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Audit Manager
KCB Group
Job at a glance
- Employer
- KCB Group
- Position
- Audit Manager
- Location
- Kenya
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 4+ years total minimum
- Education
- Bachelor's degree required
- Salary
- Not stated in the advert
- Application deadline
- 6 November 2026
- Posted on VacancyKE
- 30 October 2026
VacancyKE summary
KCB Group is hiring an Audit Manager to lead risk-based internal audits and independent reviews of lending models. You will apply data science techniques to assess model governance, validate assumptions, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
What stands out about this opportunity
- Focuses on independent review of lending models
- Requires applying machine learning techniques to audit engagements
- Emphasizes assessing model risk governance and data lineage
Key responsibilities
- Develop risk-based audit plans aligned with Bank strategy and Internal Audit methodology
- Execute audits providing assurance on governance, risk management, and internal controls
- Independently review lending models for design, validation, performance, and fitness for use
- Assess model risk governance including inventory, ownership, approval, and change management
- Apply quantitative techniques like back-testing, benchmarking, and sensitivity analysis to challenge models
- Use advanced data analytics to interrogate datasets, identify anomalies, and enhance coverage
- Evaluate data adequacy, quality, completeness, accuracy, lineage, and relevant controls
- Communicate evidence-based findings translating complex modelling issues into clear risk implications
Who should apply?
This role suits experienced auditors or risk professionals with strong technical skills in data science and model validation within the banking sector.
Key requirements
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field
- CPA(K)/ACCA/CISA/CIA/FRM or equivalent
- Proficiency in SQL, R, Python
- 4+ years model validation experience
- 3+ years data analytics experience
- 3+ years banking/audit experience
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Statistics, Actuarial Science, Data Science, or MBA
How to apply
- Apply via the KCB Group Oracle Cloud careers portal link provided in the advert
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 10
• Determine the internal audit scope for assigned areas and develop risk-based audit plans aligned with the Bank's strategy, risk profile and Internal Audit methodology.
• Execute risk-based audits and provide independent assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls, including compliance with applicable policies, regulatory requirements and legislation.
• Perform independent reviews of lending models across the Bank, assessing model design and methodology, underlying assumptions, data, implementation, validation, performance monitoring and continued fitness for intended use.
• Assess the effectiveness of model risk governance, including model identification and inventory, ownership, development, independent validation, approval, implementation, change management, performance monitoring and management of model limitations.
• Apply appropriate quantitative and data science techniques to independently test and challenge models, including, where applicable, back-testing, benchmarking, sensitivity analysis, stability testing, calibration and model performance assessment.
• Apply advanced data analytics to audit engagements to interrogate large and complex datasets, identify anomalies and emerging risk patterns, assess control effectiveness and enhance audit coverage.
• Assess the adequacy of data used in models and key business processes, including data quality, completeness, accuracy, lineage and relevant data controls.
• Develop and communicate clear, evidence-based audit findings and recommendations, translating complex modelling and data-related matters into understandable risk and control implications for relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain effective stakeholder relationships and provide appropriate technical input and advisory support on risk management, internal controls, governance, model risk and data-related matters while safeguarding Internal Audit's independence.
• Stay abreast of emerging developments in banking, regulation, model risk, data science, artificial intelligence and internal audit, and contribute to the enhancement of Internal Audit's model-review and data-analytics capability.
MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
• Academic & Professional
Particulars
Detail
Specific Field or Qualification
Need Type [1]
Education
Bachelor’s degree
Business, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Data Science, Mathematics or equivalent combination of education and experience.
RQ
Professional Qualifications
Accounting, Finance, Internal Audit, Risk and Data science or related discipline qualifications e.g. CPA (K)/ ACCA/ CISA/ CIA/FRM or equivalent
AA
Master’s degree
Statistics / Actuarial Science/Data Science/MBA
AA
Proficiency
Tools, languages and techniques
SQL, R, Python, Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning Techniques.
RQ
• Experience
Total Minimum No of Years Experience Required
4
Detail
Minimum No of Years
Need Type
Hands-on lending model development, validation, independent model review or quantitative risk analytics.
4
ES
Relevant experience in audit.
2
DE
Data science/advanced analytics using Python, R, SQL, SAS or equivalent
3
ES
Banking/financial-services or auditing financial institutions experience
3
ES
Stakeholder Management
2
ES
[1] Need Types are : RQ = Required, AA = Added Advantage
[2] Need Types are: ES = Essential, DE = Desirable but not Essential
• Determine the internal audit scope for assigned areas and develop risk-based audit plans aligned with the Bank's strategy, risk profile and Internal Audit methodology.
• Execute risk-based audits and provide independent assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls, including compliance with applicable policies, regulatory requirements and legislation.
• Perform independent reviews of lending models across the Bank, assessing model design and methodology, underlying assumptions, data, implementation, validation, performance monitoring and continued fitness for intended use.
• Assess the effectiveness of model risk governance, including model identification and inventory, ownership, development, independent validation, approval, implementation, change management, performance monitoring and management of model limitations.
• Apply appropriate quantitative and data science techniques to independently test and challenge models, including, where applicable, back-testing, benchmarking, sensitivity analysis, stability testing, calibration and model performance assessment.
• Apply advanced data analytics to audit engagements to interrogate large and complex datasets, identify anomalies and emerging risk patterns, assess control effectiveness and enhance audit coverage.
• Assess the adequacy of data used in models and key business processes, including data quality, completeness, accuracy, lineage and relevant data controls.
• Develop and communicate clear, evidence-based audit findings and recommendations, translating complex modelling and data-related matters into understandable risk and control implications for relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain effective stakeholder relationships and provide appropriate technical input and advisory support on risk management, internal controls, governance, model risk and data-related matters while safeguarding Internal Audit's independence.
• Stay abreast of emerging developments in banking, regulation, model risk, data science, artificial intelligence and internal audit, and contribute to the enhancement of Internal Audit's model-review and data-analytics capability.
MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
• Academic & Professional
Particulars
Detail
Specific Field or Qualification
Need Type [1]
Education
Bachelor’s degree
Business, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Data Science, Mathematics or equivalent combination of education and experience.
RQ
Professional Qualifications
Accounting, Finance, Internal Audit, Risk and Data science or related discipline qualifications e.g. CPA (K)/ ACCA/ CISA/ CIA/FRM or equivalent
AA
Master’s degree
Statistics / Actuarial Science/Data Science/MBA
AA
Proficiency
Tools, languages and techniques
SQL, R, Python, Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning Techniques.
RQ
• Experience
Total Minimum No of Years Experience Required
4
Detail
Minimum No of Years
Need Type
Hands-on lending model development, validation, independent model review or quantitative risk analytics.
4
ES
Relevant experience in audit.
2
DE
Data science/advanced analytics using Python, R, SQL, SAS or equivalent
3
ES
Banking/financial-services or auditing financial institutions experience
3
ES
Stakeholder Management
2
ES
[1] Need Types are : RQ = Required, AA = Added Advantage
[2] Need Types are: ES = Essential, DE = Desirable but not Essential