Internship | Job Vacancies at DIB Bank Kenya Ltd

Internship | Job Vacancies at DIB Bank Kenya Ltd

Senior Officer Client Acceptance at DIB Bank Kenya Limited

Job Purpose

Evaluate the client profile by conducting enhanced due diligence during client acceptance stage, trigger events and periodic reviews, to protect the Bank from any financial and regulatory implications. The role will primarily involve ensuring thorough customer acceptance checks and due diligence before onboarding increased risk clients in alignment with the Bank’s policies and POCAML regulations. This role includes conducting risk assessments to comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, resolving client business inquiries during onboarding, and coordinating with internal teams for smooth client onboarding by addressing any client-related issues proactively.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist team members in analyzing critical high-risk cases and support in liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure closure of transactions from enhanced due diligence perspective.
  • Performing customer acceptance checks to ensure all client documentation and due diligence meet the bank’s standards before account opening or onboarding of increased risk clients
  • Reviewing and advising on escalated cases by Unit Head / Business Head. Ensuring the timely blacklisting of rejected cases from Due Diligence perspective.
  • Maintaining MIS and registers of EDD cases and PEP portfolio of the Bank. Performing case management by ensuring all submitted requests to Compliance are timely addressed.
  • Filtering cases and instances raised by Business which do not fall under Compliance remit and provide due guidance to Business.
  • Providing Compliance advisory in conjunction with the Bank’s CDD Policy and Procedure to Business and Operations.
  • Assisting in creating management reports periodically. Assisting in timely and duly complying with CBK reporting requirements.
  • Conducting Compliance training sessions as per the annual training program as well as need basis.
  • Participating in periodic system reviews, implementation of new systems or redefining the controls in the existing ones.
  • Participating in Policy and Procedures review from Due Diligence perspective.
  • Conducting quality assurance checks on quarterly basis to ensure compliance operations are in line with approved internal policies, processes and guidelines.
  • Ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements such as AML and KYC policies and following up on any incomplete documentation with clear timelines for resolution.
  • Escalating suspicious activities or potential compliance breaches to appropriate authorities within the bank Maintaining accurate records of client acceptance activities and reporting to senior management on compliance and operational efficiency. Serving as a back-up to other staff assigned with equivalent roles.

Job Specification

  • Education Bachelor’s degree and professional qualification in Financial Crime Compliance field such as CAMS, ICA etc.
  • Work Experience Minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in Client due diligence Possess overall banking experience in financial products & processes such as General Operations, Branch Management.

Competencies    

  • Technical Analytical Ability Compliance Policy design and development Governance and Risk Management Sanctions Compliance Management Anti Money Laundering Risk Management

How to Apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to careers@dibkenya.co.ke by Wednesday, 11th March 2026 Quoting the Job Title as the Subject of the email application. 

Analyst – Transaction Monitoring at DIB Bank Kenya Limited

Job Purpose

The Analyst Transaction Monitoring will be primarily involved in detecting, investigating, and reporting suspicious financial transactions to prevent money laundering, terrorism financing, and other financial crimes. This role will be responsible for the Implementation/Tuning/Enhancement of detective controls for AML Transaction monitoring as well as assisting in developing preventive controls for mitigating risks as per Group/Regulatory policies and procedures. Additionally, he /she will safeguard the Bank by ensuring it does not become a conduit for illicit financial flows, thereby maintaining regulatory compliance and protecting the bank’s reputation.

