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VACANCY FOR DATA ANALYST REVENUE COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT UNIT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE Applications are invited from suitably qualified Bahamians to fill the vacancy of Data Analyst , Revenue Compliance Enforcement Unit in the Ministry of Finance. Requirements for the post: Applicants must possess: • Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in areas such as: Computer Science; Information Engineering; Information or other related field. AND • A minimum of one year’s experience in database management or IT infrastructure role. Confidentiality: The Data Analyst, while conducting their duties under the various pieces of legislation, will regard and deal with all taxpayer information as secret and confidential, and will not at any time divulge in any manner any taxpayer information or other related matters either during or after leaving the service of the Government, save as authorized by Ordinance. Competencies/Skills Required: • Advance knowledge of database maintenance and administration using DB2, Oracle or other similar enterprise database platforms. • Experience in using SQL to work with large data sets stored in relational databases such as Oracle or DB2. • Experience with deployment of large database platforms including database design, data flow, and best practices in Master Data Management (MDM). • Capability to communicate complex advance data analytics concepts to team members and lay persons • Exposure to the web application development process with languages such as JavaScript, HTML, or JSON is desirable • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Strong analytical and problem solving skills • Good time management skills • Ability to work with limited supervision • Diplomacy and tact Post Summary: Under general direction, the unit manager the data analyst is accountable to undertake a complex range of procedural, operational, and administrative activities related to data formatting, analysis, storage and retrieval, and security. The data analyst will be responsible to document procedures and processes in support of their activities. They are also responsible for organizing their workflow and delivering results in accordance with their work area and team plans. Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the post include: 1. Analyze and evaluate large quantities of data in both relational databases and unstructured formats to aide in data driven decision making. 2. Ensure proper data governance across agencies related to revenue administration including helping restructure data to enable active identification of tax avoidance behaviours. 3. Troubleshooting data and performance issues and identifying solutions including database maintenance, monitoring and performance tuning. 4. Other Duties: The Data Scientist – Team Lead may be called upon from time to time to perform other duties in keeping with the position not specifically detailed in the job description. Salaries will be competitive and based on years of experience and qualifications. Successful candidates will be appointed on contractual terms of two (2) years (with gratuity payable upon satisfactory completion of the contractual period). Resumes should be accompanied by a Government Employment Application Form and submitted electronically to mofcareers@bahamas.gov.bs no later than 21st December 2018. Please indicate your position of interest in the subject line when making your submission. Information regarding further career opportunities as well as the Government Employee Application Form may be retrieved from The Ministry of Finance’s website at: www.bahamas.gov.bs/finance under the Careers tab.