Jobs Opportunities at KPMG

Key roles and responsibilities

• Support the Bank’s profitability and efficient debt recovery by aiding legal processes, negotiating with debtors, reviewing securities, managing legal costs, and expediting court case resolutions.
• Drive customer satisfaction by adhering to Service Level Agreements, provide timely feedback, and ensure compliance with consumer data protection principles.
• Review and draft security agreements and contracts, negotiate terms, ensure legal compliance, and regularly update standard documents/forms to meet regulations.
• Provide concise, practical legal solutions for all Bank business and support units involved in contracting.
• Implement contract registers and trackers to monitor and manage all bank contracts, ensuring timely updates.
• Oversee the timely and accurate perfection of Bank securities by coordinating with stakeholders, reviewing drafted documents, ensuring proper execution, and confirming registration for perfection.
• Provide concise and timely legal advice to all departments as needed, ensuring compliance with the Legal Risk Policy and promoting optimal performance.
• Review and outsource disputes, monitoring for best representation, and periodically report credit and non-credit litigation matters to management and the Board.
• Supervise litigation matters for and against the Bank, implementing procedures to track court cases, notify Bank representatives, and manage external legal service providers with ethical standards.
• Advise the Board and senior management on compliance laws, rules, and standards, ensuring they stay informed about new policies, and prepare Monthly Compliance Status reports for relevant committees and regulators.
• Coordinate Board and Committee meetings, including agenda preparation, in collaboration with the Chairman and Committee Chairpersons.
• Define, implement, and manage risk-based Compliance and AML programs, including developing and reviewing the Bank’s Compliance Strategy, Compliance Policy, and AML Policy.
• Develop and maintain a robust compliance tracking system for legal, regulatory, and policy parameters, promptly escalating exceptions and ensure timely compliance reporting, including Suspicious Transactions & Activities, in accordance with AML and KYC.
• Oversee corporate governance, including board meetings, statutory records, and regulatory compliance, ensure adherence to legal requirements and maintain statutory books and registers.
• Prepare a work plan outlining activities for each financial year and coordinate the annual board evaluation process.
• Develop, implement, and review appropriate legal and compliance structure to manage the Bank’s risks while training staff on legal and compliance obligations.
• File all statutory returns and maintain registers as required by the Companies Act, 2012, or other applicable laws and regulations.
• Lead in coaching, mentoring, talent management, succession planning, and resource retention for the Business Development teams.

Academic/Professional Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a recognized university. A Master’s degree in Law (LLM) is highly desirable.
• A Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
• Practicing law in Rwanda
• Admission to the bar in Rwanda or another relevant jurisdiction.
• Certifications in corporate governance or company secretarial practices (e.g, ICSA) are an added advantage.
• Minimum of 10 years relevant professional experience in legal practice in banking/financial services industry, with sound exposure to credit or lending and debt recovery.
• At least 5 years’ experience in Compliance Risk management and company secretarial practice within a corporate legal department or a reputable law firm.
• Proven experience in corporate governance as a company secretary, managing board processes, and implementing AML and KYC compliance frameworks, preferably in the banking industry.

Apply Here > Head of Legal Services and Company Secretary

Deadline: 10 June 2024.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Oversee the identification, assessment, and mitigation of credit risks across the bank’s portfolio.
• Ensure credit policies and procedures are robust, align with regulatory requirements, and support the organization’s strategic objectives.
• Maintain quality of the credit portfolio, optimize risk-reward balance, and foster a culture of prudent risk management.
• Minimize risks in Portfolio Management by prudent lending, monitoring financial metrics (PAR, NPL, Provisions ) and regularly reviewing loan book performance indicators to identify concerns from credit decisions.
• Ensure implementation and compliance of the consumer data protection principles in the bank.
• Ensure customer satisfaction through prompt service delivery and effective communication, adhering to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Turnaround Time (TAT) standards for business credit applications.
• Periodically review the credit certification program content for relevance, provide stakeholder training, and track exceptions to ensure compliance with approved standards.
• Ensure necessary controls are in place to address the risks encountered during the credit life cycle from origination, evaluation, documentation, account management and collections, by conducting periodic quality sample checks.
• Ensure all Regulatory and Compliance issues are tracked and closed on time for the unit.
• Contribute insetting the risk appetite and ensure exceptions are reviewed and tracked to ensure they are operating within approved standards.
• Track all credit related projects and work with internal and external resources to ensure timely delivery.
• Ensure monthly reports are presented at required forums and committees, and approvals are obtained from the appropriate sanctioning body.
• Play a leading role in coaching, mentoring and developing their teams take responsibility in talent management and succession for the business development teams.
• Ensure periodic monitoring and regular review of credit modelling tools i.e.score cards, Risk Acceptance Criteria to address any emergent issues and potential risk.
• Review new Credit products and ensure monitoring and review of existing credit products performance is periodically conducted and any emergent issues and potential risks are addressed.

