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Bank of Khyber Jobs 2026 — BOK Announces Finance Group & Branch Services Vacancies | Apply Now Full Time NEW
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Last Date: June 7, 2026 — Online Applications Only. Apply exclusively through the official BOK careers portal at www.bok.com.pk/careers. Review the detailed job responsibilities and requirements for your target position on the careers page before submitting. No offline or email applications.
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Foreign Degree Holders — HEC Equivalency Certificate Required at Interview. If your degree is from a foreign university, you must submit an HEC equivalency certificate at the time of interview to validate your educational qualification. Ensure this document is obtained well before the interview stage. The HEC equivalency process can take several weeks.
Bank: Bank of Khyber
Positions: 10 Roles
HO Location: Peshawar
Sector: Finance Group + Branches
Apply Via: bok.com.pk/careers
INTRO
Bank of Khyber is not a typical private sector bank hiring cycle. BOK is a provincial government bank — majority-owned by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — that has been going through a genuine institutional transformation in recent years. The bank recently reached a three-year high share price, reflecting a 57.76% increase over the past year, secured a long-term credit rating upgrade to ‘AA-‘ by VIS Credit Rating Company, and has been prioritising digital transformation, operational efficiency, and customer-centric growth. That transformation needs strong internal finance teams to sustain it.
This 2026 recruitment is focused on two areas. First: the Finance Group at Head Office in Peshawar — nine specialist positions spanning budgeting and planning, internal controls and financial reporting (ICFR), direct taxation, management reporting, accounting and financial reporting, SBP regulatory reporting, IFRS 9, financial planning, and pre-audit. These are senior and mid-level specialist roles that sit at the financial governance core of a bank with over PKR 383 billion in total assets. Second: Branch Services Officers for six specific branch locations — Duki, Pishin, Loralai, Hyderabad, Sadda, and Parachinar.
For banking and finance professionals in Pakistan — particularly those with experience in financial reporting, regulatory compliance, taxation, or IFRS — BOK’s Finance Group positions represent a meaningful career opportunity at a government bank that is actively improving its institutional performance. The application portal is open until June 7, 2026.
About Bank of Khyber — What You Are Joining
Bank of Khyber was established in 1991 through an Act passed by the Provincial Legislative Assembly. It was awarded the status of a scheduled bank in September 1994 and has the privilege of being bracketed amongst the only few government banks in the country.
The Bank of Khyber is majority-owned by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which holds 70.2% of the shares as the primary stakeholder, with the remaining shares distributed among private entities, including Ismail Industries Limited at 24.4%. With a network of 247 branches as of September 2025, including dedicated Islamic banking branches and Islamic windows, BOK plays a pivotal role in fostering socioeconomic growth and financial inclusion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and beyond.
Under the stewardship of MD Hassan Raza, the bank has prioritised digital transformation, operational efficiency, and customer-centric growth, setting new benchmarks for the industry. The BOK Digital mobile app, launched in 2021, reflects this modernisation agenda. For finance professionals, joining BOK means working within a government bank that is actively reforming itself — not a static institution.
1991
Year Established
247+
Branches Nationwide
AA-
VIS Long-Term Credit Rating
Job Overview — Bank of Khyber Jobs 2026
Organisation: Bank of Khyber (BOK)
Ownership: Majority-owned by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (70.2% stake)
HR Division Address: Head, Human Resources Division, 5th Floor, BOK HO Tower, 24 The Mall, Peshawar Cantt
Positions Advertised: 10 positions — 9 Finance Group (Peshawar HO) + Branch Services Officers
Finance Group Location: Head Office, Peshawar — all 9 Finance Group positions
Application Method: Online only — www.bok.com.pk/careers
Foreign Degree Holders: HEC equivalency certificate mandatory at interview stage
Equal Opportunity: Persons and women with special needs strongly encouraged to apply. All candidates treated strictly on merit.
