The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is the nations tax collecting authority. Established in terms of the South African Revenue Service Act 34 of 1997 as an autonomous agency, we are responsible for administering the South African tax system and customs service. Its main functions are to: collect and administer all national taxes, duties and levies; c...
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Job Purpose
- To independently plan and conduct complex audits across multiple tax types, multiple periods with multiple risks, understanding the risk implications across other tax types, in compliance with all legislative requirements.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
- Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Accounting, Audit /Forensic Financial Investigations and AND 5 - 7 years’ experience in a Tax audit/Forensic Financial Investigations environment, of which 2 - 3 years at a technically skilled level.
Or
- Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years Tax audit/Forensic Financial Investigations environment, of which 2-3 years at functional specialist Audit level
Minimum Functional Requirements
- Applicable to a specific Audit environment e.g. Tax, Customs or Excise business environments.
Job Outputs:
Process
- Be observant and engage on possible violations of procedures and standards of conduct and escalate where necessary.
- Effectively utilise resources allocated to the job in order to perform contracted work outputs and report on and escalate any shortfalls.
- Identify and resolve queries and problems timeously, apply discretion in line with process guidelines provided.
- Lead, plan and conduct full scope (integrated) audits to ensure compliance and report on findings and recommendations.
- Plan and conduct multiple tax audits on a risk profile basis to ensure compliance to the relevant acts.
- Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
- 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 Prepare and present submissions to interest and penalty committee.
- Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product and risk optimisation.
- Take accountability for delivery of contracted work outputs within agreed parameters, quality standards and client service targets.
- Use practical and applied knowledge and situational judgement to arrive at decisions.
Governance
- Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation.
People
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
- Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
Finance
- Adhere to organisational policies and procedures to ensure cost effectiveness and reduction of financial costs costs.
Client
- Plan, conduct and lead full scope (integrated) audits to ensure compliance and report on findings and recommendations.
- Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity or feedback and exceptional service.
- Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.
Behavioural competencies
- Fairness and Transparency
- Analytical Thinking
- Accountability
- Conceptual Ability
- Drive for Results
- Persuasion Ability
- Trust
- Respect
- Honesty and Integrity
- Problem Solving and Analysis
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Organisational Awareness
- Building Sustainability
Technical competencies
- Functional Policies and Procedures
- Reporting
- Analysis and Interpretation of Financial
- Business Knowledge
- Audit Methodology
- Quality Orientation
- Customer Liaison
- Problem Analysis and Judgement
- Planning and Organising
- Business Acumen
- Risk Identification
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Job Purpose
- To lead and manage an audit team to ensure effectiveness of audit operations across multi tax types.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) in Auditing, Accounting, Taxation or equivalent and 5 to 7 years’ Tax Audit experience of which 1 year at supervisory level.
- ALTERNATE: Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and 10 years’ Tax Audit experience of which 1 year at supervisory level
Minimum Functional Requirements
- Knowledge and experience across all Tax types.
- Applicable to a specific Audit environment e.g. Taxpayer Verification., Customs or Excise business environments.
Job Outputs:
Process:
- Ensure compliance to applicable legislation and all standard operating procedures and policies applicable to business unit.
- Evaluate, collate and analyse information received from various sources to support internal stakeholders with timely and accurate intelligence.
- Guide and manage to resolve complex cases and make recommendations for further actions, when required.
- Frequently report on progress of unit and or team against pre-defined objectives and standards, ensuring accurate representation of facts.
- 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.
- Implement change and provide guidelines to direct reports defining the impact of change, the change itself and new requirements as a result of the change.
- Implement resource plans in line with delivery and performance objectives, on budget and in partnership with specialised areas.
- Link 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.
- Apply the necessary discretion and judgment in making decisions and overcoming obstacles to attain set goals and objectives for area of accountability.
- Apply discretion and judgement to diagnose symptoms, causes and effects and to make decisions to overcome problems and to provide solutions.
- Ensure procedures, policies and mandates are clearly understood and complied with.
Governance
- Implement and use governance and compliance procedures and processes effectively to identify and manage risks and expose previously unknown liabilities.
