Risk and Compliance Manager, VisionFund Kenya

Overview

VisionFund Kenya Limited is a Christian Microfinance Institution founded by World Vision with the mission of empowering vulnerable children and communities through sustainable financial inclusion and economic empowerment solutions. We are committed to integrity, stewardship, innovation, and excellence in service delivery. www.visionfundkenya.co.ke.

The Risk & Compliance Manager will be responsible for establishing, implementing, and maintaining an effective Risk and Compliance Management Framework across VisionFund Kenya. The role will provide leadership in identifying, assessing, mitigating, monitoring, and reporting operational, credit, regulatory, fraud, and compliance risks while strengthening internal controls and promoting a strong risk culture across the institution.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Leading Operational and Credit Risk Management initiatives across branches and departments.
• Monitoring portfolio quality, operational losses, fraud risks, and internal control effectiveness.
• Developing and maintaining enterprise-wide Risk and Compliance frameworks aligned to regulatory and VisionFund International standards.
• Serving as the institution’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO).
• Coordinating compliance with AML/CFT requirements, Data Protection laws, Digital Credit Provider Regulations, and other statutory obligations.
• Preparing Risk & Compliance reports for Management, Board Committees, and regulators.
• Coordinating Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) activities.
• Driving institutional risk awareness, staff training, and compliance culture initiatives.
• Following up implementation and closure of audit and compliance recommendations.

Qualifications & Experience

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Law, or related field.
• Professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, CRMA, CAMS, or equivalent will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ relevant experience in Risk Management, Compliance, or Internal Audit within the Microfinance, Banking, SACCO, or Financial Services sector.
• Strong knowledge of Operational Risk, Credit Risk, AML/CFT, Internal Controls, and Regulatory Compliance.
• Excellent analytical, communication, report-writing, and stakeholder management skills.
• High integrity, professionalism, and attention to detail.

Competencies

The successful candidate should demonstrate:

• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across teams.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving capability.
• Accountability and results orientation.
• High ethical standards and sound judgment.

Culturally astute, respectful and tolerant, able to promote and support diversity in the workplace, and able to gain the trust and respect of peers.