Careers at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To provide strategic and operational leadership for the Criminal Investigations: Integrated Stream, delivering integrated, intelligence-led criminal investigations that dismantle complex tax-crime, combat multi-entity tax offences and associated illicit financial activities and money‑laundering schemes, secure prosecution-ready evidence, and strengthen collaboration across SARS divisions and key law‑enforcement partners—advancing SARS’ mandate to enforce responsibly and decisively and make non‑compliance hard and costly.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Require

• Relevant Honours degree (NQF 8) [Investigations, Law, Accounting] AND 10-12 years' experience in an Investigations, Law, Accounting environment, of which 3 years at management level. 

ALTERNATIVE #

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree (NQF 7) [Investigations, Law, Accounting] AND 12 - 15 years’ experience in a in an Investigations, Law, Accounting environment of which 3 years at management level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• None

Job Outputs:

Process

• Develop and execute tactical criminal investigation strategy and delivery plans that are aligned with National criminal investigation Strategy.
• Liaise & coordinate with key stakeholders, NPA in terms of the memorandums of understanding (MOU) between SARS, SAPS & NPA & sub-divisions (Special Investigations Unit (SIU); Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) & Department Special Ops (DSO Scorpions).
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of data on the national case management system (CMS) for criminal investigations.
• Assist and attend to any requests from the NPA, in relation to the said investigation in accordance with the memorandums of understanding (MOU) between NPA, especially the NPA Special Tax Units at national and regional level.
• Oversee and conduct any complex criminal investigations in the regions and report outcomes.
• Implement, monitor and evaluate the quality of criminal investigations performance programmes and recommend changes in line with legislative requirements.
• Implement the performance and documentation of all criminal investigations and the reporting and resolution of any weaknesses and shortcomings. 
• Execute policies, procedures and practise notes in line with all legislation administered by the Commissioner for SARS; the Constitution and the Criminal Procedure Act.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, policies and procedures, and direct the implementation of change and innovation initiated by the organisation.
• Develop tactical strategy and delivery plans in support of functional objectives in partnership with leadership.
• Direct, control, coordinate and optimise budgeted resources to meet specific objectives and deliver agreed results and productivity requirements.
• Ensure the development and implementation of multiple practices in alignment with operational policy and procedural frameworks.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to continuously improve all functions and systems in line with national, regional and organisational changes.
• Plan for handling work outputs, pull together interdependent activities & specify priorities, standards & procedures to ensure tactical excellence.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; driving best practice solutions.
• Provide periodic reports on performance against plan & progress on short-term initiatives & use to realign tactical plan and objectives appropriately.
• Use the insights gained through integrated business reports to measure success & realign tactical strategy development objectives appropriately.

Governance

• Implement governance, risk, and compliance policy in own practice areas to identify and manage governance and risk exposure liability.
• Manage and or advise on policy translation and application in  the business area.

People

• Create a positive work climate & culture to energise employees & give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity.
• Develop & implement appropriate people capacity plans in line with delivery & efficiency targets, on budget & in partnership with specialised areas.
• Plan & develop enhanced organisational efficiency by identifying and addressing development requirements & providing tools for people resources.
• Translate performance expectations into specific metrics and goals to identify and provide effective services, solve problems, and achieve objectives.

Finance

• Draw up a budget aligned to business unit delivery plans, monitor planned vs. actual, minimise expenditure and report on cost efficiency.
• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of accountability.

Client

• Build strong relationships and develop service-level agreements that promote SARS with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and ensure implementation of practices which builds service delivery excellence and encourages others to provide exceptional client service.
• Manage an integrated service excellence culture, which builds rewarding relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.

Behavioural competencies

• People Skills
• Developing Others
• Trust
• Respect
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Fairness and Transparency
• Accountability
• Honesty and Integrity
• Conceptual Thinking
• Championing the Mandate
• Influencing Others
• Mobilising Teams
• Driving for Excellence
• Leveraging Diversity
• Accurate Understanding
• Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Managerial Budgeting
• Effective Business Communication
• Problem Analysis and Judgement
• Planning, Management and Measurement
• Decisiveness
• Business Acumen
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Project Administration Skills
• Project Financial Control and Reporting
• Conflict Resolution
• Practice and process facilitation skills
• Interviewing and interrogation (Investigations)
• Investigative reporting
• Testify in formal and criminal proceedings
• Collection and preservation of evidence and the chain of custody (Investigations)

Deadline:4th May,2026

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Job Purpose

• To conduct verifications with the aim of influencing compliance through raising accurate assessments in line with relevant legislation.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• National Diploma / Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) in Accounting/Auditing/Taxation and 2-3 years' experience in Auditing/Tax/Accounting environment.

           OR

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and 6 years’ experience in Auditing/Tax/Accounting environment, of which 1-2 years at knowledge worker level.

