Join Equity Bank — Where Innovation Meets Opportunity
Equity Bank is calling Kenya’s brightest professionals to join us in delivering groundbreaking solutions and resilient services across risk, technology, compliance, operations, and more. With an expansive presence across East Africa, we’re a financial powerhouse committed to fostering inclusive growth, technological agility, and operational excellence.
Below are several exciting opportunities currently open in Kenya. Each role contributes to our core mission—transforming lives and livelihoods through modern, accessible banking services. Review the details and apply before the listed closing dates.
1. Risk Manager: Enterprise Risk
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Lead the development and execution of enterprise-wide risk frameworks. Identify, assess, and mitigate key risks to protect the bank’s strategy and operations. Collaborate across business units to embed a proactive risk culture and ensure solid governance and controls.
2. IT Risk Manager – Risk
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description (based on similar roles):
Oversee identification, evaluation, and mitigation of technology-related risks. Establish IT risk assessments, monitor risk treatment plans, and ensure alignment with IT governance standards. Partner with cybersecurity, internal audit, and compliance functions to embed robust risk controls. Opportunities for Young Kenyans
3. Information Risk Manager
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Design and implement strategies to manage information risk across the bank. Oversee data protection controls, policy enforcement, training initiatives, and ensure compliance with internal policies and legal frameworks. Opportunities for Young Kenyans
4. Cybersecurity Risk & Red Team Specialist
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Execute simulated cyber-attack scenarios to uncover vulnerabilities and elevate the bank’s defense posture. Lead red team operations across web, mobile, cloud, and infrastructure, including social engineering and APT-style testing. Provide thorough risk assessments and detailed, stakeholder-ready reports. Opportunities for Young KenyansCorporate Staffing Services
5. Compliance Manager
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Ensure institutional adherence to regulatory frameworks and internal policies. Monitor compliance, lead corrective initiatives where needed, and foster a culture of integrity and accountability across operations.
6. Compliance Analyst
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Support the compliance function through monitoring procedures, carrying out control testing, documenting findings, and coordinating corrective follow-up with relevant stakeholders.
7. Group Supply Chain Process Excellence Manager
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Drive supply-chain process optimization across the group. Identify inefficiencies, introduce improvement initiatives, and ensure consistent standards of operational excellence and cost-effectiveness.
8. Business Origination Manager – Food & Agriculture Sector
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Source, develop, and manage new business opportunities within the food and agricultural sector. Build relationships with key stakeholders, tailor financial solutions, and drive sector-specific growth.
9. Group Supply Chain Quality Assurance and Integrity Manager
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Oversee quality and integrity in supply-chain operations. Implement QA protocols, enforce supplier compliance standards, and ensure transparency and trust across the procurement lifecycle.
10. Finacle Core Banking System Developer
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Design, customize, and maintain Finacle core banking modules. Collaborate with IT and business teams to deliver functional enhancements, resolve defects, and support seamless banking operations.
11. Sector Specialist, Livestock
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Provide specialized expertise in livestock sector financing. Assess client needs, tailor agricultural financing solutions, and support sector stakeholders with industry-specific insights.
12. Sector Specialist, Agriculture Mechanization
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Focus on financing and advisory services for agricultural mechanization. Analyze market needs, structure financial products, and support clients with mechanization strategies.
13. Senior Technology Risk Manager
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Guide technology risk management at a senior level. Establish strategic risk frameworks, oversee assessment and remediation efforts, and communicate key risk exposures to executive leadership.
14. Senior Manager – Technology Risk
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Lead technology risk initiatives including risk identification, mitigation implementation, and monitoring. Ensure effective governance around tech risk in alignment with business objectives.
15. Head – Technology, Information and Cybersecurity Risk & Governance
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Provide strategic oversight of tech, information, and cybersecurity risk. Shape policies, governance structures, and frameworks across the enterprise. Engage board-level stakeholders to drive cyber resilience.
16. Regional Relationship Manager – Bancassurance (Nairobi East)
Location: Multiple Locations Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Manage bancassurance relationships in Nairobi East. Cultivate partnerships, coordinate product distribution, and ensure delivery of insurance solutions through bank channels.
17. Growth Campaign Manager – Finserve
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Plan and execute consumer growth campaigns for Finserve products. Use marketing strategies, analytics, and cross-channel engagement to drive usage, retention, and acquisition.
18. Assistant Manager Livestock Husbandry & Monitoring
Location: Kenya Closing Date: August 22, 2025
Job Description:
Support livestock husbandry programs and monitor animal health and productivity. Liaise with field agents and stakeholders to drive sectoral financing impact.