- Implement risk management, governance and compliance policies and processes to identify and manage risks and expose liabilities.
- Understand and implement governance control processes and role segregation requirements in area of accountability.
People
- Build strong relationships through providing direction and leadership to others and expressing positive expectations.
- Encourage and enable teamwork, by enabling collaboration with others and commitment to pursuing set goals.
- Implement appropriate people capacity plans in line with delivery and efficiency targets, on budget and in partnership with specialised areas.
- Monitor and actively manage team performance to meet specified objectives against required targets, deadlines and quality standards.
- Participate and contribute to a culture of work centric thinking, productivity, service delivery and quality management.
- Communicate strategic context that guides best practice, fosters an environment of continuous learning and leads to improved employee engagement levels.
- Drive own performance and provide specialist support and advise to specified objectives against required targets, deadlines and quality standards.
Finance
- Draw up a budget aligned to operational delivery plans, monitor and report on variances.
- Ensure teams adherence to specified policies, standards and procedures to prevent and reduce wastage on financial resources and escalate associated risk.
- Ensure the recording and safe keeping of all functional assets in accordance with set policy and process.
- Implement, manage and report on cost improvement objectives and communicate or escalate any shortfalls.
Client
- Develop and implement processes which builds client service delivery excellence and encourages others to provide exceptional service.
- Implement continuous improvements and shorter turnaround times in line with Service Level Agreements with stakeholders.
- Manage interdependencies to ensure input and output flow between all teams and divisions and external stakeholders.
- Provide technical support to staff in the execution of their tasks.
Behavioural competencies
- Accountability
- Adaptability - Adapts tactics
- Attention to Detail - Maintains checklists
- Fairness and Transparency
- Honesty and Integrity.
- Problem Solving and Analysis
- Respect
- Displays commitment to organisational values and personal trust
- Ability to translate strategy into execution
- Concern for impact of own behaviour on others
- Develops teams and nurtures interdependency
- Inspires others to Positive Action
- Nurtures Future Talent
- Stewardship and Service Orientation
- Strong Results Orientation
- Values and Manages Diversity
Technical competencies
- Business Acumen
- Decisiveness
- Business Communication
- Functional Policies and Procedures
- Managerial Budgeting
- Operational Audit
- Planning and organising
- Problem Analysis and Judgement
- Reporting
- SARS Systems Products
- Tax Compliance Auditing
- Tax Knowledge
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Job Purpose
- To provide expertise, advise and support to develop operational implementation plans and/or associated service delivery processes by translating and aligning technical and language editions strategies in order to continuously enhance service delivery.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Language Practice with applicable majors at NQF 7/ Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) AND 5-7 years' experience as a Language Practitioner, editing & proof-reading services or similar environment of which 2-3 years is at a technically skilled level.
ALTERNATIVE
- A Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years related experience as a Language Practitioner, editing & proof-reading services or similar environment, of which 2 -3 years at a technically skilled level.
Minimum Functional Requirements
- Functional experience in Translation and Editing services
Job Outputs:
Process
- Conduct accurate translation of official documents from English into IsiZulu and vice-versa.
- Develop new terminology of various taxation principles and ensure that the correct legislative and governance processes are adhered to for the formalisation and nationalisation thereto.
- Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
- Identify and resolve queries and problems timeously, apply discretion in line with process guidelines provided and escalate unresolved problems.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and SARS role players to achieve predefined objectives.
- Plan and organise own work tasks within area of work.
- Monitor and engage on possible violations of procedures and standards regarding communication organisational corporate identity.
- Execute specialist input through investigation &opportunities within the product process including risk concern.
- Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process product and risk optimisation.
- Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
- Draw on own knowledge and experience to diagnose symptoms, causes and possible effects in order to solve emerging problems.
- Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
- Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
- Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
- Correctly apply policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation in the delivery of work outputs.
- Implement the SARS Language Policy.
Governance
- Ensure that completed work adhere to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations & discrepancies.
- Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation.
People
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
- Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
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.
- Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders
Behavioural competencies
- Honesty and Integrity (V) - Independently applies basic concepts and methods and requires coaching.
