Lawrence Karanja, MCSI

Experience

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  Dyer and Blair Investment Bank

  May 2007 - Mar 2009

  Accountant

  Developing and Implementation of Alternative Business Channels Finance Process Flows for Product Development Support, Supplier Processing and GL-Bank Reconciliations

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  Dyer & Blair Investment Bank

  May 2009 - Oct 2011

  Executing quality service delivery processes & procedures and operational reporting for the Dyer & Blair Unit Trusts & Fund Management Running the day-to-day Investment & Corporate Accounting Procedures and Financial Reporting for the Dyer & Blair Fund Manager Activities

  • Operations Officer – Asset Management

    Jun 2010 - Oct 2011

  • Fund Accountant

    May 2009 - Jun 2010
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  Co-optrust Investment Services Limited

  Oct 2011 - Jul 2018

  I lead the Operations Team where I plan and coordinate the entire Operational workflow & processes of the firm including Market Transaction Processing, Business Operations and liaising with the Group’s Finance Division for long range planning, budgeting while overseeing firm-wide compliance with CMA, RBA & CBK regulatory requirements and internal policies. I also run the firm’s risk management unit where we monitor & report on key risk indicators, implement all risk management action plans to mitigate risks arising from market events, portfolio transactions, business operations and events throughout the investment cycle (PreTrade & PostTrade). This includes being senior data steward (and business lead & liaison with ICT/vendors) for CoopTrust Investment core and support systems and overseeing the firm’s data, data management processes, policies while ensuring data integrity for all data entities & elements. Show less Responsible for the end-to-end operational investment processing of pension schemes and private wealth management for both high net worth individuals and corporate clients.Full time member of the Company Investment Committee providing insights on Risk Management and Data Quality Assurance• Coordinated Investment transactions, settlements and income/expense processing.• Conducted ongoing monitoring and reporting to internal management and regulators on adherence to investment limits, performance analytics and risk management metrics.• Participate in valuation analysis and provide Technical Analysis opinion for Investment Decisions • Support all reporting processes to clients, regulators and management as well as other client service activities up to and including attending client meetings Show less

  • Operations & Risk Manager

    Apr 2016 - Jul 2018

  • Senior Operations Officer

    Oct 2011 - Apr 2016
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  Jubilee Life Insurance Company Ltd.

  Jul 2018 - Jun 2022

  Investments Client Service Manager

  I lead the client engagement interactions for the Jubilee Life Insurance corporate pensions team in all matters pertaining to investments, as well as working with the team to seek continuous improvements in service delivery via improved adoption of tech and process reworking.I also manage the timely delivery on all the regulatory compliance reporting obligations for the portfolios & companies invested in the Deposit Administration product

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  Equity Bank Limited

  Jun 2022 - now

  Senior Technical Product Manager, Save & Invest

  Leading the Technical Delivery of Product Vision & Strategy of digital experiences for Save & Invest products. I serve as the link between business and IT where I work closely with cross-functional teams to define product needs and success criteria, lead collaborative efforts for feature prioritization & customer experiences design, create product delivery roadmaps & drive delivery for innovative customer-driven solutions