The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is searching for a Chief Data and Analytics Officer, according to a job posting on USAJobs.gov.
The Chief Data and Analytics Officer will oversee IRS data strategies and use analytical methodologies to develop new solutions for addressing current and emerging tax compliance problems, supporting tax policy research, and providing insight and guidance on applying data-driven approaches for tax administration advancement.
According to the posting, duties for the Chief Data and Analytics Officer include:
- Developing and implementing data strategy and analytical methodologies to advance new solutions for addressing current and emerging tax compliance issues supporting tax policy research.
- Overseeing best practices in statistics, computer science, data science, economics, operations research, social science, and artificial intelligence.
- Overseeing state-of-the-art data warehouse and computing environments developed to support advanced research and analytics.
- Assisting the IRS Commissioner and senior leadership in overseeing and performing critical strategic planning activities and functions. Identifying emerging and cross-divisional initiatives, reviewing and validating appropriate measures and indicators, and developing planning guidance for proposed and ongoing programs and IRS initiatives.
- Partnering with key IRS business executives to identify opportunities, develop hypotheses, and conduct research to address taxpayer non-compliance, enhance service delivery, and protect tax revenue. Serving as a trusted advisor to the IRS Commissioner and other IRS leaders, ensuring leaders are informed on program and policy matters within his/her scope of responsibility, and assisting in developing policies that positively impact IRS.
- Developing and implementing IRS-wide policies, programs, and systems to meet IRS short-term and long-term challenges and needs.
- Developing new approaches and pilots, establishing governance structures, identifying potential risk, and developing mitigation strategies.
- Leading efforts to establish analytically driven centers of excellence frameworks and drives organizational change toward a data-driven and analytical IRS culture.
- Fostering a strategic coordinated approach to multi-divisional domestic and international tax research issues.