Key Responsibilities

  • To conduct daily monitoring /review /analysis of alert generated/created on Transaction Monitoring System (TMS) to identify suspicious or unusual activities that may indicate financial crime risks such as money laundering, terrorism financing, proliferation financing or fraud etc.
  • Investigating alerts and discounting alerts based on available information in TMS system and extracting details from the bank’s other system to determine if transactions are suspicious and require escalation.
  • Analyzing and verifying incoming and outgoing payment transactions to ensure compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) laws, sanction regulations and fraud prevention.
  • Scrutinize payment transactions effectively before processing.
  • Screening payments against sanctions lists, embargo lists, politically exposed persons (PEP) lists, and internal blacklists to prevent transactions involving sanctioned or high-risk entities using specialized payment screening software tools designed for real-time or offline monitoring and alert management Collecting and validating transaction data, such as sender and receiver details, transaction amount, and geographic information, purpose of payment, underlying commercial activity to detect anomalies.
  • Prepare and submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) or Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in compliance with regulatory requirements. Conclude alert with justifiable rationale/comments as per prescribed procedures/checklist and maintain detailed documentation of investigations and findings.
  • Authenticating and verifying customer identities using Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures to confirm legitimacy of transaction parties
  • Proposing solutions and assisting in tuning and optimizing transaction monitoring rules and thresholds to minimize false positives and increase monitoring effectiveness.
  • Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of regulatory requirements and sanctions updates to ensure continuous compliance and minimize false positives Collaborate with internal teams like Risk, audit, and Operations to improve monitoring processes and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory standards.
  • Review and assist senior management to mitigate major Regulatory/Financial crime risks posed to the bank by identifying, analyzing and proposing the resolutions.
  • Perform assessments by comparing transaction data with customer profiles and previous activity to identify anomalies and new financial crime typologies and trends
  • Support regulatory audits and internal quality assurance reviews related to financial crime compliance
  • Documenting and reporting screening activities and decisions for audit trails, line manager verification, and regulatory reporting.
  • Collaborating with security and investigations unit, law enforcement and regulatory agencies as needed when suspicious or illegal activity is detected

Job Specification

  • Education Bachelor’s Degree in Business A Professional qualification in Audit and Compliance is desirable
  • Work Experience Possess overall banking experience with a minimum of 2 to 3 years in Transaction Monitoring and applicable systems.

Competencies Behavioural:

  • Think & Act Customer, Business & Strategic Acumen, Ownership & Accountability, Digital Mindset, Change & Innovation Agility, Plan & Execute to Excel, Ability to handle confidential information responsibly.
  • Core technical (knowledge and skills): Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations Experience with transaction monitoring and sanction screening systems Analytical Ability Compliance Policy design and development Governance and Risk Management Sanctions Compliance Management Sharia Principles Risk Management Data validation

How to Apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to careers@dibkenya.co.ke by Wednesday, 11th March 2026 Quoting the Job Title as the Subject of the email application. 

Analyst – Payments and Name Screening at DIB Bank Kenya Limited

Job Purpose

This role is to ensure that alerts generated against the Customers (ETB/NTB) and bank SWIFT/RTGS/EFT payments and messages (inward/outward) against the (local/international) sanctions lists, internal watchlists are reviewed. The role requires the alerts to be evaluated wherever a risk is identified.

Key Responsibilities

  • Investigating potential sanctions breaches and reporting findings to senior management and relevant regulatory bodies.
  • Conducting sanctions screening and analysis of customers, transactions, and third parties to detect potential sanctions risks or violations.
  • Analyzing and investigating the system and manual alerts and ensuring necessary actions are taken within the TAT.
  • Escalation of true matches to the line manager or team leader immediately, in line with the department standards.
  • Conducting regular reviews and enhanced due diligence of correspondent banks to identify and mitigate money laundering and terrorist financing risks.
  • Facilitating correspondence and responses on compliance matters with correspondent banks and regulators.
  • Annual review and monitoring of KYC documentation with correspondent banks and financial institutions, ensuring due diligence and compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies. Facilitating responses to AML and KYC queries from correspondent banks and counterparties to maintain clear compliance communication.
  • Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements such as POCAML-R, POT-R, OFAC, UN, UK & EU sanctions, and other relevant banking regulations.
  • Initiating RFIs, follow-up with the relevant business/RM and making sure all alerts are attended within the agreed TAT. Working with business units to resolve account opening issues and ensuring continuous CDD reviews and validations during customer onboarding and periodic reviews.
  • Highlighting issues during the day-to-day operations (i.e. system, documentation, etc.) as well as suggesting resolutions to the team lead;
  • Reviewing and implementing sanctions compliance policies and procedures tailored to the organization’s operations.
  • Reviewing and updating sanctions risk assessments regularly to identify and mitigate potential legal and financial risks.
  • Reviewing and updating internal blacklists on a daily / periodic basis in line with AML/CFT guidelines.
  • Completion of daily target assigned by the team lead without failure in timeliness and efficiency; Ensure compliance with the approved policies, procedures, SLAs and regulatory requirements to maintain quality standards and ensure risk mitigation.
  • Ensure all assigned tasks and projects are executed within the approved policies, procedures and SLAs of the department.
  • Collaborating with internal departments such as HR, risk management, credit and Operations teams to raise awareness and provide training on sanctions rules and changes in regulations.
  • Serving as a back-up to other staff members within name & transaction screening function.
  • Maintaining documentation and audit trails for compliance assurance verification and regulatory inspections.

