Department: Strategy, Innovation and Risk Management,
Division: Corporate Data
Office,
Location / Work
Station:Headquarters – Times Tower,
Reporting Relationships
Reports to
Commissioner – Strategy,
Innovation and Risk Management
Direct Reports
Chief Manager – Data Governance
Chief Manager – Business
Intelligence
Job Purpose
This role is responsible
for developing, governing and managing data in order to ensure quality,
availability, accessibility and utilization of data to drive business decisions
in Tax Administration.
Key Responsibilities/ Duties / Tasks
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
Job Dimensions
Financial Responsibility
- Responsible
for Divisional Budget.
Responsibility for Physical Assets
- Responsible
for office assets assigned by the Authority.
Intangible Assets
Data Warehouse
- Data
Policies, Standards and Frameworks
- Data
Strategies
- Internal
and External Data
Decision Making / Job Influence
Strategic
- Develop
and Implement Corporate Data Strategy
- Advising
on, monitoring, and governing enterprise data
- Advise
on investments in data utilization technologies
- Give
direction and guidance on emerging skills in data governance and utilization
- Advise
on KRA’s compliance to local and global regulatory laws and frameworks
i.e. Kenya Data Protection Act. 2019 and GDPR
Operations
- Enabling
data usability, availability, and efficiency
- Manage
the division’s budget
Working Conditions
- Works
predominantly within the office with minimal field visits during
engagements with other stakeholders.
Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).
Academic qualifications
- A
university degree in Data Governance, Data Science, Information
Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics,
Mathematics or related field from a recognized institution.
Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies
- 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.
Previous relevant work experience required
- Minimum
of Ten (10) years work experience in a similar role with at least Five (5)
years in a senior management role.
Functional Skills, Behavioral 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
Note
- All
applications from interested and qualified candidates must be submitted
online via the process below.
- ONLY
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- All
applications should be submitted online by 3rd May 2021.
- KRA
is an equal opportunity employer committed to gender and disability
mainstreaming. Persons with Disability are encouraged to apply.
- KRA
does not charge for application, processing, interviewing or any other fee
in connection with our recruitment process.