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Specialist: Data Analytics

Job Title: Specialist: Data Analytics

Position Reports to: Senior Manager: Engineering (Innovation)

Division: Strategy, Enabling and Modernisation

Location: Head Office, Lehae la SARS

Advert Closing Date: 09 June 2025

About the Position

The SARS Innovation Incubator (II) located within the Strategy, Planning and Modernisation (SPM) unit is looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented Specialist Data Analyst with relevant academic competence, experience and a solid work ethics to join a dynamic team, that will drive data driven problem solutions with a particular focus on modernisation initiatives across SARS.

Job Purpose

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and analysing data to support theEnvisioning Lab’s initiatives. This role involves leveraging data to drive insights, inform decision making, and support the development of innovative solutions. The responsibilities also include ensuring data integrity, developing data models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve the Envisioning Lab’s objectives.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in (Informatics/Computer Science/Statistics/IT) AND 8-10 years experience in Data Engineering / Business Data Intelligence / Data Science, of which 3-4 years at the operational specialist level

Alternative

Senior Certificate (NQF 4) Informatics/Computer Science/Statistics/IT) AND 15 years in Data Engineering / Business Data Intelligence / Data Science experience with 3-4 years at the operational specialist level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

Experience in Data Engineering / Business Data Intelligence / Data Science
Advanced (applied theory) technical expertise regarding data processes, data cleaning, analysis, reporting, data models, and database design and testing
Knowledge of and experience with reporting tools (SQL and Power BI / Tableau or equivalent), databases (SQL Server) and programming (R, Python, etc.)
Advanced (applied theory) knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analysing datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS, R, etc.)
Advanced (applied theory) Data warehouse knowledge.
Be advanced in the application of:

Basic Data Migration
Basic Data Visualization
Business Intelligence Methodologies
Database Knowledge

Advanced (applied theory) Programming Skills – i.e. SQL, and Python/R, etc.
Microsoft skills (Advanced in)– i.e. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.

Job Outputs:

Process

Review the effectiveness of related approaches and methodologies by conducting research, and best practice benchmarking initiatives.
Conduct assessments and use information to advise, make recommendations and facilitate improvement.
Acquiring data from primary or secondary data sources and maintaining databases, applying the knowledge of data extraction, transformation, and business modelling.
To perform complex/advance business analysis using various techniques, e.g. statistical analysis, explanatory and predictive modelling, and data mining.
To design, develop, and test complex/advance data analytics solutions like Reports, Dashboards, Analysis, Extracts, Models, etc.
To identify, analyse and interpret trends and patterns in complex/advance data sets, based on data findings.
Communicate the results of their analysis and findings by using basic complex/advance visualisation techniques with both internal and external customers.
To ensure the availability of existing data analytics solutions (like reports, etc.) by maintaining them as well as improving them where shortcomings exist.
Analyses data, creates summary reporting, and performs analysis to support the decision-making of research, senior management, member companies, and internal departments.
Builds and manages/maintains a database to house data collected from various sources.

Governance

Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity, and ethics processes within the area of specialisation.

People

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
Search for, integrate, and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.

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 opportunities for feedback and exceptional service.
Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise, and advice to internal and external stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders that promote cross-functional process delivery solutions.

Behavioural competencies

Accountability
Trust
Respect
Honesty and Integrity
Conceptual Ability
Attention to Detail
Building Sustainability
Analytical Thinking
Adaptability
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Fairness and Transparency
Organisational Awareness
Problem Solving and Analysis
Business Knowledge

Technical competencies

Business Knowledge
Computer Literacy
Functional Policies and Procedures
Statistical and Mathematical Analysis
Data Management
Data Collection and Analysis
Capacity Management Proficiency
Data Analytics
Data Governance
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.

