Deputy Commissioner – West of Nairobi (Tax Service Office) at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Purpose of the job:

The Deputy Commissioner – West of Nairobi (Tax Service Office). This role is responsible for managing, directing and controlling all operations within the Tax Service Office.

Key Responsibilities of the job:

Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities

• Responsible for improving data availability, accessibility, quality and utilization by coordinating development of Data policies procedures and standards.
• Provide vision, expertise, and long-range planning in enterprise data architecture, data integration, master data management, enterprise data governance to support advanced analytics & Business Intelligence.
• Coordinate the activities of Data Warehouse and Analytics processes through the systematic collection, analysis and maintenance of relevant taxpayers’ data/intelligence.
• Manage the data analytics team to optimize taxpayer data for visualization purposes and develop high-end data visualizations for revenue forecasting.
• Managing the protection of sensitive data and information assets by ensuring alignment to internal & external laws, policies and regulations.
• Establish structures that ensure Design and development of data models, extraction code and cleansing routines utilizing typical data quality functions.
• Work with the business departments to interpret their data processing needs and provide the most optimal solutions using Business Intelligence software/tools.
• Responsible for producing data sets that will be useful for improved revenue forecasting, enhancing compliance and widening the tax base.
• Chair and coordinate the Board of the Data governance and Information management Thematic Area of Transformation.
• Develop strategies to respond to any technological, legislative, and environmental changes that require adjustments in data governance and analytics process, tools and skills
• Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management in the division.

Operational Responsibilities / Tasks

• Facilitate implementation of the work plans for the following corporate initiatives in the Division: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management.
• Development and management of the divisional work plan and budget.
• Day-to-day operations, supervision, management of performance and development of staff in the Division
• Review and approval of data strategies, policies, frameworks and standards
• Establish relationship with 3rd party data stakeholders/partners
• Monitor implementation of data strategies, policies, frameworks and standards
• Recommend strategies to address gaps in data governance and utilization
• Coordinate data governance and utilization boards, committees and focus groups
• Identify and monitor implementation of divisional KPI’s
• Give strategic direction in data utilization and management

The job holder should possess the following minimum qualifications:

• A university degree in Data Governance, Data Science, Information Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics, Mathematics or related field from a recognized institution.
• Certified Data Governance Professional, Certified Data Management Professional or any other equivalent Professional qualification and membership to relevant professional bodies will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of Ten (10) years’ work experience in a similar role with at least Five (5) years in a senior management role.

In addition, candidates should demonstrate the following functional skills, behavioural competencies/attributes:

• Strategic agility
• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Good knowledge of Data Legislation, Regulation and Procedures
• Good awareness of operating environment
• Results driven and analytical
• Problem solving
• Analytical thinking
• Strong decision-making skills
• Excellent negotiation and conflict management skills
• Risk management and analysis
• Mentoring and coaching
• Excellent oral and written communication skills