Job Specification

Education 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business. A Professional qualification in Audit and Compliance is desirable
  • Work Experience Minimum 2-3 years’ work experience in Compliance and/or Compliance Operations/ Internal Controls

Competencies 

Behavioral:

  • Think & Act Customer, Business & Strategic Acumen, Ownership & Accountability, Digital Mindset, Change & Innovation Agility, Plan & Execute to Excel. Core technical (knowledge and skills): Analytical Ability Compliance Policy design and development Governance and Risk Management Sanctions Compliance Management Anti Money Laundering Risk Management

How to Apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to careers@dibkenya.co.ke by Wednesday, 11th March 2026 Quoting the Job Title as the Subject of the email application.

Dealer Foreign Exchange Sales at DIB Bank Kenya Limited

Dealer Foreign Exchange Sales

Job Purpose

Oversee the execution of the agreed Forex sales strategy covering customers across all segments and drive the Forex sales business to meet set targets, which includes income target, growth of client portfolios, management of margins and volumes as per the Bank’s policy, guidelines and limits.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the agreed forex sales strategies for existing and potential clients across the various segments in line with Bank policies. Ensure regular interaction with clients, quote competitive rates and ensure 90% retention of existing clients and attract new ones for repeat business as per the Bank’s clients acquisition strategy. Drive Treasury margins and volumes management for various client segments and carry out periodical business analysis to ensure sustained profitability and growth of business. Gathering and dissemination of market information and any business intelligence to both internal and external clients to proactively increase business and add value to clients’ dealings with the Bank. Proactively surpasses customers’ expectations, which should result in repeat business.
  • Track performance daily, monitor the booking of forex transactions into the Bank’s core banking system to ensure accuracy of the daily performance report for the sales unit, and monitor any trends or improvements needed with the Treasury team. Work closely with the Treasury back office and Finance departments to ensure accuracy of the MIS reports, that includes client’s data, business segments and use the same to proactively drive the Forex sales business.
  • Drive Segmented FX sales and provide custom-made solutions to specific clients in the various segments.
  • Make use of Telephone and physical customer calls to enable sales stimulation.
  • In liaison with other teams in the Bank, drive the marketing plans for Treasury business and ensure feedback received from clients is used internally to drive improvement as well as improvement of client loyalty due to better services.
  • Ensure constant liaison with other business units, arrange regular training on Treasury products, arrange joint business visits to the existing and potential clients, and grow business.
  • Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
  • The Job Holder Will Interact with: Risk Management and Finance: For adherence to risk management guidelines and the development of a daily performance dashboard and other reports.
  • Branches: To drive FX business through the branch network. Treasurer and other units within Treasury: For guidance and day-to-day coordination of treasury business.
  • Customers: For developing and maintaining profitable relationships
  • Regulators: For regulatory reporting, market developments, and improved relationships Inter-bank players: Build and maintain relationships for better prices, increased Treasury business and profitability.

