Specialist: Financial Analyst (Revenue) x2 - Fixed Term Contract at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To analyse and provide expert advice on the financial outsourced data to enable differentiated strategic collection strategies.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree/Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Finance/Audit/Accounting  or similar with  8 - 10 years tax financial analysis experience of which 3 - 4 years is at a junior management level.

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) with 12 - 15 years tax financial analysis experience of which 3 - 4 years is at a junior management level.

The following will be a requirement from an experience perspective:

• Prior experience leading or managing a team of analysts.
• Advanced proficiency in financial analysis tools and software (e.g., Excel, Power BI, SQL).
• Strong understanding of debt collection processes, methodologies, and performance metrics.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice. (I)
• Contribute to the optimum utilisation of org. resources, advising on effective planning and development of area of specialisation resource plans. (I)
• Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation. (I)
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices. (I)
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes. (I)
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes and systems across an internal value chain. (I)
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice and system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence. (I)
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; best practice implementation solutions. (I)
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice areas and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation. (I)
• Translate top down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders. (I)