Latest Job Opportunities at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

Job Purpose

• To be responsible for the co-ordination, configuration programming, installation, and management of system hardware and software architectures, and related client services within the organisation.
• Implementing system architectures and for the identification and resolution of hardware and software technical problems and malfunctions related to the network and other related servers with the potential to affect the successful execution of business transactions and ensuring a stable performance environment for the business processing system. 
• Work in both Production and non-Production environments.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Information Technology AND 5-7 years' experience in a similar environment, of which 2-3 years ideally at functional specialist level
• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years related experience

Minimum Functional Requirements

• SuSE Linux Certified Professional or Linux Professional Certified Level 2 and SuSE Enterprise Linux Version 10+
• Redhat Certified Technician and Redhat Linux Systems Version 7+
• Modern Docker
• OpenShift
• Kurbenetes
• Cloud technologies

Job Outputs:

Process

• 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
• 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 in order to solve emerging problems.
• To be responsible for the configuring, debugging and supporting multiple infrastructure platforms and software stacks.
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records.
• Developing, maintaining and supporting technical infrastructure, hardware and system software components and document it accordingly.
• Liaise with stakeholders for problem resolution.
• Ensure system connectivity of all servers, shared software, groupware, and other applications.
• Integrate servers and their associated software into enterprise systems/solutions.
• Provide orientation and training to end users for all modified and new systems and mentoring of peers and staff.

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.

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

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Job Purpose

• To provide expert advise and guidance and/or execute highly complex and highly specialised audits for High Wealth Individuals.

Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Relevant Honours / Postgraduate Diploma in Tax, Accounting, Auditing (NQF 8) AND 10-12 years' experience in a Tax and audit environment, of which 3-4 years ideally at specialist level,

OR
 

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma in Tax, Accounting, Auditing (NQF 7) AND 12 - 15 years experience in a Tax and audit environment, of which 3-4 years ideally at specialist level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• CA(SA), CFA, Masters in Tax, MCom, H Dip(tax) with extensive experience in a specialist audit/legal environment.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Plan, conduct and manage highly complex risk-based audits to ensure compliance with relevant acts.
• Identify tax gaps and evasion schemes involving complex matters and suggest potential solutions to minimize tax risks.
• Manage quality in planning, execution and finalisation of audits.
• Conduct research into local & international practices & trends in order to identify best practice & the most practical business solutions & options.
• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to tax law, 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 multiple practices in alignment with operational policy and procedural frameworks, supporting tactical development and excellence.
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge & experience to identify & recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Influence and communicate across business areas impacted by practice area to minimise resistance and ensure on-boarding of new thinking.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy development and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.
• Plan for value-added, continuous multiple practice and system improvement optimisation to deliver on objectives and to enhance tactical excellence.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; developing best practice 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 in own practice areas to identify and manage risk exposure liability.

People

• Enable a culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.
• Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise
• Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills 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.
• 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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Job Purpose

• The primary purpose of the Senior Test Analyst is to analyse project specification documentation and to utilize the results thereof to create a set of testing capital to be used for the testing of a software system and its related processes. In addition, project team resource management and coordination activities in delivering testing outcomes form part of this job in accordance with the SARS standards.  

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in a Computer Science / IT / Information Systems / Engineering AND 5 years' experience in a testing environment and must have completed advanced, certified training in Software Testing Techniques (e.g. ITSEB or ISTQB Advanced).
• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND must have completed advanced, certified training in Software Testing Techniques (e.g. ITSEB or ISTQB Advanced) and minimum of 10 years’ experience in software testing environment.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Software testing - Have a working knowledge of the following applications: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Project. Must have an in-depth knowledge of HP Quality Centre. 

Job Outputs:

Process

• 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.
• 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 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.
• Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
• Actively coordinate testing resources and Testing process activities and milestones across the Testing lifecycle.
• Ensure Testing resources execute Test cases and manage daily priorities and workload allocation according to priorities and skills base involved with project.
• Reporting – qualitative and quantitative on project progress across multiple dimensions to ensure successful delivery of project and management visibility.

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.
• To have the ability to interact effectively with members of the team involved with the project or maintenance testing effort.

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.
• Contribute on execution of assigned tasks, roles and deliverables to project resources involved as and when required.
• Ongoing collaboration and relationship building with various stakeholders and executives from various operational domains of the organisation to enable project delivery.