- Trust (V)- Displays commitment to organisational values and personal trust
- Respect (V) - Treat peoples with dignity and respect
- Problem Solving and Analysis - Analysis and interpretation
- Fairness and Transparency (V) - Analysis and alignment
- Analytical Thinking - Sees basic relationships
- Accountability (V) - Hold self and others accountable for appointed responsibilities
- Conceptual Ability - Sees patterns based on life experiences
- Creativity - Uses common sense to look at data and solve problems
- Adaptability - Applies rules flexibly
- Communicating with Impact - Readily maintains open and consistent communication with other
- Initiative -Acts up to 1 month ahead
- Attention to detail -Maintains checklists
- Commitment to Continuous Learning - Keeps current in own field of expertise
- Organisational Awareness - Utilises organisational structures, processes, procedures and practices
- Building Sustainability - Reconfigures
Technical competencies
- Functional Policies and Procedures - Applies concepts of knowledge / skill and requires guidance but not constant supervision
- Efficiency improvement - Participate in and contribute to improving the operational efficiencies within the team
- Reporting - Applies concepts of knowledge / skill and requires guidance but not constant supervision
- Business Knowledge - Familiar with the details of at least one business area
- Risk Management - Basic knowledge and application of risk management principles
- Research -Analyses and interprets research data in the financial environment
- Quality Orientation -Meets customer needs and delivers quality
- Written Communication -Applies concepts of knowledge / skill and requires guidance but not constant supervision
- Corporate Communications Strategy - The ability to implement a corporate communications plan
- Business Writing Skills -Understands and applies advanced forms of business communication
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Job Purpose
- To provide administrative support within the legal function and provide supportive information in order to enable execution of core legal processes.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
- Higher Certificate in Office Administration / Business Management (NQF-5) AND 2 years' experience in a Legal / Tax environment.
Alternative Minimum Experience:
- Senior Certificate (NQF 4) with 3 years’ experience in a Legal / Tax environment.
Job Outputs:
Process
- Apply procedures in order to deliver set objectives to the best advantage of the functional work area.
- Assist with functional and administrative tasks and procedures relating to the functional area.
- Communication of transactional outputs and queries in area of work according to policies and quality requirements.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of area specific standards, procedures and processes to ensure continued quality and service improvement.
- Contribute to the successful implementation of change initiatives by providing support in area of work.
- Deliver on contracted performance objectives and escalate unresolved delivery and quality issues to management and process owners.
- Draw on own knowledge and experience to identify and develop solutions that leads to improved service delivery and quality.
- Effectively plan and schedule own activities to continuously improve quality and service delivery in area of work.
- Follow up on outstanding documents or payments.
- Identify and resolve queries and problems timeously, apply known solutions in line with guidelines provided and escalate unresolved problems.
- Report on transactional and process activities within set guidelines to provide timely information for decision making.
Governance
- Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of specialisation and continuously identify and escalate risks.
People
- Drive own performance in order to achieve work outputs in line with required response time, quality and service delivery standards.
- Maintain professional interaction and ensure ethical dealings with stakeholders at all times.
- Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
Finance
- Adhere to specified polices, standards and procedures to prevent wastage on resources 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 delivering excellent service that is consistent and in line with SARS service delivery standards.
- Ensure own understanding and adherence to customer service delivery and provide specialist support to meet or exceed customer expectations.
Behavioural competencies
- Accountability
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Commitment to continuous learning
- Conceptual Ability
- Expertise in Context
- Fairness and Transparency
- Honesty and Integrity
- Organisational Awareness
- Respect
- Teamwork
- Trust
Technical competencies
- Business Knowledge
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Efficiency Improvement
- Functional Policies and Procedures
- Legal Administration
- Legal Knowledge and Knowledge of Ethics
- Legal Records and related Systems
- Quality Orientation
- Reporting
- Service Delivery
- Standard Operating Procedure and Compliance
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Job Purpose
- To assist in formulating the official SARS policy and practice with regard to the interpretation and application of the revenue legislation administered by SARS and the drafting of policy documents, such as rulings, opinions and publications, in this regard.