Job Specification

  • Education    University graduate preferably in Mathematics, Economics or Business related.
  • Training / Skills    Conversant with MS Office, Financial Calculations and projections and ACI Dealing certification. Good presentation and negotiation skills.
  • Work Experience    Minimum 3 years in FX Sales as a Dealer in a busy Treasury department.
  • Competencies    Fully conversant with Reuters, Bloomberg and other financial systems; Central Bank guidelines; ALCO, Credit and Market Risk policies; reconciliation, and marketing skills. Understanding of Sharia’s principles and guidelines will be an added advantage.

How to Apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to careers@dibkenya.co.ke by Monday 9th March 2026 Quoting Job Title as the Subject of the email application. 

Senior Dealer Foreign Exchange Sales at DIB Bank Kenya Limited

Job Purpose

Oversee the execution of the agreed Forex sales strategy covering customers across all segments and drive the Forex sales business to meet set targets, which includes income target, growth of client portfolios, management of margins and volumes as per the Bank’s policy, guidelines and limits.

This role is primarily responsible for proactively meeting clients’ foreign exchange needs with existing forex products, including structuring solutions to both existing and potential clients to maximize income from forex solution sales.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the agreed forex sales strategies for existing and potential clients across the various segments in line with Bank policies. Ensure regular interaction with clients, quote competitive rates and ensure 90% retention of existing clients and attract new ones for repeat business as per the Bank’s clients acquisition strategy. Drive Treasury strategy towards margins and volumes management for various client segments and carry out periodical business analysis to ensure sustained profitability and growth of business. Take a leading role in gathering and dissemination of market information and any business intelligence to both internal and external clients to proactively increase business and add value to clients’ dealings with the Bank. Proactively surpasses customers’ expectations, which should result in repeat business.
  • Track performance daily, monitor the booking of forex transactions into the Bank’s core banking system to ensure accuracy of the daily performance report for the sales unit, and monitor any trends or improvements needed with the Treasury team. Work closely with the Treasury back office and Finance departments to ensure accuracy of the MIS reports, that includes client’s data, business segments and use the same to proactively drive the Forex sales business.
  • Drive Segmented FX sales and provide custom-made solutions to specific clients in the various segments.
  • Make use of Telephone and physical customer calls to enable sales stimulation. In liaison with other teams in the Bank, drive the marketing plans for Treasury business and ensure feedback received from clients is used internally to drive improvement as well as improvement of client loyalty due to better services.
  • Ensure constant liaison with other business units, arrange regular training on Treasury products, arrange joint business visits to the existing and potential clients, and grow business.
  • Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements daily. The Job Holder Will Interact with:
  • Risk Management and Finance: For adherence to risk management guidelines and the development of a daily performance dashboard and other reports.
  • Branches: To drive FX business through the branch network. Treasurer and other units within Treasury: For guidance and day-to-day coordination of treasury business.
  • Customers: For developing and maintaining profitable relationships Regulators: For regulatory reporting, market developments, and improved relationships Inter-bank players: Build and maintain relationships for better prices, increased Treasury business and profitability.

Job Specification

  • Education    University graduate preferably in Mathematics, Economics or Business related.
  • Training / Skills    Conversant with MS Office, Financial Calculations and projections and ACI Dealing certification. Good presentation and negotiation skills.
  • Work Experience    Minimum 7 years in a busy Treasury department of which 4 years and above should be in FX Sales Management role.
  • Competencies    Fully conversant with Reuters, Bloomberg and other financial systems; Central Bank guidelines; ALCO, Credit and Market Risk policies; reconciliation, and marketing skills. Understanding of Sharia’s principles and guidelines will be an added advantage

How to apply:

Please send your CV and cover letter to careers@dibkenya.co.ke by Monday, 9th March 2026 Quoting Job Title as the Subject of the email application. 

