Functional Specialist: Risk Profiling at The South African Revenue Service (SARS)

About the Position

• In an ever-changing environment, we have built a responsive and agile organisation to give effect to our strategic intent of achieving voluntary compliance. We invite you to be part of the special team that contributes to the collection of revenue, protect the economy and people of South Africa. We believe that your skills, commitment, and dedication will add value and make a difference to the organisation and country. Integrity is key to the organisation

Job Purpose

• To conduct and analyse the tax compliance behaviour, across the taxpayer base in the Financial Services sector with the view to inform the recommendation of mainly limited scope risk profiling cases for Enforcement intervention, also being introduced to full scope case selection and profiling.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Relevant National Diploma / Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) AND 2-3 years' experience in auditing or tax environment, of which 1-2 years ideally at knowledge worker level

OR

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 5 years related experience

Minimum Functional Requirements

• 2 - 3 years’ experience in auditing or tax environment, of which 1-2 years ideally at knowledge worker level or 5 years related experience

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.
• 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. •
• Use practical and applied knowledge and situational judgement to consider policy implications and to arrive at decisions / conclusions.
• Correctly apply applicable legislation, including amongst others policies, procedures, and SOPs in the delivery of work outputs.
• Review of TCC-FIA and Emigration applications above R 10 million and make recommendations. [TN1] 
•  Profiling of mainly limited scope cases and medium complexity full scope cases through data gathering, analysis and interpretation in order to refer potential high risk cases for further profiling.
• Refund validation of high risk cases.
• To refer potential high risk cases for further profiling.
• To gather data, analyse and interpret low and medium complexity compliance related risks in order to improve compliance levels.
• Utilise data analysis, triangulation of data sources and interpretation of data to provide information to management to inform business decisions.

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

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

• Accountability
• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Ability
• Attention to Detail
• Building Sustainability
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Conceptual Ability
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Organizational Awareness
• Trust
• Respect

Technical competencies

• Business Knowledge
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Efficiency improvement
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Problem Analysis and Judgement
• Reporting
• Risk Awareness
• Risk Knowledge
• Business Acumen