls to objectives, in liaison with respective businesses/functions.
  

• Review and escalate material compliance breaches, policy exceptions, and risk tolerance breaches.
  

• Review and validate responses to regulatory requests, inspections, and submissions, while ensuring significant regulatory matters and sensitivities are escalated accordingly.
  

• Support coordination of the Bank’s Government and Regulatory Relationships strategy, strengthen regulatory relationships and regulatory intelligence.
  

• Produce timely and high-quality compliance dashboards, MI, and reporting outputs, ensuring highlights of material risks, insights and trends.
  

• Adopt and effectively use technology, including the Compliance Modules in GRC system to enhance the control environment and improve Compliance dashboards and reporting.
  

• Ensure consistency in methodologies, documentation, and outputs across the team.
  

• Develop and support the delivery of training on Regulatory and Conduct topics, to enhance Compliance and Conduct capability and culture.
  

• Act as a key point of contact for cross-functional Compliance and Conduct coordination.
  

• Support alignment between compliance, risk, and business units
  

Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in law, business, or a related field.
  

• Professional certifications such as Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP), ACAMs or equivalent.
  

• 8–12 years’ experience in regulatory compliance, risk, or internal audit in the financial services industry
  

• Strong background in compliance monitoring, regulatory advisory, and risk oversight
  

• Experience operating within a highly regulated financial environment
  

• Familiarity with CBK, FATF, Basel, and international best practices
  

Key Competencies and Skills

• Strong expertise in regulatory compliance frameworks and financial services regulation
  

• Ability to apply independent judgement and provide effective second-line challenge
  

• Strong analytical capability to identify thematic and systemic risks
  

• Leadership capability with focus on oversight, not execution
  

• Strong stakeholder management and escalation discipline
  

• High standards of documentation, governance, and control integrity