Education and Experience
- LLB, BProc, BCom (Law) or BCom degree AND 5 - 7 years’ experience in a tax technical, legal or consulting environment, of which 2 – 3 years at a technically skilled level
OR
- Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years tax technical / legal or consulting experience, of which 2-3 years at a technically skilled level
Job Outputs:
Process
- Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
- Administer and interpret legislation and provide expert advice to internal and external stakeholders within
- specified timelines.
- Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
- Attend to tasks given by management that relates to the research and/or interpretation of legislation.
- Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
- Contribute to the continuous review of legislation by providing input into changes in law or application thereof that require consideration of opportunities within the product process including risk concern.
- Identify deficiencies, loopholes, etc. in the legislation and propose the way forward to effectively deal with them.
- Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
- Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
- Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product and risk optimisation.
- Provide specialist support and advice to achieve specified objectives against deadlines and quality standards.
Governance
- Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation.
People
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
- Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
- Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
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 client satisfaction by delivering excellent service that is consistent and in line with SARS service delivery standards.
- Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.
Behavioural competencies
- Accountability
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Commitment to Continuous Learning
- Conceptual Ability
- Expertise in Context
- Fairness and Transparency
- Honesty and Integrity
- Organisational Awareness
- Problem Solving and Analysis
- Respect
- Trust
Technical competencies
- Business Knowledge
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Effective Business Communication
- Legal Advisory and Interpretation
- Legal Knowledge and knowledge of ethics
- Legal Writing Skills
- Policy analysis
- Reporting
- Tax Knowledge
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Job Purpose
- To analyse and provide expert advice on the compliance risk function in order to achieve business objectives.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) AND 8 - 10 years' Corporate Income Tax experience in a similar environment, of which 3 - 4 years at a junior specialist level.
ALTERNATE:
- Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years Corporate Income Tax experience, of which 3 - 4 years at a junior specialist level.
Job Outputs:
Process
- Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice.
- Apply functional area policies in order to enhance unit's ability to advise business in complex field and or professional discipline.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance specific to a complex field and or professional discipline.
- Understand the system and the underlying principles supporting the overall business process.
- Undertake information gathering, research and analyse data within broad guidelines to produce accurate plans and / or recommendations for business issues.
- Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures, policies and practices.
- 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 and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
- 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 fit alternatives; best practice implementation solutions.
- Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice areas and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
- Translate top-down policy, apply modification 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
- 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
- Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.
Client
- Develop and ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence and encourages others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
- 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
- Honesty and Integrity
- Trust
- Respect
- Problem solving and analyses
- Fairness and Transparency
- Analytical Thinking
- Accountability
- Conceptual Ability
- Attention to Detail
- Commitment to Continuous Learning
- Organisational Awareness
- Expertise in Context
Technical competencies
- Business Knowledge
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Efficiency improvement
- Functional Policies and Procedures
- Reporting
- Risk Knowledge
- Risk Awareness
- Risk and Compliance
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Job Purpose
- To design, build, and optimize systems for data collection, storage and analytics in order to make data available, accessible, and secure to stakeholders
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
- Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems AND 5-7 years' experience in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, 2 - 3 years at a technically skilled level.
Alternative #
- Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years related experience in in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, 2 - 3 years at a technically skilled level.
Minimum Functional Requirements
- Experience in Data Engineering / Business Intelligence / Data Science
- Intermediate (practical application) technical expertise regarding data processes, data cleaning, data analysis, reporting, data models, and database design and testing.
- Intermediate knowledge and experience with reporting packages (SSRS, SSAS and Power BI), databases (SQL etc.), programming (SQL, Python, etc.)
- Intermediate knowledge in designing and maintaining relational and dimensional data models within a SQL server and Fabric.
- Experience in optimizing data ingestion and processing performance, ensuring efficient handling of large datasets.
- Experience in migration and modernization of data pipelines from on-prem to Fabric.
- Be proficient in the application of:
- Basic Data Migration
- Basic Data Visualization
- Business Intelligence Methodologies
- Database Knowledge
- Understanding of data governance, data quality, and master data management (MDM) principles across the information lifecycle.