Manager – Information Systems Audit at DIB Bank Kenya Limited

Manager – Information Systems Audit

Job Purpose

Lead the execution of Information Systems Audit of the Bank’s IT infrastructure. Produce a balanced report highlighting the risk issues supplemented with practical recommendations. Keep track of the IT risks and controls process through desk monitoring. Perform routine and non-routine internal audits, investigations, procedures/ policies review, project participation and administrative assignments, and evaluation and reporting assignment results.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist HOD in preparing a comprehensive, long-range Audit Plan covering all the Audit activities, prioritizing the audit assignments based on a risk assessment, and scheduling follow-up activities, effectively and efficiently.
  • Performs a survey of functions and activities in assigned areas to determine the nature of IT operations and the adequacy of system controls based on risk assessment.
  • Develop audit programs to verify and ensure the organization complies with all the relevant laws and regulations.
  • Keep abreast of changes in relevant laws, regulations and industry best practices related to technology and information security.
  • Ensure that the bank’s technology practices align with these requirements.
  • Manage the audit resources in individual audit assignments to ensure that professional standards are maintained and execute all assigned audit steps within the approved time budget.
  • Oversee/conduct the technology audits assessing IT infrastructure, systems and processes, information security, data governance and technology risk management.
  • Examine and identify areas for improvement and determine the adequacy of the system of controls.
  • Evaluate and identify potential risks and vulnerabilities in the bank’s technology environment and provide recommendations to mitigate these risks.
  • Review the work performed and verify deliverables to ensure the audit objectives are achieved, and complete audit documentation as per the IA methodology.
  • Oversee preparation, review, and presentation of clear, concise, and insightful audit reports to senior management.
  • Coordinate with other audit executives to provide technological support to all integrated audits.
  • Maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Track the implementation of the audit recommendations, follow up with the auditee to get an update on the audit action plan and appraise the adequacy of corrective actions taken to mitigate the risks. Lead, coach, and develop audit team members assigned to technology-related audits to enhance their competencies and productivity.
  • Assist the Head of Internal Audit with the coordination of external audits and regulatory inspections related to the Bank’s information & technology systems. Participate in special investigations, ad hoc projects, and support broader internal audit initiatives as needed.
  • Provide input for the revision of audit programs/review approaches to achieve specific objectives in a more effective/efficient manner.
  • Maintain quality in carrying out audit assignments to ensure performance of all audits, at a high level of efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Cultivate a culture of learning and development; seek coaching and mentoring from team members to enhance skills and capabilities.
  • Drive the creation of excellence and high-performance organizational culture by embedding learning and creativity, to incorporate agility to accelerate transformation.
  • Advise management on new developments that affect the IT portfolio/controls and provide solutions proactively.
  • Communicate complex technical audit concepts clearly and concise manner to non-technical stakeholders. Leverage technology solutions, including A.I and foster innovation to enhance GIA efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Perform work in accordance with the charter, which is consistent with the Internal Audit Charter, which is consistent with the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS).

Job Specification

  • Education: Graduate in an IT-related field, including Computer Science + Professional Certificate such as CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, CIA, etc.
  • Training / Skills: Excellent analytical, report writing, and presentation skills. Proficiency in audit management software and data analytics tools is an advantage
  • Work Experience: Minimum 7 years of experience in Information Systems Audit, preferably three years in a banking environment
  • Competencies: Behavioral: Think & Act Customer, Business & Strategic Acumen, Ownership & Accountability, Change & Innovation Agility, Proactive and collaborative and a Digital Mindset.
  • Core technical (knowledge and skills): Principles of IT general and Application Controls, Bank’s IT Infrastructure, Information System Auditing, Information Security, Bank Operation/products and processes
  • Fundamentals of Islamic Banking Products is an added advantage

How to Apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to careers@dibkenya.co.ke by Thursday, 19th February 2025 Quoting Job Title as the Subject of the email application. 

