Senior Specialist: Tax Avoidance & Reportable Arrangements at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To examine the legislative, taxpayer base and economic environments in order to determine likely forms of future tax avoidance schemes and put in place measures to counter these avoidance schemes in corporate reorganisations outside reportable arrangements. Need to analyse and recommend on mergers and acquisitions approved by the competition tribunal. In this role you will be solely responsible for Pillar II Globe tax base. The Pillar II Global tax base, based on OECD research document incorporated in the budget speech by minister of finance.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Relevant Honours Degree / Postgraduate Diploma (NQF 8) in Taxation, Accounting, Auditing or related field with 10-12 years' experience in Taxation/Accounting /Auditing/International Tax, of which 3 – 4 Years at a junior specialist level.

OR

• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Taxation, Accounting, Auditing or related field with 12 – 15 Years years’ experience in Auditing/Accounting/ Taxation/ International Tax, of with 3 – Years is at a junior specialist level

Job Outputs:

Process

• Plan for value-added, continuous multiple practice and system improvement optimization to deliver on objectives and to enhance tactical excellence.
• Detect and identify tax avoidance schemes and/or structures and/or legislative loopholes through analysing the submitted reportable arrangements.
• Dealing with Country-by-Country Reporting and review of Local and Master files
• Responsible for the entire value chain on OECD Pillar II, Globe Minimum Tax Rules, and implementation.
• Liaise with National Treasury on policy formulation and updates on Globe Minimum Tax Bill.
• Take full responsibility of reviewing the Globe Information Tax Return for possible tax revenue leakages and opportunities.
• Act as a single point of contact on Globe Pillar II matters and act as a representative for SARS internationally.
• Liaise with key internal stakeholders from Risk Profiling, Audit, Legal and Debt collection.
• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures, policies and practices.
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge & experience to identify & recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Influence and communicate across business areas impacted by practice area to minimise resistance and ensure onboarding of new thinking.

Governance

• Manage and or advise on the translation and application of policy in a specific functional area.
• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies in own practice areas to identify and manage risk exposure liability.

People

• Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
• Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

Client

• Develop & ensure implementation of own practices to build delivery excellence, encouraging others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.

Behavioural competencies

• Accountability
• Analytic Thinking
• Attention to details
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Honesty and integrity
• Organisational Awareness
• Problem Solving
• Respect
• Trust
• Fairness and Transparency
• External Awareness
• Expertise in Context
• Conceptual Ability

Technical competencies

• Business Acumen
• Business Knowledge
• Creativity and Innovative Thinking
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Efficiency Improvement
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Legal Advisory and Interpretation
• Legal Compliance
• Legal Knowledge and Knowledge Ethics
• Policy analysis
• Reporting
• Tax Compliance Auditing

Deadline:7th July,2025