Industry Expertise

Banking & Financial Services

Audit, governance, risk, and compliance advisory tailored to Kenya's banking sector regulatory environment — helping financial institutions build trust and resilience.

Sector Overview

Kenya's banking sector operates under rigorous CBK oversight and increasingly complex international standards. We provide specialist audit, risk, and advisory services that help financial institutions meet their regulatory obligations, strengthen governance, and build the stakeholder confidence essential to their business.

Sector Challenges

  • CBK Prudential Guidelines and Banking Act compliance
  • IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss model implementation and validation
  • Credit risk governance and non-performing loan management
  • AML/CFT framework implementation and regulatory reporting
  • Cybersecurity and operational risk in digital banking
  • IFRS 7 and Pillar III market discipline disclosures

Our Approach

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Deep understanding of CBK regulatory frameworks and circulars

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ECL model advisory and independent model validation

3

Risk-based audit methodology aligned to banking risk profiles

4

Governance advisory benchmarked to IFC and BCBS standards

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Continuous monitoring of CBK and global banking regulatory developments

Services for This Sector

  • Audit & Assurance
  • Risk & Compliance
  • IFRS Advisory
  • Governance Advisory
  • Internal Audit
  • Cybersecurity Advisory

Why CPA Otene

  • ICPAK-registered professionals with deep banking sector experience
  • Track record with commercial banks, development finance institutions, and microfinance
  • International standard advisory delivered with Kenyan regulatory context

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