All 10 Positions — Complete List
🔷 Head-Level Positions — Finance Group
Head Office, Peshawar
Position | Department |
Head — Budgeting & Planning Department | Finance Group |
Head — ICFR Department | Finance Group |
Head — Direct Taxation Unit | Finance Group |
🔹 Officer & Specialist Positions — Finance Group
Head Office, Peshawar
Position | Department |
Officer — Management Reporting Unit | Finance Group |
Officer — Accounting & Financial Reporting Unit | Finance Group |
Officer — SBP Reporting Unit | Finance Group |
IFRS 9 Specialist | Finance Group |
Officer — Financial Planning Unit | Finance Group |
Officer — Pre Audit Unit | Finance Group |
🏢 Branch Services Officers
6 Branch Locations
Post: Branch Services Officer | Locations:
📍 Duki
📍 Pishin
📍 Loralai
📍 Hyderabad
📍 Sadda
📍 Parachinar
Branch Services Officers handle front-line banking operations, customer services, account management, and operational support at the branch level. These posts are for experienced banking professionals willing to serve at specific branch locations — including more remote areas like Parachinar and Sadda.
Understanding the Finance Group Roles — What Each Position Does
The advertisement is intentionally brief about role details — BOK specifically asks candidates to visit bok.com.pk/careers for full job responsibilities. However, here is a plain-English explanation of what each Finance Group role covers, based on standard banking industry definitions:
Head — Budgeting & Planning | Leads the bank's annual budgeting cycle, financial forecasting, cost analysis, and strategic financial planning. Coordinates budget submissions from all departments and presents consolidated financial plans to senior management. |
Head — ICFR Department | ICFR (Internal Controls over Financial Reporting) ensures that the bank's financial statements are free from material misstatement. This role designs and monitors the internal control framework around financial reporting — a SBP regulatory requirement for scheduled banks. |
Head — Direct Taxation Unit | Manages the bank's tax compliance — income tax, withholding tax, advance tax, and any tax disputes with FBR. Leads a team that ensures accurate and timely tax filings and manages the bank's relationship with tax authorities. |
Officer — Management Reporting Unit | Prepares regular management information reports, financial performance dashboards, and variance analyses for senior bank leadership and the Board. Converts financial data into actionable management insights. |
Officer — Accounting & Financial Reporting Unit | Maintains the bank's general ledger, prepares financial statements (balance sheet, P&L, cash flows), and ensures compliance with IFRS accounting standards. Core banking accounting function. |
Officer — SBP Reporting Unit | Prepares and submits regulatory reports to the State Bank of Pakistan — including CAMELS data, liquidity reports, capital adequacy returns, and other mandatory SBP submissions. Requires deep familiarity with SBP's reporting requirements for commercial banks. |
IFRS 9 Specialist | IFRS 9 is the accounting standard for financial instruments — specifically its Expected Credit Loss (ECL) model for provisioning. This specialist manages the bank's ECL calculation models, validates assumptions, and ensures IFRS 9 compliance across the loan portfolio. A highly specialised role. |
Officer — Financial Planning Unit | Works on strategic financial planning, capital planning, scenario analysis, and financial modelling to support business decisions. Complements the Budgeting & Planning function with forward-looking analysis. |
Officer — Pre Audit Unit | Pre-audit functions review transactions, documents, and processes before they are finalised — catching errors and compliance gaps before external or internal auditors do. A quality assurance function within the finance chain. |
The IFRS 9 Specialist is the most technically specialised role in this advertisement. IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss (ECL) modelling is a niche capability in Pakistan’s banking sector. Few professionals have deep, hands-on ECL model development and validation experience. If your background includes working on IFRS 9 impairment models, PD/LGD/EAD parameter estimation, staging criteria, or model validation — your profile is in a very narrow, high-value applicant pool for this post. Review the full job description on bok.com.pk/careers and apply with a CV that specifically highlights your IFRS 9 and financial modelling experience.
How to Apply
1. Visit bok.com.pk/careers
Go to www.bok.com.pk/careers — the official BOK careers portal. This is the only valid application channel. No offline, email, or postal applications are accepted.