Job Outputs:
Process
- Communicate the results of their analysis and findings by using medium to complex data visualisation techniques with both internal and external customers.
- Execute specialist input through investigation and opportunities within the product process including risk concern.
- Design, develop and test medium to complex data analytics solutions like Reports, Dashboards, Analysis, Extracts, Models, etc.
- Ensure the availability of existing data analytics solutions (like reports, etc.) by maintaining them as well as improving them where shortcomings exist.
- Perform intermediate business analysis using various techniques, e.g. statistical analysis, explanatory and predictive modelling, data mining.
- Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
- 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 policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation in the delivery of work outputs.
- Draw on own knowledge and experience to diagnose symptoms, causes and possible effects to solve emerging problems.
- Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements because of the change.
- Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
- Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product and risk optimisation.
- Research best practices and support the development of the solutions and recommendations for the current business operations.
- Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintaining databases, applying the knowledge of data extraction, transformation and business modelling.
- Assist in the filtering and 'cleaning' of imported data by reviewing computer reports, printouts, and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems.
- Identify, analyse and interpret trends and patterns in medium to complex data sets, based on data findings.
Governance
- Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation.
- Ensure that completed work adhere to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations & discrepancies.
People
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
- Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
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.
- Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.
Behavioural competencies
- Accountability
- Analytical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Commitment to Continuous Learning
- Conceptual Ability
- Expertise in Context
- Fairness and Transparency
- Honesty and Integrity
- Organisational Awareness
- Problem Solving and Analysis
- Respect
- Trust
Technical competencies
- Business Knowledge
- Information management
- Functional Policies and Procedures
- Statistical and Mathematical Analysis
- Technical Expertise
- Data Management
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Efficiency Improvement
- Knowledge Management
- Reporting
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Job Purpose
- To collect, secure, and analyse evidence in relation to tax risks associated with syndicated tax and customs offences at an advanced level, with limited to no guidance. This includes conducting complex forensic investigations to identify, prevent, and neutralise illicit activities associated with tax and customs violations.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
- National Diploma / Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) in Accounting, Audit /Forensic Financial Investigations and AND 4 - 5 years' experience in a Tax audit/Forensic Financial Investigations environment.
Minimum Functional Requirements
- Applicable to a specific Audit environment e.g. Tax, Customs or Excise business environments.
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.
- Correctly apply policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation 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.
- Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product and risk optimisation.
- Use practical and applied knowledge and situational judgement to arrive at decisions.
- Plan and conduct forensic tax investigations under limited supervision in support of projects in order to.
- identify and analyze tax-related fraud, evasion, or non-compliance issues through analysing financial information or evidence.
- Prepare and compile reports in respect of investigation outcomes, trends and recommendations.
- Effectively plan and schedule own activities around investigative work allocated within the required timeframe.
- Prepare progress reports documenting findings, conclusions, and recommendations for remedial actions or legal proceedings under maximum guidance.
- Support legal proceedings, including testifying in court regarding forensic report findings and prepare visual aids to substantiate findings.
- Evaluate, collate and analyze information received from various sources to support investigations and projects.
- Plan, conduct and participate in Joint enforcement actions such as, Search and Seizures, Inspections, and apply for preservation orders to prevent dissipation of assets to secure debt risk.
- Prepare and submit a detailed investigation report outlining the key findings, quantifying any financial losses or prejudice, identifying legal transgressions, highlighting recurring patterns or trends, and recommending mitigation measures to enhance SARS systems and processes.
- Manage the end-to-end investigation process for low-complexity tax and customs offence cases involving multiple tax types, with minimal guidance.
- Collect, secure, and compile evidence including digital data, financial records, tax returns, and related documents to identify discrepancies and irregularities, while ensuring full compliance with all applicable legislation throughout the evidence gathering process.
