Job Description

Job Title: Specialist: Financial Analyst (Revenue) x2 - Fixed Term ContractPosition Reports to: Programme Head: Office of the Deputy CommissionerDivision: Taxpayer Engagement & OperationsLocation: Pretoria, BrooklynAdvert Closing Date: 27 February 2025About the PositionWe are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Financial Analyst Team Lead to oversee a small but highly effective team of financial analysts. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in understanding, analyzing, and interpreting financial data provided by outsourced debt collectors. You will help define improved debt collection strategies to drive more efficient outcomes for the organization. This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong financial analysis background and leadership skills who enjoys problem-solving and optimizing processes.Job PurposeTo analyse and provide expert advice on the financial outsourced data to enable differentiated strategic collection strategies.Education and ExperienceBachelor's Degree/Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Finance/Audit/Accounting or similar with 8 - 10 years tax financial analysis experience of which 3 - 4 years is at a junior management level.Minimum Qualification & Experience RequiredSenior Certificate (NQF 4) with 12 - 15 years tax financial analysis experience of which 3 - 4 years is at a junior management level.The following will be a requirement from an experience perspective: * Prior experience leading or managing a team of analysts.

• Advanced proficiency in financial analysis tools and software (e.g., Excel, Power BI, SQL).
• Strong understanding of debt collection processes, methodologies, and performance metrics.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Job Outputs:Process

• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice. (I)
• Contribute to the optimum utilisation of org. resources, advising on effective planning and development of area of specialisation resource plans. (I)
• Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation. (I)
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices. (I)
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes. (I)
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes and systems across an internal value chain. (I)
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice and system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence. (I)
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; best practice implementation solutions. (I)
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice areas and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation. (I)
• Translate top down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders. (I)

Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice areas to identify and manage risk exposure liability. (I)

People

• Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job. (I)
• Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise. (I)

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation. (I)

Client

• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management. (I)
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders. (I)
• Develop and ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence and encourage others to provide exceptional stakeholder service. (I)

Behavioural competencies

• Accountability (V)
• Honesty and Integrity (V)
• Fairness and Transparency (V)
• Respect (V)
• Trust(V)
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Conceptual Ability
• Diversity Awareness
• External Awareness
• Organisational Awareness
• Problem Solving and Analysis

Technical competencies

• Business Acumen
• Business Knowledge
• Decisiveness
• Efficiency Improvement
• Financial Acumen
• Financial Analysis and Reporting
• Financial Control
• Financial Performance Reporting
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Planning and Organising
• Reporting
• Reporting and Interpretation

Compliance Competency

• GOC Confidential

Employment EquityThe 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