Data Analytics Senior Specialist

Date: 7 Sept 2026

Location: Riyadh, SA

Company: Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority

Job Details

Advanced Analytics Management  

•    Grow the adoption of advanced analytics across ZATCA by proactively thinking of use cases and tools that could enhance operational effectiveness
•    Review and enhance of the current advanced analytics portfolio
•    Assess the utilization and effectiveness of advanced analytics solutions across other business units and potentially improve the effectiveness of these solutions
•    Review current infrastructure used to develop and host analytical products and propose new collaboration platforms (Alteryx, SAS, Data Robot, etc.), to ensure efficient collaboration and archiving/utilization of products
•    Increase awareness of advanced analytics across ZATCA by running educational session about analytical topics incentivizing various departments to think of ways to improve their operations through AA
•    Explore and prioritize advanced analytics use cases to support in achieving ZATCA’s strategic objectives 
•    Develop Proof-of-Concept analytical solutions to validate the effectiveness and impact of ideated use cases
•    Develop complex and impactful analytical models and solutions, leveraging machine learning and/or deep-learning techniques for internal or external stakeholders
•    Define and scope the requirements to develop AA enabled products
•    Perform complex reactive data analysis or develop analytical models to support external and/or internal stakeholders in answering strategic questions
•    Define the BRDs and SLAs for a variety of AA products in collaboration with other departments and stakeholders 
•    Translate BRDs and SLAs into a set of actions and tasks to deliver products within the required timeframe and quality standards
•    Manage external requests and optimize the workload allocation
•    Manage communication with other departments and stakeholders to ensure alignment and efficient delivery of requests and AA products
•    Align with stakeholders on delivery plan, objectives, and desired outcomes
•    Monitor the satisfaction of external stakeholders and implement corrective measures to improve the delivery 

Organization and Operations    

•    Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
•    Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner
•    Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases/issues are closed properly
•    Perform other duties as requested

People Management    

•    Train junior staff on the different job activities to ensure transfer of know-how, when applicable
•    Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility, and monitor the workflow of subordinates/ junior staff
•    Support junior staff or direct reports in order to execute their duties according to set policies and processes

Education

•  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or equivalent is required
•  Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Business Administration, or equivalent is preferred

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience 

Competencies

IT Compliance - Developing
Policy Making - Developing
Data Analytics - Proficient
Data Management Planning and Design - Proficient
Data Processing - Proficient
Database Design and Operations - Developing
Professionalism - Developing
Collaboration and Communication - Developing
Results Oriented - Developing
Customer Focus - Developing
Enablement of Change and Innovation - Developing