  Minimum Functional Requirements

  Job Outputs:

  Process

• Be informed on related acts, legislation and regulations that might impact on own work.
• Be observant and engage on possible violations of regulation, policies, SOPs and standards of conduct and escalate where necessary.
• Conduct standard (limited scope) audits to ensure compliance with the relevant acts.
• Plan and organise own work tasks within are of work.
• Prepare and present submissions to interest and penalty committee.
• Take accountability for delivery of contracted work outputs within agreed parameters, quality standards, and client service targets.
• Accumulate information and provide reports with recommendations applicable to area of specialisation.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems, and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
• Correctly apply applicable legislation, including amongst other policies, procedures, and SOPs in the delivery of work outputs.
• Effectively plan and schedule own activities to continuously improve quality and service delivery in area of specialisation.
• Execute process and procedural change, implement the change, and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
• Use practical and applied knowledge and situational judgement to consider policy implications and to arrive at decisions/conclusions.

Governance

• Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of specialisation and continuously identify and escalate risks.

People

• Develop productive working relationships with team members, Ops manager and key role players in the business to support contracted work outputs.
• 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

• Fairness and Transparency
• Analytical thinking
• Accountability
• Conceptual ability
• Organisational awareness
• Trust
• Respect
• Attention to detail
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Building Sustainability
• Honesty and Integrity
• Teamwork

Technical competencies

• Reporting
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Financial Accounting
• Operational Audit
• Business Knowledge
• Efficiency improvement

Deadline:30th April,2026

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Job Purpose

• Centralised Litigation Unit prepares for litigation in the Higher Courts for various disputes, including but not limited to only those focusing on tax liability.  The function involves the entire scope of litigation services, from researching legal and tax principles, analysing the merits of SARS position, drafting various court documents, preparing deponents, and possibly appearing in court. The members of Centralised Litigation Unit therefore must have a right of appearance

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor of Laws(LLB) AND 8-10 years' experience in a litigation or similar environment.
• Admission as Attorney /or Registered Advocate.

Minimum Functional Requirements

Job Outputs:

Process

• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice.
• 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 and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Finalise legal matters by identifying facts, accessing relevant sources, analysis, application, advice and implementation of the course of action.
• Identify tax and customs loopholes and potential risk and recommend legal interventions in an eff ort to close the tax gap.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes and systems across an internal value chain.
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice and system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fi t alternatives, best practice implementation solutions.
• Translate top-down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders

Governance

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

People

• Drive own performance in order to achieve work outputs in line with required response time, quality and service delivery standards.
• Integrate new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.

Finance

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

Client

• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Masters Knowledge in Technical affairs
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Organisational Awareness
• Respect
• Trust

Technical competencies

• Business Knowledge
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Efficiency Improvement
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Legal Advisory and interpretation
• Legal Compliance
• Legal Knowledge and knowledge of ethics
• Legal Writing Skills
• Reporting

Deadline:4th May,2026

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Job Purpose

• To perform first line support on one up to three integrated bespoke applications throughout its life cycle by performing complex integrated support, helps in testing, operating and improving IT services within IT User Support.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• National Diploma / Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) in Information Technology AND 2-3 years' experience in SAS, End User Support; Supporting Microsoft products: Ms – Windows 11, O365, Copilot and Azure administration environment, of which 1-2 years is at knowledge worker level

OR

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND IT Qualification (s) / Microsoft Certification (s)–, AND 2-3 years’ experience in SAS, End User Support; Supporting Microsoft products: Ms – Windows 11, O365, Copilot and Azure administration environment, of which 1-2 years is at knowledge worker level AND additional requirements specified in Min Functional requirements, where applicable

ALTERNATIVE #

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 5 years’ experience in End User support, Application Support, SAS, Microsoft products: Ms – Windows 11, O365, Copilot and Azure administration environment, of which 1-2 years is at knowledge worker level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• ITIL Certification
• Demonstrate Systems Development and Support experience in a corporate environment
• Demonstrate Business/Systems analysis experience in a corporate environment
• Broad understanding of all facets of Information Technology including SDLC.
• Understanding of diverse set of technologies (including SQL Server, Microsoft Applications/Products and Scanning Applications.
• End user support
• Trouble shooting ability
• Application support

Job Outputs:

Process

• Accumulate information and provide reports with recommendations applicable to area of specialisation.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
• Effectively plan and schedule own activities to continuously improve quality and service delivery in area of specialisation.
• Execute process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
• Use practical and applied knowledge and situational judgement to consider policy implications and to arrive at decisions / conclusions.
• Correctly apply applicable legislation, including amongst others policies, procedures, and SOPs in the delivery of work outputs.
• To perform first line support on one up to three integrated bespoke applications throughout its lifecycle.
• To monitor services, capacity & throughput for deviations from acceptable service levels or unplanned interruptions for one up to three SARS integrated bespoke applications.
• To identify, track and resolve recurring incidents permanently to prevent incidents from reoccurring and ultimately alms for no incidents for one up to three SARS bespoke applications.
• To maintain Information about software & hardware configuration Items required to deliver the bespoke solutions services, including their relationships with other Cl's to track Individual configuration Items and the internal configuration of bespoke applications, for one up to three Integrated SARS applications.
• Assist with regularly testing the organization's capability to provide the necessary level of service following an interruption of service for one up to three SARS bespoke integrated applications in line with organisational strategy.
• To gather, analyse, store and share knowledge and information to improve efficiency by reducing the need to rediscover knowledge for one up to three integrated SARS bespoke applications in line with organizational strategy.

