Job Description

Position Reports to: Manager: Audit

Division: Taxpayer Engagement

Location: Eastern Cape (East London)

Advert Closing Date: 21 August 2023

About the Position

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced professional with existing work experience which blends auditing, tax investigations, forensic auditing, and digital forensics. The ideal candidate will demonstrate technical expertise in tax auditing, financial analysis, tax dispute management, civil litigation and insolvency law. Previous experience in testifying in court proceedings is preferable. An Honours degree in Accounts/Tax or related studies, registration as a CA(SA), or a M Comm (Tax), or Certified Fraud Examiner would be advantageous.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to provide advice and guidance in the execution of audits and independently plan and conduct highly 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

Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) AND 8-10 years' Audit experience, of which 3-4 years ideally at operational specialist level

ALTERNATIVELY

Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years Audit experience of which 3-4 years ideally at operational specialist level

Job Outputs:

Process

• 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.

• To enable Specialised audit to achieve in-depth audit case targets
• To raise impactful/credible assessments in order to collect revenue
• Detecting and deterring non-compliance and influence and enforce compliance with tax legislation by conducting effective, efficient, and quality audits
• Conduct audits (plan, execute, finalize) of a high standard in which policies, standards, procedures, and legislation were correctly applied
• Timely completion of audits and disputes aligned to the SARS service charter
• Assist in the debt collection by providing information to ensure efficient and effective collection of all cases in which additional audit assessments were raised
• Develop productive relationships with team members and stakeholders to drive collective performance
• Provide technical guidance and training to other team members
• Identify initiatives to impact on compliance levels and refer to Case selection
• Identify changes required to legislation to close loopholes

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.

Client

• Develop & ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence & encourage 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

• Accountability
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Building Sustainability
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Conceptual Ability
• Conceptual Thinking
• Drive for Results
• 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
• Decisiveness
• Efficiency improvement
• Financial Accounting
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Planning and Organising
• Quality Orientation
• Reporting

Compliance Competency

• GOC Confidential

Employment Equity

The Employment Equity policy of SARS will be considered as part of the recruitment and selection process and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will be required to undertake an oath of secrecy, pre-employment screening, case study, pre-assessment, psychometric assessment and or vetting, and a declaration of private interest. The appointment is also subject to appropriate reference(s) and security clearance where applicable.

South African Revenue Service