Assistant Manager - Master and 3rd Party Data at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Job Purpose

• Coordinates implementation of Master Data Management Strategy as well as identification and Acquisition of third party data that will be useful for enhancing Tax Compliance

Key Responsibilities/ Duties / Tasks

Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining, communicating and executing a robust Master Data, strategy in the Authority.
• Identifies and obtains 3rd party Data that will be useful for enhancing compliance.
• Partners with customers to capture and analyses business needs and information requirements, define optimum system requirements to meet business needs, prioritize, and manage new requirements.
• Collaborates with business MDM customers to help them translate and shape their needs into new actionable IT requirements to meet business needs, prioritize, and manage new requirements.
• Works closely with all levels of the organization including presenting to and educating the business on master Data issues and opportunities, communicating the impact on complex integrated business processes, and establishing the master Data quality metrics and targets.
• Works with the business unit representatives and IT to set strategic master Data direction that will enable strategy and to resolve issues with respect to master Data and ensure master Data aligns with overall business unit objectives.
• Implement and improve master Data policies and procedures to focus on operational efficiencies through Data quality and standardization.
• Identify and leverage opportunities to continually improve the Data quality, processes and standards for master Data domains.
• Identify reference Data domains, its usage and impact to key processes, and establish a plan to govern reference Data for improved quality and harmony across multiple systems and processes.
• Provide recommendations on best practices, services and systems used for the improvement of Data quality and remediation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve master Data issues that relate to transactions affected by master Data or impact customer service levels and other operational issues.

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).

Academic qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Information Management, Statistics, Data governance or a related field

Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies

• Membership of a  relevant Professional Body

Previous relevant work experience required.

• Minimum of four (4) years work experience in similar role with at least one (1) year at Supervisory level.

Functional Skills, Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:

• People management skills
• Risk management and analysis
• Results driven and analytical
• Strong decision-making skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Technological ability
• Tax business understanding
• Taxpayer compliance