Governance

• Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of work 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 specified policies, standards, legislation and procedures to prevent wastage on resources, unauthorised expenditure and wasteful expenditure and report violations.

Client

• Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
• Ensure client satisfaction by engaging and delivering a service that is consistent, seamless, and quick and error free.

Behavioural Competencies

• Accountability
• Attention to detail
• Building sustainability
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Problem Solving and Analysis 
• Respect
• Trust

Technical Competencies

• Business IT Systems 
• Computer Literacy 
• Customer Relationship Management  
• Functional Policies and Procedures 
• Planning and Organising  
• Problem Analysis and Judgement  
• Reporting 
• IT Knowledge 
• IT Systems 
• IT Applications 
• Reporting
• IT Project Management 
• Procurement Knowledge 
• Customer orientation and focus  

Deadline:4th May,2026

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Job Purpose

• To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of Branch Operations activities and end-to-end processes in order to deliver on approved operational plans and to continuously enhance service delivery.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree/Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Taxation/Finance AND 5 to 7 years’ experience in a tax  environment, of which 1 year at supervisory level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years’ related experience in a tax environment, of which 1 year at a supervisory level

Job Outputs:

Process

• Apply discretion and judgement to diagnose symptoms, causes and effects and to make decisions to overcome problems and to provide solutions.
• Apply the necessary discretion and judgement in making decisions and overcoming obstacles in order to attain set goals and objectives for area of accountability.
• Ensure procedures, policies and mandates are clearly understood and complied with.
• Ensure the development, alignment and implementation of end-to-end processes within area of accountability for continued process improvement.
• Frequently report on progress of unit and or team against pre-defined objectives and standards, ensuring accurate representation of facts.
• Implement change and provide guidelines to direct reports defining the impact of change, the change itself and new requirements as a result of change.
• Implement resource plans in line with delivery and performance objectives, on budget and in partnership with specialised areas.
• Lind and communicate unit’s objectives back to mandate, schedule and prioritise activities and allocate work to meet identified work outputs.
• Manage a work function or unit by focusing on the delivery and achievement of set objectives within specified time frames, costs and standards.
• Plan and organise multiple work outputs by assigning priorities and continuously reviewing objectives and goals.
• Provide input into the development of the tactical strategy as well as develop and implement a supporting operational strategy.
• To provide real-time problem solving in an extremely dynamic environment, with a certain level of uncertainty pertaining to Demand v-s Supply.
• To participate in projects and support SARS initiatives execution.
• To manage internal and external stakeholder relations.
• To ensure required approvals in line with delegated authorities ware executed according to the SOPS [e.g. Tax Clearance Certificates].
• To provide reports accurately and timeously and disseminate information to both direct reports and management.
• To contribute to effective corporate governance, inter alia by means of effective management and control of assets and overtime.
• To ensure that all relevant PMDS operational and HR Policies and procedures are fully adhered to and staff development is continuously managed.
• To act as knowledge and expertise resource and authority as and when required by providing root cause analysis and applying problem solving techniques to complex queries and put in place recommended solutions.

Governance

• Implement governance, risk, and compliance policy in own practice area to identify and manager governance and risk exposure liability.
• Manage and or advice on the translation and application of policy in a specific functional area.

People

• Encourage and enable teamwork, by enabling collaboration with others and commitment to pursuing set goals.
• Develop and maintain a team that is capable for operating to their full capacity and provide appropriate skills, knowledge, and experience.
• Create a positive work climate & culture to energise employees & give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity.
• Translate performance expectations into specific metrics and goals to identify and provide effective services, solve problems, and achieve objectives.
• Plan & implement enhanced organisational efficiency by identifying and addressing development requirements & providing tools for people resources.
• Develop & implement appropriate people capacity plans in line with delivery & efficiency targets, on budget & in partnership with specialist area.

Finance

• Contribute to the development of divisional budgets to minimise expenditure aligned with divisional plans.
• Implement and monitor financial support, management of costs and corporate governance in area of accountability.
• Draw up a budget aligned to tactical delivery plans, monitor planned vs actual, minimise expenditure and report on cost efficiency.

Client

• Increase SARS awareness and number of new registrations by implementing tax education and tax base broadening initiatives.
• Build strong relationships and implement service level agreements that promote SARS with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage an integrated service excellence culture, which builds rewarding relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
• Develop and ensure implementation of practices which builds service delivery, excellence and encourages others to provide exceptional client service.

Behavioural competencies

• Stakeholder engagement and management
• Fairness and Transparency
• Accountability
• Customer Service
• Honesty and Integrity
• Teamwork
• Conceptual thinking
• Championing the mandate
• Influencing others
• Mobilising teams
• Driving for excellence
• Accurate understanding
• Developing others
• Trust
• Respect
• Problem solving and analysis.
• Building sustainability

Technical competencies

• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Tax Knowledge
• Managerial budgeting
• Customer relationship management
• Effective Business communication
• Problem analysis and judgement
• Planning, management and measurement
• Decisiveness
• Business acumen
• Building customer loyalty

Deadline:1st May,2026