Senior Specialist: Engineering (Innovation and Solutioning)

Job Title: Senior Specialist: Engineering (Innovation and Solutioning)

Position Reports to: Senior Manager: Engineering

Division: Design and Enabling

Location: Head Office, Brooklyn

Advert Closing Date: 22 May 2025

About the Position

The SARS Innovation Incubator (II) located within the Strategy, Planning and Modernisation (SPM) unit is looking for highly skilled and results driven innovation and solutioning professionals with relevant academic competence, experience and a solid work ethics to join a dynamic team of seasoned innovation and solutioning professionals.

The Senior Specialist: Engineering job is at a senior level in the organisation and will require individuals to work on strategic enterprise solutions and modernisation initiatives. These individuals will be required to analyse complex business problems, conceptualise or design innovative ‘game changer’ solutions for these problems, develop solution or modernisation roadmaps, work with a diverse range of stakeholders and partners to prototype and conceptualise these strategic solutions.

Job Purpose

To facilitate the adoption of new leading edge ‘Game Changer’ concepts in support of the SARS Vision 2024 enterprise strategy. This is achieved through research and benchmarking, participating in open collaboration networks, identifying and conceptualising innovation solution designs, the incubation of concepts (e.g., prototyping, piloting, etc.) and implementation of solution designs.

The outcomes are utilised to define product features, develop their implementation roadmaps in the SARS business architecture and business solutions landscape, and ensure that the designs support the achievement of sustainable business results, including the provision of design and implementation support and conducting stakeholder engagement.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

Honours / Postgraduate Diploma (NQF 8) in Industrial Engineering; Computer Science and Min. 10-12 years’ experience in an innovation, design, and technology environment, of which 3-4 years at a specialist level.

Alternative#

Relevant bachelor’s degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Industrial Engineering or Computer Science and 15 years’ experience in an innovation, design, and technology environment, of which 3-4 years at a specialist level.

Job Outputs:

Process

Innovation

Collaborate with local and international owners, partners and stakeholders
Conduct local and international research and benchmarking
Develop, socialise and publish fore-sighting reports
Draft idea elevator pitches
Understand business problem using data driven approach
Design Innovation Solutions
Draft Innovation Business Cases
Build, test and demonstrate prototype
Manage prototype governance
Track solution benefits

Solutioning

Build relationships with Business, Product and Segment Owners
Build stakeholder and partner networks
Assess the strategic landscape
Draft or facilitate the drafting of modernisation and solution strategies
(5-10-year horizon)
Socialise modernisation and solution strategies
Analyse and understand problems
Collaborate on the detailed designs
Draft Business Cases
Participate in the development and testing cycle
Track solution benefits

Governance

Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within area of specialisation.
Ensure that completed work adhere to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations & discrepancies.

People

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.
Search for, integrate and share new knowledge 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 accountability
Adhere to organisational policies and procedures to ensure cost effectiveness and reduction of financial costs.

Client

Build strong relationships and develop service level agreements that promote SARS with internal and external stakeholders.
Manage an integrated service excellence culture, which builds rewarding relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

Honesty and Integrity
Fairness and Transparency
Accountability
Problem Solving and Analysis
Conceptual thinking
Influencing others
Driving Excellence
Leveraging diversity
Accurate understanding
Building sustainability

Technical competencies

Strategic Planning
Tax Knowledge
Effective Business Communication
Problem analysis and judgement
Planning management and measurement
Decisiveness
Business acumen
Functional Policies and Procedures

Knowledge

Knowledge of innovation, industry and technology trends
Understand a situation or problem by breaking it into smaller pieces/tracing the implications of situation in a step-by-step way
Knowledge of own organisations, policies, procedures, services, products and business operating models
The knowledge and interpretation of the functional policies and procedures, including monitoring their consistent application internally within SARS.