Assistant Relationship Manager – Corporate & Commercial Banking (Nairobi and Mombasa) at DIB Bank Kenya Limited

DIB Bank Kenya Limited, is a fully owned subsidiary of Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC (AE). The Bank offers a comprehensive range of Islamic financial products and services with several attractive features based on a system of ethical banking principles for the benefit of all, irrespective of religion, creed, belief, or nationality. As a progressive Islamic Bank that embraces innovation and values creativity, we are seeking to recruit an agile and experienced professional for the below positions:

Job Purpose

The job holder will develop the sales plans in line with overall Corporate and Commercial Business Plans and manage different customers within the Corporate and Commercial Business segment. Additionally, he/she will ensure that product revenue and profitability targets are achieved / exceeded.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensuring that product revenue and profitability targets are achieved / exceeded by understanding the customer’s business and to anticipate the requirements through a consultative selling process.
  • Matching the customer’s needs with product capabilities through presentation of tailored demonstrations and proposals.
  • Negotiating/renegotiating terms and conditions with customers to maximize revenue and profitability.
  • To identify opportunities for cross selling and referrals to other Banking lines through developing a good understanding of client needs
  • Providing structured solutions to meet the specific cash management requirements of our customers and prospects.
  • Undertaking a disciplined product-oriented sales management process while monitoring, tracking, and reporting on sales activity on a periodic basis and to ensure action is taken to meet sales targets.
  • Assisting the product management and development in strategic product rollouts.
  • Support customers’ seeds, trends, and product/market intelligence for new product developments/enhancements, strengthening competitive position.
  • Facilitate customer service issues and ensure a high level of post sales service is always made available to the clients.
  • Any other duties may be assigned by the team leader from time to time.

Job Specification

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or related field from a recognized university.
  • Minimum of Five (5) Years Banking experience with at least 3 years in business development for Corporate/commercial segment.
  • Excellent financial acumen & analytical thinking skills
  • Excellent sales and marketing skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • In depth knowledge of commercial banking products
  • Excellent sales and marketing skills
  • Sharia Foundations & principles of Islamic finance will be an added advantage.

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Manager – Trade Finance at DIB Bank Kenya Ltd

Job Purpose

To increase Trade Finance incomes and business volumes through effective management of the trade finance customers while ensuring compliance with all internal procedures and operational controls across a spectrum of sectors

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the growth of Trade Finance incomes, business volumes and manage assigned portfolios, from the process of deal origination, structuring, credit approval, contracting and placement to ensure that the process is finalized within optimal time.
  • Developing the bank’s trade finance strategy, products and plans while continuously reviewing performance against targets. Prospect for new to bank clients in conjunction with Relationship Managers and offer innovative and customized solutions.
  • Marketing and selling trade finance products through branches and the commercial center.
  • Ensure strong cross-selling of existing and new products to existing and new clients; by providing technical product expertise and conducting joint calls, and in this process, maintain effective liaison with all relevant business units in the bank. Establish and maintain ties with market participants including international banks, financial institutions, trade finance intermediaries and corporates.
  • Organize/Participate in Trade Finance forums for customers both internal and external for establishing market presence with emphasis on broadening the scope of the Trade finance offering
  • Provide Client advisory services on Trade finance products, solutions, transactions and services to the relevant stakeholders across the Bank.
  • Monitoring the market, industry trends, competitors to collate information on trade finance trends for purposes of business acquisition, product development
  • Ensuring compliance with both internal and external regulatory requirements Initiate DIB group relationships in key markets hence driving Kenya’s import and export trade.
  • Market and grow Trade Finance business emanating from Financial Institutions in Kenya and the Region. Actively support product development and sales initiatives by Relationship Managers and Branch Managers to sustain the Banks market share in Trade finance business.
  • Ensure adherence to SLAs with relevant business units. Achieving and maintaining the position of leading Trade Finance Bank in Kenya among all banks through continuous innovation of new products as well as delivery of high-quality customer service.

Job Specification

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university
  • Training / Skills: Strong analytical and interpersonal skills In depth knowledge of trade finance, corporate banking products and DIB strategy & policies.
  • Work Experience: 5-6years of Commercial Banking experience, of which at least 4 years of Product Development in Trade Finance is a must.
  • Competencies: Effective leadership, decision-making and team building skills Ability to work in cross-cultural environment Strong analytical and interpersonal skills Strong knowledge of trade finance, local corporate banking market and vision about future direction and market sensitives

How to apply:

Send your CV and cover letter to careers@dibkenya.co.keby COB, Wednesday 28th January 2026 Quoting Manager Trade Finance as the Subject of the email application. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.

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