Specialist: Debt Management x 2 at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To conduct in depth financial interrogation, analysis and assessment of all debt related Business Rescue business plans, applications and related issues within a project environment.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma in Financial Management/ Financial Accounting or Cost Management Accounting (NQF 7) AND 8-10 years' experience in Debt Management of which 3-4 years is at an operational specialist level

               OR

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years' experience in Debt Management of which 3-4 years is  at an operational specialist level

Job Outputs:

Process

• To monitor, track and control the effectiveness of query resolution.
• Facilitate, analyse and review allocated documents within the set timeframes.
• Provide in depth financial support to team members to enable sound decision making.
• Provide in depth financial interrogation and analysis on the income streams and forecast within Business Rescue plans.
• Analyse all financial statements to determine the viability of a business/individual.
• Conduct risk analysis to determine the impact on the organisation.
• Obtain and analyse the required information/ evidence in terms of financial requirements, policies and procedures.
• To negotiate and convert outstanding debt into bankable revenue, utilising negotiation and communication skills and related, risk, financial and legal expertise in the management of the client relationships.
• To negotiate, structure the collection of outstanding debt and ensure that outstanding debt is paid timeously
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice.
• Contribute to the optimum utilisation of org. resources, advising on effective planning and development of area of specialisation resource plans.
• Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation.
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge & experience to identify & recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice & system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives, best practice implementation solutions.
• Translate top-down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.

Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.

People

• Maintain professional interaction and ensure ethical dealings with clients at all times by constantly building customer relationships.
• Enable a culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.
• Drive own performance & provide specialist support & advice to achieve specified objectives against required targets, deadlines and quality standards.
• 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

• Adhere to specified standards, policies and procedures to prevent wastage on resources and escalate associated risk.
• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

Client

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

Behavioural competencies

• Fairness & Transparency
• Analytical Thinking
• Accountability
• Assertiveness
• Conceptual Ability
• Stakeholder Engagement and Management
• Resilience
• Problem solving capability
• Honesty & Integrity
• Attention to Detail
• Trust
• Respect
• Persuading and Influencing
• Strategic impact
• Customer Relationship Management
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Organisational Awareness
• Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Decisiveness
• Reporting
• Financial Analysis
• Tax Knowledge
• Tax Compliance Auditing
• Negotiating skills
• Dispute Resolution
• Efficiency improvement
• Effective Business Communication
• Business Knowledge
• Debt Management
• Risk Identification

Deadline:2nd September,2025