Governance
- Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of specialisation 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 organisational policies and procedures to ensure cost effectiveness and reduction of financial costs 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
- Drive for Results
- Persuasion Ability
- Trust
- Respect
- Honesty and Integrity
- Problem Solving and Analysis
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Organisational Awareness
- Building Sustainability
Technical competencies
- Functional Policies and Procedures
- Reporting
- Analysis and Interpretation of Financial
- Business Knowledge
- Audit Methodology
- Quality Orientation
- Customer Liaison
- Problem Analysis and Judgement
- Planning and Organising
- Business Acumen
- Risk Identification
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Job Purpose
- To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of area specific activities and end-to-end processes by managing internal operations and resources within the account maintenance business unit, 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 Business Management/ Accounting/Finance and 5-7 years' experience in Accounts or Taxpayer Services, of which 1 year is at supervisory level
#ALTERNATIVE
- Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and 10 years’ experience in Accounts or Taxpayer Services, of which 1 year is at supervisory level.
Job Outputs:
Process
- 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 the change.
- Implement resource plans in line with delivery and performance objectives, on budget and in partnership with specialised areas.
- Link 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.
- Manage defined resources and the achievement of set unit's objectives and in the process, contribute to effective and efficient service delivery.
- Manage team activities to ensure achievement of production targets within the identified quality and turnaround time and standards.
- Plan and manage projects and initiatives in area of accountability that impact on specific business area.
- 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.
- Accumulate information to report on work progress and use for decision making purposes and the identification of improvement opportunities.
- 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 judgment in making decisions and overcoming obstacles in order to attain set goals and objectives for area of accountability.
- Constantly monitor the integrity and quality of data to ensure that the correct information is fed back to business and practice owners.
- Deploy resources appropriately and anticipate and resolve problems to ensure that tactical targets are achieved within agreed deadlines and standards.
- Ensure procedures, policies and mandates are clearly understood and complied with.
- Ensure that appropriate control measures are introduced to address matters raised in audit findings.
- Ensure that organisational compliance reports are submitted timeously and accurately, according to legislative requirements.
Governance
- Implement and use governance and compliance procedures and processes effectively to identify and manage risks and expose previously unknown liabilities.
- Implement risk management, governance and compliance policies and processes to identify and manage risks and expose liabilities.
- Understand and implement governance control processes and role segregation requirements in area of accountability.
People
- Implement appropriate people capacity plans in line with delivery and efficiency targets, on budget and in partnership with specialised areas.
- Monitor and actively manage team performance to meet specified objectives against required targets, deadlines and quality standards.
- Build strong relationships through providing direction and leadership to others and expressing positive expectations.
- Encourage and enable teamwork, by enabling collaboration with others and commitment to pursuing set goals.
Finance
- Contribute to the development of divisional budgets to minimise expenditure aligned with divisional plans.
- Draw up a budget aligned to operational delivery plans, monitor and report on variances.
- Ensure team's adherence to specified policies, standards and procedures to prevent and reduce wastage on financial resources and escalate associated risk.
- Implement, manage and report on cost improvement objectives and communicate or escalate any shortfalls.
Client
- Develop and implement processes which build client service delivery excellence and encourage others to provide exceptional service.
- Implement continuous improvements and shorter turnaround times in line with Service Level Agreements with stakeholders.
Behavioural competencies
- Accountability
- Adaptability
- Customer Service
- Fairness and Transparency
- Honesty and Integrity
- Problem Solving and Analysis
- Respect
- Trust
Technical competencies Leadership Competencies
- Ability to translate strategy into execution
- Concern for impact of own behaviour on others
- Develop teams and nurtures interdependency
- Inspire others to positive action
- Nurtures future talent
- Stewardship and service orientation
- Strong results orientation
- Values and manage diversity
Technical competencies
- Analysis and interpretation of Financial Statements
- Business Acumen
- Change Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Decisiveness
- Effective Business Communication
- Financial Acumen
- Financial Analysis and Reporting
- Financial and Performance reporting
- Functional Policies and Procedures
- Managerial Budgeting
- Planning and Organizing
- Planning, Management and Measurement
- Problem Analysis and Judgement
- Quality Management
- SARS System Products
- Standard operating procedure compliance
- Tax Knowledge
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