Auditor II at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To plan and conduct standard and moderate audits across multiple tax types, multiple periods with multiple risks, understanding the risk implications across other tax types, under limited supervision, in compliance with all legislative requirements.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Relevant National Diploma / Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) In Accounting / Auditing / Taxation / Law AND 3-4 years' experience in tax audit across multiple tax types. 

or

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 6 years’ experience in tax audit across multiple tax types.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• 3-4 years' experience in a similar environment, of which 1-2 years at knowledge worker level or 6 years related experience

Job Outputs:

Process

• Accumulate information and provide reports with recommendations applicable to area of specialisation.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Be informed on related acts, legislation and regulations that might impact on own work.
• Be observant and engage on possible violations of regulations, policies, SOPs and standards of conduct and escalate where necessary.
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
• Conduct standard (limited scope) audits to ensure compliance with the relevant acts.
• Correctly apply applicable legislation, including amongst others policies, procedures, and SOP's in the delivery of work outputs.
• Effectively plan and schedule own activities to continuously improve quality and service delivery in area of specialisation.
• Execute process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
• Plan and organise own work tasks within area of work.
• Plan the audit and identify additional risk/s.
• Prepare and present submissions to interest and penalty committee.
• Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product and risk optimisation.
• Take accountability for delivery of contracted work outputs within agreed parameters, quality standards and client service targets.

Governance

• Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of specialisation and continuously identify and escalate risks.

People

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
• Develop productive working relationships team members. Ops Managers and key role player in the business to support contracted work outputs.

Finance

• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures to ensure cost effectiveness and reduction of financial costs

Client

• Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
• Ensure own understanding and adherence to customer service delivery and provide specialist support to meet or exceed customer expectations

Behavioural competencies

• Honesty and Integrity 
• Fairness and Transparency
• Analytical Thinking
• Accountability
• Conceptual Ability
• Organisational Awareness
• Trust
• Respect
• Attention to Detail
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

• Reporting
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Operational Audit
• Risk Identification
• Business Knowledge
• Efficiency improvement
• Legal Writing Skills
• Problem Analysis and Judgement
• Business Acumen
• Audit Methodology
• Quality Orientation

Deadline:9th October,2026