About the Position
Purpose
- To conduct and ensure the effective and efficient execution of complex audits in multi tax situations.
Job Outputs
- 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.
- 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.
- Integrate business information, compare, analyse produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
- Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes systems across an internal value chain.
- 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.
- Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
- 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.
- Appears as a specialist witness in court and attend to court proceedings as and when required.
- Provide end-to-end query resolution advice on complex audits conducted by the team.
- Conduct research into local international practices trends in order to identify best practice the most practical business solutions options.
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.
- Enable a culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.
Finance
- Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.
Minimum Qualification Experience
- Relevant Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) AND 8-10 years’ experience in a similar environment, of which 3-4 years ideally at operational specialist level.
The ideal candidate will have the following competencies:
Ability
- 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.
- Select, develop and assess the applicability of methods and techniques to be applied within the functional work unit.
- Utilise understanding of functional area, legislation and mandate to make recommendations to the functional strategy.
- Build strong relationships through providing specialist know-how and leadership to others, expressing positive expectations.
Knowledge
- The confidence and ability to take timely and appropriate decisions.
- Determines taxpayer liability and ensures compliance.
- Knowledge of financial accounting principles, classifying, measuring and recording the transactions of SARS.
About The Employer
Employment Equity
The Employment Equity policy of SARS will be considered as part of the recruitment and selection process. African Males; African Females AND People with Disabilities are targeted for this position.
It is the applicants responsibility to have all foreign qualifications evaluated and verified by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) and proof thereof must be attached. Successful candidates will be subjected to personnel suitability checks including pre-employment screening, vetting and integrity assurance testing and will be further required to declare their private interests on an annual basis. Appointment is subject to a positive outcome of the relevant checks.
Putting our people first is an integral part of SARS business strategy. In support of this and our ongoing evolution towards becoming the best employee-centric employer in South Africa, our Human Resources strategy aims to create a high performing environment for our people by role modelling and embedding the right behaviours and values.