Job Vacancies at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

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.

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.

Governance

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

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.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective management of interdependencies.
• Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, facilitates communications and coordinate activities among stakeholders.

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.
• 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.

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Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the setting, tracking, reporting and management of deviations on agreed debt collection performance outcomes.
• Lead and oversee the Debt Collections programme, ensuring alignment with SARS's strategic and mandate objectives.
• Develop and implement enhanced as well as agile comprehensive debt collection strategies to maximize revenue recovery
• Monitor and analyze debt collection performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
• Improve processes and procedures that relate to debt collections through lessons learnt within the programme.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to enhance debt collection processes and policies and ensure good practice adoption.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and best practices in debt collection.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and support to the debt collection team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Prepare and present reports on debt collection performance to senior management and the Deputy Commissioner.

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• 15 - 18 years’ experience in a Tax / Audit / Debt environment, of which 6 - 8 years at a senior management level with Relevant Master's Degree (NQF 9) in Management / Leadership / Project Management / Taxation / Debt Management.

OR

• 18+ years Tax / Audit / Debt experience, of which 6 - 8 years at a senior management level with Relevant Honours Degree / Postgraduate Diploma (NQF 8) in Management / Leadership / Project Management / Taxation / Debt Management.

Job Outputs

Process

• Be responsive to change in order to influence and effectively manage associated functional acceptance. (I)
• Champion policy frameworks and objectives with internal partners to ensure integration between functions in pursuit of strategic goals. (I)
• Communicate a meaningful strategic context that articulates functional purpose in relation to the organisational vision, purpose and philosophy. (I)
• Create the context to continuously improve all major organisational functions and systems in line with national, regional and international changes. (I)
• Develop annual and longer-term resource plan and secure capacity to achieve divisional objectives consistent with long term strategic plan. (I)
• Develop annual and long-term functional plans, set clear priorities and measurable milestones in line with divisional objectives. (I)
• Develop functional operating model and align value chain to organisational objectives in partnership with relevant stakeholders. (I)
• Interpret internal and external organisational changes, model change impact scenarios and introduce or adapt systems in alignment with strategic intent. (I)
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, model alternative solutions, develop and establish contingency plans aligned to the divisional direction. (I)
• Provide authoritative advice and guidance that supports the realisation of major organisational objectives in line with the SARS mandate. (I)
• Provide periodic reports on performance against plan and progress on long-term initiatives and use to realign operating plan and objectives appropriately. (I)
• Scan external environment, identify benchmarks and influence alternative operating plans or model to deliver on the SARS objectives and mandate. (I)
• Use the insights gained through integrated business reports to measure success and realign tactical strategy development objectives appropriately. (I)
• Initiate and set goals for the programme according to the strategic objectives of the organisation.
• Understand the broader implications of the programme and align with the SARS objectives, thus ensuring that every action taken contributes positively to the organisations' long-term goals.
• Anticipate potential problems, risks and challenges, proactively devise mitigation strategies and react effectively when unforeseen issues arise.
• Clearly articulate programme objectives and goals, delegate tasks and manage expectations with stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of trends, be innovative and lead the programme in innovative ways that will bring about results that drive the organisation forward.

Governance

• Drive the development and implementation of integrated governance, risk and compliance frameworks.
• Ensure the consolidation of the risk profile for the area of accountability, manage critical risks and ensure feedback integration.

People

• Communicate strategic context that guide best practice, foster an environment of continuous learning and improved employee engagement levels.
• Create a positive organisational climate and culture to energise and focus the function in order to optimise short term and longer term productivity.
• Influence the development of clear human capability and accountability frameworks within functional area in support of people management strategies.
• Provide leadership and direction by articulating and reinforcing the vision or direction for the function.

Finance

• Ensure that the functional strategy is adequately budgeted for through the development and implementation of a requisite budget.
• Implement effective financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in functional area.

Client

• Define and influence relationships and service level agreements entered into with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure strategic representation of SARS and promote the enterprise with public service leaders and national, regional stakeholders.