2. Read the Full Job Description for Your Target Role
BOK has specifically instructed candidates to review detailed job responsibilities and requirements on the careers page before applying. The newspaper advertisement and this article provide a summary — the careers portal contains the complete role-specific eligibility criteria, experience requirements, and educational qualifications. Read your target role’s full JD before filling the application form.
3. Register and Complete Your Online Profile
Create an account on the BOK careers portal or log in if you already have one. Fill in all sections completely and accurately: personal information, educational qualifications (with institutions, years, and CGPA/divisions), professional certifications (CA, ACCA, CFA, CIMA, etc.), and complete work experience history with exact dates, designations, and key responsibilities. All information will be verified at the interview stage.
4. Apply for the Specific Position Before June 7
Select the specific position you are applying for, review the application details carefully, and submit before June 7, 2026. Apply at least 2–3 days before the deadline to avoid portal congestion on the final day. Save your application confirmation for reference.
5. Foreign Degree Holders — Start HEC Equivalency Process Now
If your degree is from a foreign institution, the HEC equivalency certificate is required at the interview stage. HEC’s equivalency process takes several weeks. Start the application at hec.gov.pk/services/equivalence immediately — do not wait until you receive an interview call to begin this process.
Apply Online at BOK Careers Portal — Deadline June 7, 2026
Review full job descriptions before applying. Online applications only.
🌐 www.bok.com.pk/careers
Apply Now at BOK Careers
💡 7 Practical Tips for BOK Finance Group Applications
- Read the full JD on the careers portal before applying — the newspaper ad is just a list of titles. BOK’s advertisement intentionally directs applicants to bok.com.pk/careers for full job details. The qualification level, years of experience required, and specific technical skills for each role are only visible on the portal. Applying based on the title alone — without reading the detailed JD — means you may be applying for a role you are under- or over-qualified for. Match your specific profile against the portal’s stated requirements before submitting.
- SBP Reporting Officer applicants — SBP reporting experience is a niche credential. SBP regulatory reporting (CAMELS, Basel capital adequacy returns, liquidity coverage ratios, and other mandatory submissions) is not general finance work — it is a specialised bank regulatory function. If you have worked in a bank’s SBP reporting function or treasury compliance team, make this explicit in your CV with the specific reports you prepared. Generic “financial reporting” experience without SBP-specific regulatory work is a weaker profile for this post.
- Head-level positions require senior leadership credentials — CV length is not enough. The three Head-level roles (Budgeting & Planning, ICFR, Direct Taxation) are senior management positions. Your CV for these roles should demonstrate not just technical expertise but leadership: team size managed, departmental scope, organisational impact, and examples of strategic decisions or improvements you drove. A technically strong CV without leadership evidence will not be shortlisted for Head-level banking roles. Quantify your impact where possible.
- CA/ACCA/CMA professionals — your qualification is the primary credential for Finance Group roles. Pakistan’s banking sector Finance Group roles almost universally prefer candidates with professional accounting qualifications (CA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA for investment-focused roles). If you hold any of these qualifications, list them prominently — above your degree — in your CV. If you are working toward one and are at the finalist stage, mention this too. For the IFRS 9 Specialist role specifically, additional CFA or FRM qualifications signal the right technical orientation.
- Branch Services Officer applicants — specify your preferred location in your application. Branch Services Officers are being hired for six specific locations: Duki, Pishin, Loralai, Hyderabad, Sadda, and Parachinar. Several of these (Parachinar, Sadda, Loralai) are in relatively remote or security-sensitive areas. In your application, be clear about which location you are applying for and demonstrate genuine willingness to serve there. Candidates who have prior experience working in KPK or Balochistan branches, or who come from those regions themselves, will have a stronger profile for these postings.
- Head — ICFR applicants — COSO framework and SBP internal control guidelines are the core knowledge areas. ICFR (Internal Controls over Financial Reporting) in a Pakistani bank is governed by SBP’s guidelines on internal controls alongside international frameworks (COSO). If your background includes designing or evaluating internal control frameworks for financial reporting in a banking context, describe the specific controls you designed or assessed, the regulatory framework you operated within, and how your work interfaced with external auditors. Generic “internal audit” experience without ICFR-specific content is a weaker match.
