Senior Officer: Risk Profiling at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To assist and coordinate risk mitigation activities in order to achieve business objectives.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Taxation, Risk Management/Accounting/Auditing and, or a related qualification AND 5 -7 years’ experience in a Tax & Risk Management environment, of which 2 - 3 years at a knowledge worker level.

Alternative #

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years related experience within a Tax & Risk Management environment , of which 2 - 3 years at a knowledge worker level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Pre Lim Investigations: 2-3 years' experience in an Accounting/Auditing/Taxation/Investigation or Policing environment.
• Ability to identify, analyse, and interpret non-compliance across multiple tax types.
• Skilled in profiling high-complex, full-scope cases for enforcement and identifying tax evasion schemes
• Diagnose symptoms, causes, and effects to resolve emerging problems
• Microsoft skills (Proficient in) i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Be observant and engage on possible violations of procedures and standards of conduct and escalate where necessary.
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
• Correctly apply policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation in the delivery of work outputs.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers, SARS role players and third parties to achieve predefined objectives.
• Draw on own knowledge and experience to diagnose symptoms, causes and possible effects to solve emerging problems.
• Identify and assess the level of non-compliance across all/multiple tax types.
• Identify and resolve queries and problems timeously, apply discretion in line with process guidelines provided.
• Identify tax evasion schemes and potential risk and recommend legal interventions.
• Identify, analyse and interpret non-compliance to profile high complex full scope cases for enforcement.
• Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements because of the change.
• Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
• Profiling of relevant identified parties to detect non-compliance and related risks.
• Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product and risk optimisation.
• Review of TCC-FIA and Emigration applications above R 10 million and make recommendations.

Governance

• Ensure that completed work adhere to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations and discrepancies.
• 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.

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

• Accountability
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Commitment to Continuous Learning 
• Conceptual Ability 
• Expertise in Context
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Organisational Awareness
• Problem Solving and Analysis 
• Respect
• Trust

Technical Competencies

• Business Knowledge
• Data Collection and Analysis    
• Efficiency Improvement
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Reporting
• Risk Identification
• Risk Knowledge