Compliance Competency

GOC Secret

Employment Equity

Specialist: Legal and Domestic (High Wealth Individuals)

Job Title: Specialist: Legal and Domestic (High Wealth Individuals)

Position Reports to: Senior Manager: High Wealth Individuals

Division: High Wealth Individual (HWI)

Location: Woodmead Office

Advert Closing Date: 25 May 2025

About the Position

SARS is looking for a highly skilled, experienced, results driven, self-directed individual with sound judgement and strong business acumen who will contribute towards our higher purpose and service orientation. The candidate must be an admitted attorney / advocate and possess excellent commercial tax, legal research and dispute resolution, be willing to learn, possess excellent negotiation and drafting skills and must be willing to thrive in a busy and demanding work environment. The suitable candidate must be a team player with good listening skills, respect ideas and aim to improve the product or process at hand.

Job Purpose

To provide technical legal support and assist to business areas. S/he will be responsible to provide legal advice, make recommendations aimed at improving operational policies, participate in committees, and be responsible for training and mentoring of the team.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

BA Law / LLB Degree (NQF 7) AND 8-10 year’s experience in Tax Law environmen of which 3-4 years ideally at an operational specialist (i.e., middle management) level; AND
Admitted Attorney or Advocate.

Admitted Attorney or Advocate

Alternative

Senior Certificate AND 15 years related experience in a Tax Law environment; AND
Admitted Attorney or Advocate

Minimum Functional Requirements

Admitted Attorney or Advocate
Assess and interpret, intricate tax structures and legal frameworks including corporate reorganisations.

Job Outputs:

Process

Conduct assessments and use information to advise, make recommendations and facilitate improvement. Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
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.
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.
Identify and mitigate tax risks effectively.
Provide legal opinions on tax matters, ensuring compliance with various tax legislation and related laws.
Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
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.
Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.

Governance

Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.
Manage and or advise on the translation and application of policy in a specific functional area

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.
Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective management of interdependencies.
Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, facilitates communications and coordinate activities among stakeholders.

Finance

Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

Client

Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
Develop & ensure implementation of own practices to build delivery excellence, encouraging others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

Analytical Thinking
Fairness and transparency
Conceptual Ability
External Awareness
Accountability
Problem Solving and Analysis

Persuasion Ability
Diversity Awareness
Honesty and integrity
Trust
Respect
Expertise in Context
Attention to Detail
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Organisational Awareness
Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

Functional Policies and Procedures
Reporting
Business Knowledge
Effective business communication
Creative and Innovative Thinking
Efficiency improvement
Legal Advisory and Interpretation
Legal Knowledge and knowledge of ethics
Legal Compliance
Policy analysis
Risk identification

Compliance Competency

GOC Secret

Employment Equity

Specialist: Legal and Domestic (High Wealth Individuals)

Job Title: Specialist: Legal and Domestic (High Wealth Individuals)

Position Reports to: Senior Manager: High Wealth Individuals

Division: High Wealth Individual (HWI)

Location: Woodmead Office

Advert Closing Date: 25 May 2025

About the Position

Job Purpose

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

BA Law / LLB Degree (NQF 7) AND 8-10 year’s experience in Tax Law environmen of which 3-4 years ideally at an operational specialist (i.e., middle management) level; AND
Admitted Attorney or Advocate.

Admitted Attorney or Advocate

Alternative

Senior Certificate AND 15 years related experience in a Tax Law environment; AND
Admitted Attorney or Advocate

Minimum Functional Requirements

Admitted Attorney or Advocate
Assess and interpret, intricate tax structures and legal frameworks including corporate reorganisations.

Job Outputs:

Process

Conduct assessments and use information to advise, make recommendations and facilitate improvement. Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
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.
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.
Identify and mitigate tax risks effectively.
Provide legal opinions on tax matters, ensuring compliance with various tax legislation and related laws.
Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
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.
Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.

Governance

Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability.
Manage and or advise on the translation and application of policy in a specific functional area

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.
Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective management of interdependencies.
Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, facilitates communications and coordinate activities among stakeholders.

