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Direct employerRisk and Compliance Manager - Partnerships & Digital and Britam Connect

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Role overview
Britam is hiring a Risk and Compliance Manager to oversee risk and compliance for its Britam Connect, Partnerships & Digital Channels based in Nairobi. This role is suited for experienced professionals with a strong background in risk management, innovation governance, and insurance operations.
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What you will do
- Provide independent second-line risk and compliance oversight for the business unit.
- Build strong relationships with business leadership to integrate risk and compliance in decision-making and planning.
- Promote first-line ownership of regulatory compliance, financial crime, conduct risk, and data protection.
- Monitor and challenge the adequacy of risk management practices and internal controls.
- Coordinate regulatory inspections and ensure timely implementation of corrective actions.
- Support business decisions with risk insight, challenge, and analysis.
- Lead emerging risk management activities and provide specialist oversight of innovation risks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Finance, Business Administration, Technology, Economics or related field.
- Professional certification in Risk Management and Compliance such as FRM, IRM, PRM, CPA(K), CAMS, ICA or equivalent.
- Data Protection certification is an added advantage.
- 5 to 10 years' experience in risk management, innovation governance, transformation programmes, partnerships, digital businesses or financial services.
- Significant exposure to general or micro insurance operations.
- Strong understanding of underwriting, claims, reinsurance, pricing, and insurance risk management.
- Experience with emerging risks, innovation risk, partnership risk, digital business models, and transformation risk.
- Ability to support new product development, strategic initiatives, ecosystem partnerships, and innovation governance.
- Capability to perform scenario analysis and assess risks from emerging technologies and market developments.
- Experience providing risk oversight for transformation programmes and strategic change initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing and business partnering skills.
How to apply
Apply through the employer's official contact. The employer has not published a closing date.