- Apply well before June 7 — BOK’s careers portal may be slow near the deadline. June 7 falls on a Sunday in 2026. Bank careers portals typically experience high traffic on the final day — particularly if that day is a weekend. Apply by June 5 (Friday) at the latest to avoid technical issues and ensure your application is processed. A submitted application with a June 5 timestamp is identical in value to one submitted on June 7 — but the former has zero risk of technical failure.
⚠️ Official Terms & Conditions
- Apply online only at www.bok.com.pk/careers by June 7, 2026
- Foreign degree holders must submit a HEC equivalency certificate at the interview stage
- Persons and women with special needs are strongly encouraged to apply
- Bank of Khyber is an equal opportunity employer
- All candidates are treated strictly on merit
📞 Contact Information
🌐 Apply Online: www.bok.com.pk/careers
📍 HR Division Address: Head Human Resources Division, 5th Floor, BOK HO Tower, 24 The Mall, Peshawar Cantt
(FAQ) Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is the Bank of Khyber and is it a government or private bank?
The Bank of Khyber is majority-owned by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which holds 70.2% of the shares as the primary stakeholder, with the remaining shares distributed among private entities, including Ismail Industries Limited at 24.4%. It is a provincial government bank — not a fully private commercial bank, but also not a standard civil service institution. Employment at BOK follows a banking sector compensation and career structure rather than BPS government pay scales, typically offering competitive market rates. The bank has recently secured a long-term credit rating upgrade to ‘AA-‘ by VIS Credit Rating Company, reflecting its improving financial position.
2. Are detailed job descriptions available anywhere for these positions?
Yes — and BOK has specifically directed applicants to find them there. Visit www.bok.com.pk/careers and find the individual listing for each position. The full job description, including required qualifications, years of experience, technical skills, and key responsibilities, is available on the portal for each role. The newspaper advertisement only lists position titles — all detailed eligibility criteria are on the careers portal. Reading the JD before applying is explicitly recommended by BOK in this advertisement.
3. What qualifications are typically needed for Finance Group positions at a bank like BOK?
For Head-level Finance Group positions, banks in Pakistan typically require a professional accounting qualification (CA, ACCA, CMA/ICMA) alongside 8–12 years of post-qualification experience, with at least 3–5 years at a managerial level. For Officer-level positions, the typical baseline is CA Finalist/ACCA Affiliate or a Master’s in Finance/Accounting with 3–5 years of relevant banking or corporate finance experience. The IFRS 9 Specialist role likely requires additional financial modelling skills and direct ECL model experience. The SBP Reporting Officer role requires direct experience with State Bank of Pakistan regulatory reporting formats. Confirm exact requirements by reading the full JDs at bok.com.pk/careers.
4. Which Branch Services Officer locations are considered more remote or challenging?
Among the six Branch Services Officer locations, Parachinar (Kurram District, KPK) and Sadda (also Kurram District) are the most geographically remote and have historically been in security-sensitive areas near the Afghan border. Loralai and Duki are in Balochistan — provincial towns with developing infrastructure. Pishin is a district in Balochistan near Quetta, while Hyderabad (Sindh) is a major urban centre and the most accessible of the six locations. Candidates for the Parachinar and Sadda postings should be genuinely comfortable with living and working in these areas for the duration of their posting. BOK and most banking organisations provide hardship or remote-area allowances for such postings — confirm the compensation package details during the interview.
Disclaimer
JobHubOnline is an independent job information portal and is not affiliated with Bank of Khyber, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, or any related entities. All job details are sourced from the official BOK advertisement dated May 29, 2026 and verified with publicly available information about the Bank of Khyber. Always verify the latest eligibility criteria and full job descriptions directly at www.bok.com.pk/careers before applying. JobHubOnline does not charge any fee for job listings and is not responsible for hiring decisions or changes to the original advertisement after publication.
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