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British - American is a leading financial services Group in the country offering a wide range of Insurance and Asset management services to individuals, small businesses, corporations and government entities.

British - American is a Global financial services company with offices in London, Mauritius, Malta, Uganda and Kenya.

The Group has a long-heritage, providing financial services since 1920. Companies within the group have been successful in providing investment products & services and are market leaders in their respective jurisdiction.

As part of our growth strategy and to strengthen the team to achieve ambitious performance objectives, the Company wishes to recruit an experienced and innovative individual to fill the following positions.

1. Manager Information Security and Compliance

Ref: BAG/ISC/2012

Job Purpose Summary

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the incumbent will be responsible for overseeing the operations of the enterprise’s security solutions through management of the organization’s security analysts and establishing an enterprise security stance through policy, architecture and training processes.

He/she will also be responsible for the design, implementation and management of information security policies, standards and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the enterprise’s security architecture design.
• Create and maintain the enterprise’s Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan
• Spearhead a compliance program to achieve legal obligations and business goals by prioritizing initiatives
• Assessing the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future technologies.
• Audit existing compliance practices across the organization; isolate potential risks or liabilities and develop mitigation plans.
• Develop and communicate policies, procedures, and plans to executive team, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders regarding Information security
• Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data residing on or transmitted to/from/through enterprise workstations, servers and other systems and in databases and other data repositories.

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Degree in Computer Science/Electrical Eng/Technology Management
• Knowledge in software, Hardware, Systems Administration, Network Technology
• Professional Information Security qualifications: CISSP/CISM/CISA
• Minimum of 5 years Information Security & Compliance experience in a large IT environment

2. Risk & Compliance Manager

Ref: BAG/RC/2012

Job Purpose Summary:

Reporting to the Group Finance Director (GFD), the position holder will take strategic management responsibility in facilitating the execution of the Risk Management processes and infrastructure as a key enabler to achieving the business objectives of the Group.

Further, the Risk Manager will be responsible for reviewing new processes and new products with the intention of ensuring that the accompanying risks are within the established ERM Framework and that business owners understand their contribution to the overall risk appetite of the Group.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning, designing and implementing an overall risk management process for the Group;
• Risk assessment, which involves analyzing risks as well as identifying, describing and estimating the risks affecting the business;
• Development of a comprehensive risk register which should be regularly updated
• Establishing the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework to guide the evaluation of each risk for its vulnerability and impact to the Group Risk reporting in an appropriate way for different audiences.
• The jobholder will ensure that there is an effective method for the monitoring and reporting of the status of all corporate risks to the Board Risk and Compliance Committee and the Board.
• Conducting audits of policy and compliance to standards, including liaison with internal and external auditors;

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience

• A numerate degree preferably in Actuarial Science, Risk Management, MBA, Economics or equivalent and 5-7 years of business experience
• A sound understanding of ERM principles and philosophy as they relate to insurance business
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent Report Writing skills
• Very strong analytical skills

3. Investor Relationship Manager

Ref: BAG/IR/2012

Job Purpose Summary:

Reporting to the Group Finance Director (GFD), the position holder will take strategic management responsibility for integrating the finance, communication and marketing functions to enable the most effective communication between the Company, its investors, the financial community and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Promoting the investors view of the company, analyzing and clearly presenting information about a company and its financial and non financial performance to potential shareholders.
• Help drive earnings reporting including logistics calls, creation of press releases, slides, scripts, Q&A, financial and operational schedules and follow-up calls with analysts and investors.
• Be responsible for services such as analyst meetings, investor meetings! calls and annual report development
• Provide support to the GFD on strategic, financial, competitive, and market study analyses including provision of regular competitive peer benchmarking by tracking and reporting comparative financial and operational metrics and highlighting relevant operational or market changes.
• Develop and nurture a program to identify and target L/T investors that align with management’s goal of achieving L/T profitable growth. Define and shape messaging with presentations, including determination, tracking, and promotion of relevant operational and financial metrics that demonstrate British-American’s strengths.
• Set and adhere to policies that comply with CMA regulatory disclosure rules, listing requirements, and other applicable regulations in as far as they are financial in nature.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience

• 5+ years of finance experience with 2+ years experience in managing investor relations.
• A business degree. An MBA will be an added advantage
• Very strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent Report Writing and Presentation skills

If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to hr@british-american.co.ke.

Hard copies will not be accepted.

Applications should be received not later than 22nd February 2012.

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