Manager – Transaction Monitoring

About the role

Equity Bank Kenya is looking for a Manager – Transaction Monitoring to assess and strengthen the effectiveness of its risk-based AML/CFT/CPF transaction monitoring coverage, detection scenarios and alert handling standards. The role covers monitoring performance, scenario tuning and validation, data completeness, alert investigation quality and timely escalation of suspicious activity to the MLRO.

Key responsibilities

• Assess risk-based monitoring coverage across customer segments, channels, products and geographies, and maintain the scenario inventory.
• Analyse alerts, false positives and investigation outcomes, and coordinate scenario tuning, testing and validation.
• Monitor investigation quality, SLA adherence, ageing, overdue cases and backlogs, and challenge First Line deficiencies.
• Provide technical support on complex cases and ensure timely escalation to the MLRO, while maintaining confidentiality and preventing tipping off.
• Review data feeds, reconciliations, interface exceptions and system changes, support UAT and migration, and prepare monitoring MI and dashboards.
• Supervise and coach specialists, support regulatory inspections and audits, and prepare committee inputs on detection effectiveness and remediation.

Required profile

• Minimum 7 years' experience in AML/CFT/CPF, transaction monitoring, financial crime investigations, risk or internal audit within financial services.
• At least 3 years in a supervisory or senior specialist role, with experience in scenario tuning, alert QA and monitoring MI.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, banking, commerce, accounting, economics, information systems, data science or a related field; Master's degree and professional certifications (e.g. CAMS, ICA, CFE, CPA(K)) are an added advantage.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of AML/CFT/CPF laws, CBK Prudential Guidelines and FATF Standards.
• Expertise in transaction monitoring systems, detection scenarios, tuning and alert management.
• Working knowledge of SQL or similar tools is an added advantage.
• Clear MI preparation, report writing and stakeholder engagement skills.