Benefits Manager
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Equity Bank Kenya is hiring a Benefits Manager to lead staff benefits and payroll administration across the Group's operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, and DRC Congo. The role focuses on managing Group Life, Medical, GPA, Pension and Benevolent schemes, ensuring statutory compliance, automation of reward processes, and maintaining audit-ready documentation. The position is based in Nairobi and requires a Bachelor's Degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Strategic leadership role overseeing benefits and payroll across six African countries
- Requires Bachelor's Degree and minimum 5 years of experience
- Based in Nairobi, Kenya with multicountry compliance responsibilities
- Focus on automation, internal controls, and audit-ready documentation
- Application deadline is October 31, 2026
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Original source description
- September 1, 2026
- Nairobi
- ,
- Kenya
- Expiration date
- October 31, 2026
- 5+ Years
- Gender
- Both
- Qualification
- Bachelor Degree
- Job Description
- THE ROLE PURPOSE
- The role provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of staff benefits, and Payroll administration across all Group entities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, and DRC Congo. It ensures the effective management of HR costs,
Benefits
programs, supports payroll accuracy, statutory compliance, account reconciliations, productivity metrics, and service delivery standards. The role is responsible for optimizing employee cost structures, managing Group Life, Medical, GPA, Pension and Benevolent schemes, ensuring automation of key Reward processes, strengthening internal controls, and maintaining audit-ready documentation. It further ensures alignment with regulatory
structures, spearhead staff cost leadership initiatives, Ensuring benefit terms are fully in line with for Group policies.
Oversee multicountry payroll support functions, ensuring SLA adherence, reduced error rates, and timely delivery of annual review exercises.
Maintain accurate
administration processes including Group Life updates, GPA claims, medical membership management, and pension administration.
Support in monthly reconciliations of HR-related financial accounts including Oracle disbursement, 100% accuracy of medical database and pension trustee accounts.
Support in the automation initiatives such as benevolent benefit management processes, and other benefits-related workflows in liaison with all the key stakeholders.
Ensure compliance with statutory obligations across all operating countries, achieving zero penalties and operational losses.
Maintain complete, audit-ready documentation and support all internal/external audit processes.
Drive risk awareness, internal controls, and maintenance of an updated risk log across benefits.
Provide continuous staff
SLAs and working closely with the medical team to ensure complete coverage of staff on the medical benefit and timely staff query resolution.
CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES AND DELIVERABLES
Financial Accountabilities
Achieve zero penalties and zero operational losses through strong compliance and financial controls.
Ensure accurate reconciliations of all HR
accounts by the 5th of every month.
Maintain accurate GL postings, financial schedules, and audit-ready documentation for benefits.
People Accountabilities
Enhance capability of
teams across subsidiaries through training, coaching, and technical guidance.
Conduct regular staff
programs (minimum two sessions quarterly).
Promote engagement, transparency, and service excellence in responding to employee and stakeholder queries.
Processes & Systems Accountabilities
Ensure full adherence to Group
and payroll-related SLAs.
Drive automation, standardization, and digitization to reduce manual work and improve accuracy.
Maintain updated SOPs, process documentation, and
governance frameworks.
Manage periodic internal control self-assessments and process effectiveness reviews.
Qualifications
KEY TECHNICAL SKILLS & LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
Technical Skills
Compensation &
Administration
Multicountry Payroll & Statutory Compliance
Accounting & Financial Reconciliations
HRIS/ERP Systems (Payroll, Medical, Pension systems)
Group Life, Medical, GPA & Pension Scheme Management
Risk Management & Internal Controls
Data Accuracy, Reporting & Analytics
SLA Management & Service Delivery Governance
Leadership Competencies
Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
Stakeholder Management & Communication
Capacity Building & Coaching
Change Management & Process Transformation
Integrity, Confidentiality & Professional Conduct
Decision-making & Accountability
and multicountry payroll/
processes.
Demonstrated expertise in HR systems, HR processes, pay legislation, and benefit regulations across Kenya and the Group’s regional markets.
Strong background in financial reconciliations, statutory reporting, and internal control frameworks.
Proven ability to manage Group Life, Medical, GPA, Pension, and other
schemes.
Requirements
- across multiple jurisdictions while supporting subsidiaries to achieve consistency, accuracy, and operational excellence in Total Rewards execution.
- THE KEY
- Minimum seven years of HR
Responsibilities
Manage HR
Education
- on benefits, ensuring at least two sensitization sessions per quarter.
- Ensure timely service delivery on
- sessions on
Experience
- with direct exposure to Compensation &
- with SLA-driven service environments and accurate reporting structures.
- Strong documentation rigor, process discipline, and proactive issue resolution skills.
- ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
- CPA (K) or ACCA
- Human Resource Certificate/Diploma is desired