Financial Institution Security and Investigations Manager Job in Kenya

A leading Kenyan Financial Institution is seeking to recruit highly competent and focused individuals for the following position:

Security and Investigations Manager

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, his/her duties will be to:

• Undertake periodic fraud risk assessments together with the Risk and Compliance Manager.
• Develop, review and implement the Organization’s fraud policy.
• Record all fraud cases reported.
• Investigate all reported and / or suspected fraud and misdemeanor cases.
• Implement fraud prevention / detection processes and systems.
• Record and report fraud detection and prevention rates verses actual frauds committed.
• Report fraud losses and recovery periodically.
• Review all new products for fraud risk.
• Conduct ongoing reviews of control processes to ensure limited fraud occurrences.
• Refer detected fraud cases for investigation, manage recoveries and provide root cause analysis back to the business with remedial recommendations.
• Conduct security audits of all Organization buildings, operations and processes, whether owned or hired, to determine the level of security risks and advice on the adequacy or otherwise and the appropriated action/measure to be instituted.
• Manage the overall day to day supervision of the contracted security staff to ensure efficient and effective provision of services.
• Maintain constant contact with the security agents, experts and service providers for the intelligence information on security matters of the Organization.
• Develop, review and implement Organization’s Security Policy and ensure compliance.
• Detect security infringements and ensure all security loop holes are closed.
• Quarterly routine security inspections of head office, all Branches.
• Random security inspections to ensure compliance.
• Organize fraud induction and fraud awareness training for employees in line with the Fraud Policy.
• Training of all staff on relevant security matters.
• Provide periodic security awareness training for all tenants.
• Provide ongoing security advice to management, staff, tenants, landlords and other business partners.
• Advise the management on the appropriate security procedures, controls, technologies and infrastructure to be acquired to enhance the security of the Organization.
• Ensure that all members with fraud issues or concerns are accorded excellent customer service with all reported fraud cases investigated to completion and closed.
• Ensure that internal and external customers are accorded excellent customer service that is responsive and meet their needs and expectations by both the internal and the contracted security teams.
• Ensure compliance with the security policies and guidelines of the Organization
• Liaise with external service providers to ensure that security standards are compliant with existing regulatory instruments and standards
• Ensure compliance with the statutory security reports and returns.
• Lead the Security section team members to deliver all planned and agreed section and individual performance targets to ensure that the section is efficient and value adding to the Organization.
• Coordinate and supervise the day to day running of the section to ensure effective and efficient security service delivery.
• Advice the Head of Operations on the security policies and on how best to implement them to meet the security needs of the Organization.
• Lead the Organization’s HODs to combat fraud on an on-going basis.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a BA degree in Criminology or Forensic Science or a related discipline/study.
• Professional certification in CFAP (Certified Forensic Accounting Professional); CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor); CEE (Certified Fraud Examiner),CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) or related field.

Previous relevant work experience required

• Must have worked within the investigation department of a financial institution, a civilian security-related organization in a managerial investigative capacity for not less than 5 years or in the National security intelligence Services for at least 5 years at a senior level

How to Apply

Applications for the above vacancies should be received on or before 4th August 2014 through the following address:

DN.A/1695

P.O Box 49010-00100

GPO Nairobi

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.