Ref.
2026/NETIPBPDADS/16600
Job offer type
Experts
Type of contract
Service contract
Activity sectors
Economic and financial governance
Deadline date
2026/11/20 16:46
Duration of the assignment
Long term
Contract
Freelancer
Duration
Approximately 70 working days, split between two experts
Lot 1. Short Term National Private Experts Tax Incentive Procedures and Business Process Expert Lot 2. Short Term National Private Experts Tax Incentive Data and Digital Systems Expert (M/W)
Département Géographique - GEO > DP - Ethiopie
Published on : 2026/11/03
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ETHIOPIA
Mission description
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) of Ethiopia, through the Technical Assistance to Domestic Revenue Mobilization (MRI) Project financed by AFD (Agence Française de Développement) and implemented with technical support from Expertise France, is supporting reforms to strengthen domestic revenue mobilization and tax policy success.
Over recent years, Ethiopia adopted several tax incentives to attract investment, stimulate exports and create jobs. Significant questions remain regarding their effectiveness. The Ministry of Finance has conducted evaluations of tax expenditures, but these do not fully cover all incentives. Monitoring and administration also remain insufficiently structured, with many processes manual and limited automated reporting between institutions. The assignment therefore requires two complementary but distinct national profiles: a Procedures and Business Process Expert focused on institutional processes, SOPs and operational implementation; and a Data and Digital Systems Expert focused on data requirements, database functional specifications, reporting, system workflows and testing.
Project or context description
I. Objectives and desired results
1) General objective
The national experts will support operationalization of Ethiopia’s tax incentives management framework through institutional assessment and coordination, business process mapping and redesign, development of operational procedures and guidelines, data and digital system requirements, institutional capacity strengthening and implementation support.
The two experts will work in close coordination, but each will have a clearly defined scope, level of effort, deliverables and qualification profile.
2) Specific objectives Lot 1
To assess and improve the institutional and administrative processes governing tax incentives, and to develop practical procedures, SOPs, operational guidelines and implementation arrangements aligned with Regulation No. 586/2026.
3) Specific Objective Lot 2
To define and validate the data, reporting and functional requirements needed for an effective tax incentives management database/digital system and to support testing and operationalization of digital solutions.
II. Description of the assignment LOT 1
1) Planned activities
Working under the supervision of Expertise France and in close collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, the expert will be responsible for carrying out the following tasks:
The expert will provide
- Assess existing tax incentive administration practices, procedures and institutional mandates;
- Map roles and responsibilities of institutions involved in tax incentive management; Coordination mechanisms; Reporting structures
- Document current workflows from application and approval through monitoring and reporting
- Identify operational bottlenecks, coordination gaps and control weaknesses;
- Design improved future-state business processes and workflow diagrams; RACI Matrix Allocation of institutional responsibilities; Decision making responsibilities and Coordination requirements.
- Prepare Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and operational guidelines;
- Ensure consistency between regulations, institutional responsibilities, administrative procedures and digital processes;
- Facilitate stakeholder consultations and validation workshops;
- Support implementation follow-up and capacity building for government focal points; Executive Training Materials such as seminar presentations; Policy briefs and Knowledge sharing materials
Required profile
1) Number of experts per assignment: 2
2) Profile of the designated expert(s) responsible for contract execution
A. Qualifications and skills: LOT 1
- Master’s degree in Taxation, Economics, Accounting, Public Finance, Public Administration, Business Process Management or related discipline.
- Excellent qualities/capacities in:
· Communication
· Teamwork and interpersonal skills
· Knowledge transfer
· Analysis and reporting
· Problem identification and resolution
· Decision-making and taking initiatives
- High proficiency in written and spoken English.
B. General professional experience
- Professional experience of at least 10 years of professional experience in tax administration, public finance management, institutional reform or business process improvement.
- Extensive knowledge of Ethiopian tax administration systems and practices.
- Demonstrated experience in institutional assessment, business process analysis, procedure/SOP development and administrative reform.
C. Specific professional experience
- Experience working with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Revenue, Ethiopian Customs Commission, Ethiopian Investment Commission or comparable public institutions.
- Strong stakeholder coordination, facilitation and technical writing skills.
D. Qualifications and skills: LOT 2
- Master’s degree in Information and Communication Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Data Analyst, Statistics, Economics, or a related field.
- Excellent qualities/capacities in:
· Communication
· Teamwork and interpersonal skills
· Knowledge transfer
· Analysis and reporting
· Problem identification and resolution
· Decision-making and taking initiatives
- High proficiency in written and spoken English.
E. General professional experience
- Professional experience of At least 8 years of professional experience in data management, information systems, digital transformation, database requirements analysis or related work; experience in public-sector systems is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience in requirements gathering, data modelling, data dictionaries, database functional specifications and reporting systems.
- Experience translating business processes into functional and data requirements for digital systems.
F. Specific professional experience
- Experience with data quality assessment, data governance, reporting and/or system testing and UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
- Understanding of tax administration, public finance or government revenue systems; experience with Ethiopian tax administration is an advantage.
Additional information
Applicants are requested to carefully review the attached Terms of Reference (ToR) for the detailed scope of work and deliverables.
Shortlisted candidates may be invited for an interview. Financial terms will be negotiated with the highest-ranked candidate(s) following the technical evaluation.
Expertise France intends to contract directly with individuals holding the required license. Where a selected candidate does not hold such a license, the appropriate contracting arrangement will be discussed at the contracting stage.
Selection criteria for applications
The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :
- Candidate’s training/skills/experience
- Candidate’s training/diplomas related to the expert assignment
- Candidate’s skills linked with the expert mission
- Candidate’s experiences linked with the expert mission
- Candidate’s expected linguistic understanding
- Assessment of the candidate's skills in the sought-after domain
- Candidate's knowledges related to local context (country or region intervention)
- Candidate’s understanding of cooperation project stakes
- Candidate’s understanding of the mission’s role in the cooperation project
Deadline for application : 2026/11/20 16:46
File(s) attached : Terms_of_reference__Tax Incentive Procedures, Business Processes, Data and Digital Systems .pdf
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- democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
- peace, stability, and security ;
- climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
- health and human development ;
In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results.