Indirect Taxpayer Compliance Risk Specialist

Key Responsibilities

Risk Identification & Profiling

• Analyzes indirect tax risk indicators using statistical, behavioral, and sector-based methods to identify both bespoke and systemic risks, as well as the populations potentially impacted.
• Assesses cross-border risk themes (e.g., treaty misuse, transfer-pricing mismatches, complex structures) and highlights potential exposure areas.
• Estimates potential revenue and taxpayer numbers at risk by theme and sector to support prioritization and targeted interventions.

Model Support & Analytics

• Develops and tests risk-scoring rules, anomaly checks, and selection logic using returns, third-party, and customs datasets where available, escalating significant findings or proposed changes for review and approval.
• Assesses model effectiveness (e.g., conversion to action, sustain rate) and recommends threshold and feature adjustments for validation by senior staff.
• Builds and documents heuristics for high-risk behaviors (e.g., rapid refund cycling, chain breaks, unusual zero-rating patterns) under the guidance of the Indirect Taxpayer Compliance Risk Expert or Section Head.

Case Selection & Targeting

• Prepares taxpayer target lists with risk narratives, indicative exposures, and recommended treatments (audit, verification, outreach).
• Coordinates with Indirect Tax Audit teams to align scope, and objectives for each case.
• Tracks treatment results and feeds improvements into selection logic and future campaigns.

Insights, Reporting & Recommendations

• Produces periodic briefs and dashboards summarizing emerging risks, techniques used, expected fiscal impact, and affected taxpayer numbers.
• Recommends risk-mitigation measures (targeted controls, focused audits, process enhancements, legislative clarifications).
• Highlights sector patterns and recurring error themes to guide education and service messaging.

Data, Tools & Enablement

• Supports IT and data teams to define datasets, quality checks, and analytics tooling that enable scalable risk detection.
• Documents data requirements, metadata, and governance for risk models; maintains versioning and audit trails.
• Contributes to user stories, testing, and rollout of analytics products for risk and audit users.

Collaboration & External Coordination

• Works with Legal Affairs, Policy & Legislation, and Audit on technical positions and evidence sufficiency.
• Supports participation in information-exchange forums with GCC and international counterparts, as appropriate.
• Coordinates with competent authorities on cross-jurisdictional risk themes.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

Preferred qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Taxation, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Finance, or related field.

· Professional certification in tax, audit, or analytics (e.g., CTA, ACCA, CPA, CIA, CFE, analytics credential) is an advantage.

Preferred experience

· 9+ years’ experience in taxpayer risk, indirect tax analytics, compliance risk management, or audit/investigations.

· Demonstrated experience building or operating risk-scoring rules and converting identified risks into successful treatments.

· Experience producing risk reports and dashboards with actionable recommendations.

Technical & Other Skills

· Proficiency in indirect tax concepts, compliance behaviors, and sector-based risk indicators.

· Strong analytical capability (statistical analysis, segmentation, outlier detection) and comfort with large datasets.

· Ability to translate findings into clear risk narratives, case recommendations, and concise reporting.

· Effective coordination with audit, IT/data, legal, and policy teams; organized, detail-oriented, and outcome-focused.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: QAR10,000.00 - QAR13,000.00 per month