The role holder is responsible for the management of Securities Transfer, Collateral Management and Securities system management units. She/He will also be responsible for trade matching, trade substitution, trade allocation, system administration and reporting among other responsibilities to ensure the Section meets its functional responsibilities and makes these contributions effectively and efficiently.

Roles and Responsibilities
1. Contributes as appropriate to the implementation of the Department’s strategy to support the overall achievement of the Bank’s strategic objective.
2. Works effectively as part of the team to deliver on the Key Result Areas and demonstrates competencies of his/her role.
3. Responsible for the efficient and effective operations of Securities transfer Unit, Collateral management Unit and DhowCSD system Administration Unit.
4. Responsible for the overall planning, organizing, supervising, and coordinating activities and Resources in the assigned section.
5. Responsible for outright buy/sell, over the counter (OTC) / Repos and Free of Payments transfers.
6. Responsible for overseeing the effective and efficient processing of Government Securities’ (GS) transfers.
7. Responsible for trade matching including Automated Trading System (ATS)/OTC buy/sells, liens and repos, trade substitution including confirmation with new settlement parties, trade allocation including Free of Payment transfers, reorganization of trades to eligible client sub-accounts.
8. Responsible for providing a periodic comprehensive report on management of government securities.
9. Oversee and advise the Department on Government Securities transfers.
10. Planning, organizing, integrating, supervising, and coordinating activities and resources relating to management of Government Securities transfers.
11. Provide information to CBK management, Internal and external stakeholders, justifications on opinions, advice, and perspectives.
12. Manage high value transactions, reporting and risk exposures such as frauds, default risk, settlement risk, financial risk, reputation/image risk, information risk among others.
13. Monitor progress on follow up by officers in the GS Transfer section on investor’s queries on secondary trading activities and consult, make decisions on challenging cases on secondary trading instructions from investors.
14. Review the Section’s operational manual whenever there is change in the operational procedure(s) and review and monitor risk indicators in the section.


System roles and responsibilities
1. Supervision of the team responsible for DhowCSD system administration.
2. Collaborate with the relevant stakeholders to ensure system availability, adherence to daily timetable and related activities.
3. Responsible for overseeing the process for onboarding system users, disabling users, management of contact groups on the DhowCSD system and review system rights regularly within the Bank guidelines in collaboration with Risk and Audit functions.
4. Responsible for overseeing the process for disabling system users once approvals are granted.
5. Manage the DhowCSD system window extensions.
6. Responsible for overseeing the process for client management and query resolutions with regards to the DhowCSD system and related processes.
7. Responsible for training/capacity building for users and ensure users are well equipped to support stakeholders.
8. Manage the issuance and renewal of tokens and certificates.
9. Oversee the administration of communications platforms with regards to the DhowCSD system.
10. Conduct regular engagements with the system users for feedback and possible system improvements.
11. Responsible for vendor management and billing review.
12. Mentor, coach, provide support assigned teams to achieve high staff productivity and objectives for the section.
13. Oversee staff training, capacity building succession planning in the section for staff development and business continuity.
14. Any other assigned duties and responsibilities.

1. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics, Insurance, Finance, or related field from a recognized university.
2. Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Banking, Business Administration, or similar field from a recognized university is an added advantage.
3. Professional qualification in a Business or a Technology related field is an added advantage.

1. At least eight (8) years’ work experience in a financial Markets related field with three (3) of which should be at a managerial level.
2. Strong operational knowledge on DhowCSD system.

Technical Competencies

Knowledge and understanding of:
1. Experience and understanding on the areas listed below:
2. Money and Capital markets.
3. Financial Derivatives.
4. Interest rates and pricing.
5. Knowledge in the Financial Market environment.
6. Experience in Financial engineering.
7. Domestic government debt strategies.
8. Experience in Investor relations (wholesale and retail).
9. Experience in Fundamental analysis.
10. Experience in Technical analysis.
11. Experience in Pricing and evaluation.
12. Accounting and taxation implications.
13. Knowledge in the Public Financial Management Act and related legislations.
14. Experience in Strategic Planning.
15. Experience in Budgeting and Planning.
16. Project Management experience.
17. Experience with managing Stakeholders at different levels, external and internal.

General Business Competencies
1. Strategic thinking - Display the ability to think strategically and holistically and to appreciate the systemic impact of various policies, issues, and solutions in the Bank.
2. Planning and organization - Effectively use diverse talents, technology, and resources to deliver within agreed parameters.
3. Organization, Market & regulatory knowledge - Ability to research on industry trends, anticipate issues, critique and identify improvement opportunities within the industry and propose new initiatives for CBK.
4. Quality orientation - Seek out opportunities to improve processes, outcomes, and products within the function.
5. Communication & information sharing – Good communication skills. Convey complex issues clearly and credibly with varied audiences. Identify and demonstrate understanding of the mindsets, values, cultural differences, and roles of individuals.
6. Stakeholder and conflict management - Cultivate and manage a range of relationships and key strategic alliances with internal and external stakeholders to ensure assignments, projects and programmes will deliver the agreed objectives.
7. Project management – Ability to establish the organizational structure and coordinating mechanisms (e.g., steering group/project team), for a complex project or programme.


Behavioral Competencies
1. Leadership - Ability to motivate, influence and staff to act towards achieving a common goal. Create and articulate a vision, inspiring others to work towards achieving the vision and providing developmental and stretching opportunities to staff - in line with skills, abilities, and experience.
2. Decision Making - Ability to go through a thought process of selecting the logical choice out of a set of options within a reasonable amount of time.
3. Professionalism, work ethic & integrity - Ability to convey the level of excellence and competence that is expected. Define, communicate, and consistently exemplify the Bank’s values and ethics.
4. Collaboration and teamwork - Ability to work collaboratively within a group of people to achieve a common goal.
5. Accountability and professional development - Lead initiative/s or action/s towards the achievement of the department/Company-wide goals/ mission.
6. Creativity and innovation - Promote an environment that encourages creative thinking, and innovation within the ambits of existing rules/guidelines.
7. Digital mind-set - Ability to recognize the importance and impact of technology on the ways of working and integrate technology in the day-to-day job to achieve efficiency, quality and productivity in the function.
8. Risk awareness and focus - Ability to the forecast and evaluate of all forms of risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize their impact.
9. Customer focus - Establish service standards and develop strategies to ensure that the same are met.
10. Emotional Intelligence manages emotions in a mature and composed manner as expected of a leader.
11. Highly analytical and ability to challenge status quo based on quantitative facts and impacts.

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