Deputy Commissioner – Regional Coordinator – Southern Region at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Job Purpose
This role is responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight in managing Customs operational Risks and Post Clearance Audit.

Key Responsibilities of the job:

• Support ease of doing business initiatives through review of process and effective deployment of staff in key critical areas to facilitate trade.
• Monitor and support revenue collection initiatives through identified effective strategies.
• Formulate regional administrative budgets, monitor and control expenditure approvals within the region.
• Coordinate Brand Building Initiatives, Media Engagement, and Customer Complaints Resolution in the Region.
• Coordinate Enforcement activities in the Region
• Create synergy across the departments and facilitate exchange of tax information to enhance revenue collections and service delivery.
• Facilitate implementation of corporate initiatives in the region: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management.
• Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on regional matters.
• Provide regular reports on regional related matters to the KRA Management.

 Academic qualification:

• A Bachelor’s degree in business or related field from a recognized institution.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.

 Professional Qualifications/ Membership to Professional Bodies:

• Membership in a recognized professional body.

Work experience:

• Minimum of 10 years work experience in similar role with at least five (5) years at a senior management level in a comparable organization.

Competencies

• Good interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills
• Independent minded, ethical and of high integrity
• Ability to identify and deal with operational risk