Academic/Professional Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business administration, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• At least 10 years’ experience in Banking, 5 of which should have been in a senior management capacity in a similar role, and in a similar sized organization.
• Professional certifications such as CFA, FRM, or equivalent are highly desirable.
• Seasoned banker, proficient with depth of experience in areas of expertise, management and leadership. Ability to adapt to and work in different jurisdictions. Contributes to policy development for the banking industry within country.
• Strong understanding of credit risk principles, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Ability to Identify and interpret risks related to sector, industry and business dynamics and the influence of macroeconomic, market-driven, competitive, and strategic influences on current and future industry and business risks.
• Proficient in risk management software with a proven track record of implementing effective credit risk strategies.
• Have political intelligence to navigate a way through diverse stakeholders’ agendas and the resilience to sustain high performance under continued pressure and adversity.

Apply Here > Head of Credit Risk Management

Deadline: 10 June 2024.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Taking ownership for the engagement from start to finish – initiating action, anticipating requirements and facilitating discussions, using proficiency in ISAs, KAEG, KCW and local accounting standards.
• Maintaining a relentless focus on quality and strive to uphold the highest professional standards and levels of objectivity, independence, ethics and integrity within our system of quality management and be as transparent as possible with colleagues and clients to help deliver exceptional services.
• Supporting the Audit business development activities including strategy, opportunity tracking, proposal writing, lessons learning and thought leadership.
• Building strong working relationships and interactions with clients to ensure continuous efficient information flow from the client to the audit team.
• Continuously building confidence in dealing with clients and gain deeper knowledge on tasks in preparation for more complex engagements and client relationship building for client retention and growth.
• Identifying early warning signals and communicating challenges and possible solutions, as well as potential opportunities, to their senior manager/associate director/partner.
• Actively and quickly develop technical skills through on the job learning and through formal training. This includes taking ownership of own professional and career development, demonstrating learning agility and challenging oneself and others to improve.
• Demonstrating exemplary project management skills. This includes focusing on engagement economics management including tracking of budgeted time, prepared by the client lists (PBCs) and preparing billing analyses for review and action by more senior team members.
• Providing regular project status updates against key performance indicators.
• Strengthening critical thinking and professional judgment skills including improving technical research skills as well as oral and written communication skills.
• Developing strong business acumen and industry knowledge to demonstrate value-add client service.
• Demonstrating capacity and capability for continuous learning including actively seeking specific feedback from peers and managers and providing constructive, honest and timely feedback to team members working under you.
• Maintaining compliance with all firm policies and procedures.

Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience:

• An undergraduate degree from a recognized university.
• Must be a Chartered Certified Accountant.
• 8 years’ experience in a professional accounting firm in accounting and/or auditing field with at least 1 year in a managerial position.
• Strong understanding and experience with IFRS, International Standards on Auditing, and other assurance based reporting standards.
• Audit knowledge of working with major donors e.g. USAID, CDC, DANIDA, SIDA, EU, SDC etc
• Understanding and knowledge of testing both internal control tests of designs and internal control tests of effectiveness.
• Experience in providing technical advisory services to audit engagement teams or clients
• Compliant with KPMG Code of Conduct and all Firm and professional requirements.

Apply Here > Audit Manager

Deadline: 30 June 2024.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Taking ownership for the engagement from start to finish – initiating action, anticipating requirements and facilitating discussions, using proficiency in ISAs, KAEG, KCW and local accounting standards.
• Maintaining a relentless focus on quality and strive to uphold the highest professional standards and levels of objectivity, independence, ethics and integrity within our system of quality management and be as transparent as possible with colleagues and clients to help deliver exceptional services.
• Supporting the Audit business development activities including strategy, opportunity tracking, proposal writing, lessons learning and thought leadership.
• Building strong working relationships and interactions with clients to ensure continuous efficient information flow from the client to the audit team.
• Continuously building confidence in dealing with clients and gain deeper knowledge on tasks in preparation for more complex engagements and client relationship building for client retention and growth.
• Identifying early warning signals and communicating challenges and possible solutions, as well as potential opportunities, to their senior manager/associate director/partner.
• Actively and quickly develop technical skills through on the job learning and through formal training. This includes taking ownership of own professional and career development, demonstrating learning agility and challenging oneself and others to improve.
• Demonstrating exemplary project management skills. This includes focusing on engagement economics management including tracking of budgeted time, prepared by the client lists (PBCs) and preparing billing analyses for review and action by more senior team members.
• Providing regular project status updates against key performance indicators.
• Strengthening critical thinking and professional judgment skills including improving technical research skills as well as oral and written communication skills.
• Developing strong business acumen and industry knowledge to demonstrate value-add client service.
• Demonstrating capacity and capability for continuous learning including actively seeking specific feedback from peers and managers and providing constructive, honest and timely feedback to team members working under you.
• Maintaining compliance with all firm policies and procedures.

Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience:

• An undergraduate degree from a recognized university.
• Must be a Chartered Certified Accountant.
• 8 years’ experience in a professional accounting firm in accounting and/or auditing field with at least 1 year in a managerial position.
• Strong understanding and experience with IFRS, International Standards on Auditing, and other assurance based reporting standards.
• Understanding and knowledge of testing both internal control tests of designs and internal control tests of effectiveness.
• Experience in providing technical advisory services to audit engagement teams or clients
• Compliant with KPMG Code of Conduct and all Firm and professional requirements.

Deadline: 30 June 2024.