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Principal Legal Counsel, Risk & Compliance (Expired)

Recruiter / Employer: KCB Bank Kenya
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Confidential
Status: Expired

Key Responsibilities

  • Legislation and regulation analysis (review and analysis, preparation of position statements, business advisory, compliance tracking). Consolidation of analysis of legislation and advisory statements (position statements and resultant action matrix).
  • Legal risk and compliance advisory (on business activities, projects, procedures and policies).
  • Overall management of risk related divisional activities (DORCCO, KRIs. RCSA. KCSA, Ethics Compliance, BIA, RVA, BCP & disaster recovery, audit tracker and crisis management).
  • Regulatory issues management (review and analysis and position statements on regulatory compliance – CBK, CMA, CA, IRA, RBA, CAK, KAMP, PRISK).
  • Intellectual Property (IP): register and maintain data/information on service marks, trademarks, logos for KCB Group. Handle disputes arising thereof (e.g. infringements of IP and/or Copyrights). Intellectual property registration and life cycle management.
  • Case law management (internal and external case law and legal opinions).
  • Policies, procedures and standards (including process flows, templates and forms) (creation, maintenance, versioning and retirement).
  • Management of authorities and authority limits (powers of attorney, authority limits sign off requirements, expenses, file processes and consent judgments).
  • Preparation and dissemination of practice notes, FAQs and training materials and guidelines.
  • Any other duties assigned.

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

  • Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution.
  • Diploma in Law.
  • Should be an advocate of the High Court.
  • 8 years post admission experience.
  • Experience in legal drafting, corporate and commercial law, dispute resolution and legal risk management.
  • Excellent communication and advocacy skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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