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About the employer

Join a bank with more than a century of history and a strong presence across local, regional, and international markets. The organization presents this role as part of an ongoing growth journey aimed at shaping the future of an African financial group.

A career here is positioned as an opportunity to grow with guidance, tools, and development support designed to help you unlock your potential and build your career path.

Role overview

The Financial Controller will lead the finance control and reporting function, ensuring strong accounting governance, accurate reporting, and effective team leadership. The role carries responsibility for the full integrity of financial control activities, including external financial statements, tax reporting, regulatory submissions, group reporting, and management and board performance reporting.

This position also serves as a technical authority on Central Bank regulations, IFRS/IAS, and group accounting policies, while ensuring that all accounting treatments comply with applicable standards and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities

Lead the finance control team, providing coaching, development, and clear communication across the function.
Oversee financial control and reporting activities in coordination with senior management and the African Region financial control team.
Ensure financial records and controls comply with group policies and relevant accounting standards.
Own the integrity of the financial control process, including statutory, regulatory, tax, group, and board reporting.
Serve as a subject matter expert on Central Bank regulations, IFRS/IAS, and finance policies.
Support the completion of statutory audits and regulatory examinations in a professional and timely way.
Drive cost control across the bank by reviewing and challenging business-as-usual and project spend with business partners.
Contribute finance input to business improvement and operational improvement initiatives.
Strengthen risk management, control, and compliance across the bank.
Play a key role in managing change arising from new projects and other programs affecting the bank.
Oversee subsidiary balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, identifying opportunities for improvement.
Maintain the bank’s creditors ledger.
Own general ledger control across the bank and improve reconciliation processes.
Review reconciliations completed by the Financial Control team.
Chair the Balance Sheet Review Committee and ensure it functions effectively.
Maintain accurate accounting records and support an effective month-end close.
Ensure all month-end reconciliations and balance sheet reviews are completed, with exceptions investigated and escalated appropriately.
Approve new Flex accounts and confirm correct mapping in TM1 and SAP.
Prepare for audits and manage closure of audit findings, including action plans and escalation to ARO where needed.
Own regulatory reporting to the Central Bank of Kenya, including review and approval of schedules before submission.
Deliver quarterly, half-year, and full-year statutory reporting, including newspaper publications.
Ensure compliance with IFRS, group accounting policies, regulatory guidelines, and reporting procedures.
Maintain strong working relationships with the Central Bank and stay aligned to regulatory direction.
Ensure board papers, including subsidiary board committee papers, are prepared, reviewed, and submitted on time.
Set timelines and coordinate auditor requests for both internal and external audits.
Ensure the fixed asset register is maintained accurately to support depreciation calculation, movement tracking, and monitoring.
Manage relationships with external auditors and internal audit.
Maintain active engagement with the Central Bank, tax authorities, and other relevant regulators.
Align with the Head of Financial Control for the African Group and support group-level financial control objectives.
Manage relationships with functional heads across the bank.
Understand and apply the policies and standards relevant to the role.
Identify, manage, and report risks and risk events in line with the Group Risk and Control Framework.
Communicate policy requirements and control expectations to relevant colleagues.
Provide proactive oversight of risk performance and control effectiveness for principal risks.
Maintain procedures for monitoring policy compliance and required controls.
Follow group processes for waivers, dispensations, and breach notifications.
Provide leadership, line management, coaching, and training across finance.
Support other areas of the bank so they have enough financial understanding to assist the Financial Control function.
Contribute as a senior leadership team member and support colleagues in achieving shared goals.
Continue personal development to improve effectiveness in the role.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.
ICPAK accreditation.
Strong knowledge of banking products and services, with the ability to determine the correct accounting treatment.
Understanding of the bank’s strategic objectives and systems.
Substantial practical experience in a senior finance role.
Experience preparing management reports within a financial institution.
Proven ability to manage, motivate, and develop teams while working effectively with others.
Hands-on technical and practical capability in financial control.
Familiarity with the bank’s procedures and processes.
Current knowledge of VAT, withholding tax, and income tax.
Postgraduate degree and professional qualification in Financial Sciences are required.

Additional information

The employer is an equal opportunity and affirmative action organization. Preference may be given to suitable candidates from designated groups in line with workforce representation and diversity objectives.

Application deadline: 7 July 2026.

Education

Postgraduate Degrees and Professional Qualifications in Financial Sciences are required, along with a bachelor’s degree and ICPAK accreditation.

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