Specialist: Legal and Domestic (High Wealth Individuals) at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To provide technical legal support and assist to business areas. S/he will be responsible to provide legal advice, make recommendations aimed at improving operational policies, participate in committees, and be responsible for training and mentoring of the team.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• BA Law / LLB Degree (NQF 7) AND 8-10 year’s experience in Tax Law environmen of which 3-4 years ideally at an operational specialist (i.e., middle management) level; AND
• Admitted Attorney or Advocate.
• Admitted Attorney or Advocate

Alternative

• Senior Certificate AND 15 years related experience in a Tax Law environment; AND
• Admitted Attorney or Advocate

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Admitted Attorney or Advocate
• Assess and interpret, intricate tax structures and legal frameworks including corporate reorganisations.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Conduct assessments and use information to advise, make recommendations and facilitate improvement. Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
• 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.
• 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.
• Identify and mitigate tax risks effectively.
• Provide legal opinions on tax matters, ensuring compliance with various tax legislation and related laws.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• 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.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.