Division: Service & Delivery Centralized
Location: Gauteng North (Dooringkloof)
Advert Closing Date: 04 November 2022
About the Position
SARS is looking for a dynamic individual, competent, self-driven, with integrity and discretion who is result driven with sound Legal background. He/she should be an admitted attorney / advocate and possess excellent legal research, dispute resolution and litigation skills, be willing to learn, possess excellent negotiation and drafting skills and must be willing to thrive in a busy and demanding work environment. He/she must be a team player with good listening skills, respect ideas and aim to improve the product or process at hand. He/she must also be capable of executing his/her duties with enthusiasm and a good comprehension of the law as well as a capability within SARS to achieve its strategic intent of Voluntary Compliance by making it easy for compliant taxpayers and traders, hard & costly for non-compliant taxpayers & traders.
Job Purpose
To direct, control and manage litigation cases and tax disputes which are significant or complex and provide expert legal advice & support in the development of new projects, policies or operational initiatives, participate in governance committees and be responsible for training and mentoring of the team.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
BA Law / LLB Degree and 8-10 years experience in Litigation and dispute resolution of which 3-4 years ideally at operational specialist level
- Admitted Attorney or Advocate
Alternatively
- Senior Certificate and 15 years experience in Litigation and dispute resolution
- Admitted Attorney or Advocate
Job Outputs:
Process
- Identify tax and customs loopholes and potential risk and recommend legal interventions in an effort to close the tax gap.
- Finalise legal matters by identifying facts, accessing relevant sources, analysis, application, advice and implementation of the course of action.
- 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.
Governance
- Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.
People
- 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
- 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
- Expertise in context
- Honesty and Integrity
- Trust
- Respect
- Problem solving and analysis
- Fairness and Transparency
- Analytical Thinking
- Accountability
- Conceptual Ability
- Adaptability
- Persuasion ability
- External Awareness
- Attention to detail
- Organisational awareness
- Building Sustainability
Technical competencies
- Functional Policies and procedures
- Legal advisory and interpretation
- Legal Knowledge and knowledge of ethics
- Reporting
- Business Knowledge
- Efficiency improvement
- Legal Compliance
- Legal Writing Skills
- Dispute Resolution
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.
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