Finance

Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

Client

Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
Develop & ensure implementation of own practices to build delivery excellence, encouraging others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

Analytical Thinking
Fairness and transparency
Conceptual Ability
External Awareness
Accountability
Problem Solving and Analysis

Persuasion Ability
Diversity Awareness
Honesty and integrity
Trust
Respect
Expertise in Context
Attention to Detail
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Organisational Awareness
Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

Functional Policies and Procedures
Reporting
Business Knowledge
Effective business communication
Creative and Innovative Thinking
Efficiency improvement
Legal Advisory and Interpretation
Legal Knowledge and knowledge of ethics
Legal Compliance
Policy analysis
Risk identification

Compliance Competency

GOC Secret

Employment Equity

Research: Machine Learning Data Scientist x3

Position Reports to: Chief Data Scientist

Division: Strategy Enab & Modernisation

Location: SARS Brooklyn

Advert Closing Date: 10 June 2025

About the Position

At SARS we use data science and machine learning (ML) / artificial intelligence (AI) in collaboration with human experts to surface insights, predict outcomes and aid decision making to ultimately meet our strategic objectives and better serve our customers.

The Research: Machine Learning Data Scientist will play a crucial role in thinking creatively about our data and providing guidance on what to build, not just how to build – design, implement and validate statistical machine learning / artificial intelligence products in innovative ways to execute on projects that are a strategic priority for the organisation.

Job Purpose

To provide expert advice and guidance in the design, implementation and validation of statistical machine learning / artificial intelligence products, be innovative in blending algorithms with the expertise of the organisation, to best serve the needs of SARS customers and support the organisation’s strategic intent of voluntary compliance. Use algorithms to improve operational efficiencies as well as detect non-compliance, conduct research and keep abreast of latest tools and models to be applied in resolving the organisation’s problems.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

Honours / Postgraduate Diploma (NQF 8) in a quantitative field e.g. Actuarial Science, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning or similar AND 10-12 years’ experience in a similar environment of which 3-4 years at a specialist level

Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in a quantitative field e.g. Actuarial Science, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning or similar AND 12-15 years related experience of which 3-4 at a specialist level

A Master’s degree would be advantageous.

Minimum Functional Requirements

Skilled in statistics or machine learning.
Able to read and digest academic papers to think creatively about our data and provide guidance on what to build.
Fluency in a coding language such as R, Python or similar.
Excellent written and verbal communication. Able to articulate concepts effectively in different ways dependent on the audience – non-technical, non-ML technical, ML/DS practitioners.
Advanced level of experience with relational databases and SQL knowledge (5+ years).
Some experience with non-relational databases e.g. DynamoDB (1+ years).
Experience with different data format types e.g. JSON, Parquet, CSV, Pickle, XML (2+ years).
Some experience with unstructured data and NLP techniques is desirable (not only ChatGPT e.g. Spacy, Hugging Face) (1+ year).
Intermediate experience running end-to-end machine learning or research projects (must have been involved in operationalizing ML / AI projects).
Experience with streaming data is an advantage.
Cloud experience on AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud is an advantage.
Experience with foundational models (deploying as-is, using RAG or fine tuning) is an advantage.

Job Outputs:

Process

Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures, policies and practices.
Develop multiple practices in alignment with operational policy and procedural frameworks, supporting tactical development and excellence.
Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision-making purposes.
Stay up to date with DS/ML/AI techniques and trends and supporting architecture trends in the domain.
Think creatively about the organisations’ data and provide guidance on what to build (using skills and innovative mindset to spot opportunities).
Share best practices and learnings to the team and the wider data specialists across the organisation.
Analyse and critique Machine Learning models of teammates to continuously improve our artefacts.
Expose Machine Learning outputs via APIs or similar, to stakeholders to use.
Define and build dashboards and analyses/reports that track KPIs, experiments and new initiatives.

Governance

Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies in own practice areas 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 expertise, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.

Finance

Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation

Client

Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
Develop and ensure implementation of own practices to build delivery excellence, encouraging others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders

Behavioural competencies