COMMISSIONER REVENUE ASSURANCE – Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) 257 views

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the Revenue Assurance Division, with particular attention on strategies for taxation of e-commerce, formulating risk management strategies for the taxation of specialised sectors and international transactions
• Participate in the strategic review of tax statutes and organisational policies and procedures to support ZlMRA strategic plan and objectives.
• Review divisional processes, operations and practices to ensure their effective implementation.
• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement programs for effective compliance management partnerships.
• Coordinate revenue intelligence gathering, including administering the whistle-blower facility, investigating tax payer issues through the hotline as delegated.
• Develop strategies to eradicate corruption.
• Develop effective systems capable of dealing with tax evasion and tax avoidance as well as investigation of criminal cases emanating therefrom.
• Collaborate with ICT Division on new IT-based systems and processes for revenue assurance enhancement.
• Research on and identify revenue gaps and develop mitigation strategies, including identification and investigation of international tax evasion schemes like transfer pricing, money laundering and illicit financial flows.
• Disseminate intelligence information to other divisions to reduce revenue leakages.
• Build and motivate high-performance teams to fulfil the mandate of the division and the Authority.

Job Skills and Competencies

• Atleastten (lO)years of work experience at managerial level.
• Experience in any of the following areas; tax administration and or tax investigations and revenue enforcement preferably in the following environments; revenue administration, financial institution, accounting/auditfirm orany high revenue organisation.
• Knowledge of local, regional and international tax matters and tax laws.
• Knowledge in investigating digital transactions using audittools.
• Strong knowledge of the various Tax Laws of Zimbabwe, such as the Income Tax, VAT, Customs & Excise Acts.
• Knowledge of other relevant laws such as the Criminal Procedures and Evidence Act.
• Knowledge and experience in financial intelligence gathering and management.
• Proven blemish-free integrity record.

Qualifications and Experience

• First degree is mandatory.
• A Masters degree is an added advantage.
• Proficiency in SAP or ASYCUDA World is an added advantage