Terms of Service: Five (5) years contract renewable up to attainment of mandatory retirement age, subject to satisfactory performance and adherence to the Authority’s Code of Conduct.
Remuneration: As per KRA salary structure
Job Highlights
The Chief Manager – Intelligence Analysis, Production & Exchange reports to the Deputy Commissioner - Business Intelligence within the Investigations & Enforcement Department.
Job Summary
The jobholder shall be responsible for operationalisation of the strategies in investigating criminal violations of the revenue statutes.
Duties and responsibilities
- Formulate and implement strategies, policies and procedures for the Section.
- Develop and implement annual work plan and budgets.
- Establish and maintain protocols for inter-agency cooperation to combat cross-border tax evasion and illicit financial flows.
- Facilitate secure and timely exchange of intelligence with partner governments agencies (PGA).
- Identify patterns, trends, and suspicious activities related to tax compliance risks.
- Encourage adoption of innovative data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning techniques to improve detection of tax offenses.
- Foster a culture of intelligence-led enforcement within the tax authority.
- Represent the tax authority in intelligence-sharing forums and identify patterns, trends, and suspicious activities related to tax compliance risks.
- Oversee implementation of corporate initiatives in the section: Ensure conformity to ISO standards and data security requirements and manage Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Risk Management programmes and staff performance.
- Promote staff career development and performance enhancement within the Section
Person specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor's degree in relevant Social Sciences, Business, Pure and Applied Sciences or any other relevant field from a recognized University.
- Master’s degree in relevant Social Sciences, Business, Law, Pure and Applied Sciences or relevant field from an accredited University, is an added advantage.
- Training in Fraud, economic crimes, corruption, assets recovery investigations from reputable institutions.
- Certificate in Tax Fraud and Investigation.
- Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and National Intelligence Service (NIS) Certification in Basic investigation techniques and intelligence courses.
- Certificate in Tax and Customs training from a recognized institution.
- A Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant professional body.
- Cumulative service period of seven(7) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in middle management or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Analysis, collection, and surveillance.
- Intelligence management and strategy development.
- Surveillance operations planning and execution.
- Counter-intelligence techniques and methodologies.
- Intelligence collection and analysis.
- Covert operations management.
- Source & Informer Management skills.
- Legal and regulatory compliance in intelligence operations.
- Strategic collaboration and information sharing.
- Threat detection and risk mitigation.
- Advanced knowledge of tax evasion detection techniques.
- Stakeholder engagement and coordination skills.
- Technology integration in intelligence systems.
- Managerial and administrative skills.
- Strong leadership skills & Ability to work under pressure.
- Possess good organization, planning, and analytical skills.
- Impeccable bias for strategic thinking and action orientation.
- Excellent communication & Negotiation skills.
Job Application Guidelines
Registration:
- Go to https://erecruitment.kra.go.ke/login and then click on the ‘Register’ button to start the application process.
- After registration, you will receive an email enabling you to confirm your email address and complete your registration.
Log on:
- After registration go to https://erecruitment.kra.go.ke/login
- Key in your username and password then click on ‘Log in’ to access your account.
- After successful log in, the system will open the ‘Applicant Cockpit’.
Candidate Profile (To create or update applicant detail):
- On the ‘Applicant Cockpit’ page, go to the tab ‘Candidate Profile’.
- Click on ‘My Profile’ to create and update your profile.
- Follow the instructions to complete your profile.
- The process will end by clicking the tab “Overview and Release”.
- Ensure you click the check box on the page to complete the profile.
Application process:
- To view the open job postings, click on the tab ‘Employment Opportunities’ on the ‘Applicant Cockpit’ page.
- Under the heading ‘Job Search’ click the ‘Start’ button to view all available vacancies.
- Click on the Job posting to display the details of the position.
- To apply for the position, click ‘Apply’ button at the top of the page.
- Follow the instructions to complete and submit your application.
- Kindly note that all mandatory fields must be completed.
- To complete the process of application, click the ‘Send Application Now’ button after reviewing and accepting the ‘Data Privacy Statement’.
In case of any challenges, please send your email query to isupporthr@kra.go.ke
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Kenya Revenue Authority does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, shortlisting, interviewing, and/or offer)
