Manager: Compliance Risk

Position Reports to:   Business Area Lead: Investigative Audit (PIRE

Division: Service & Delivery Restricted

Location: Le Hae La Sars Pretoria

Advert Closing Date:  05 December 2025

About the Position

In an ever-changing environment, we seek to build 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. Prominent Individuals and Restricted Entities Segment is looking for an experienced, results driven, self-directed specialist to conduct and analyse the tax related compliance behaviour from a risk perspective.

Job Purpose

To ensure effective and efficient planning and execution of compliance risk activities to regulate taxpayer compliance and maximise tax revenue collections by conducting, analysing and recommending compliance interventions for Prominent Individuals and Restricted Entities Segment Taxpayers in order to continuously enhance service delivery and voluntary compliance.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

 Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Accounting / Auditing/ Taxation AND  8-10 years' experience working with in Taxpayer Risk profiling of which 3-4 years at Junior Management level.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Plan and manage projects in area of accountability that impact on different business areas.
• Apply functional area policies to enhance unit's ability to advise business in complex field and or professional discipline.
• Develop and plan functional unit's quarterly plan in line with the area's annual plan and execute to achieve target's/objectives.
• Plan and report on unit's outputs, identify possible deviations and problems which may affect outputs and develop and implement alternative plans.
• Research and support workable recommendations/solutions that meet business needs through information analysis.
• Act as the bottom-line drivers of tactical implementation within the context of business unit excellence and performance improvement.
• Direct, control, coordinate and optimise budgeted resources to meet specific objectives and deliver agreed results and productivity requirements.
• Ensure the development and implementation of a practice in alignment with operational policy and procedural frameworks.
• Implement tactical strategy and delivery plans through the development of operational activities, ensuring the achievement of operational targets.
• Use the insights gained through integrated business reports to measure success & realign tactical strategy implementation objectives appropriately.
• Plan for handling work outputs, pull together interdependent activities & specify priorities, standards & procedures to ensure tactical implementation.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, policies, and procedures, and execute the implementation of change and innovation initiated by the organisation.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact, and use to develop best fit alternatives, implementing best practice solutions.
• Provide periodic reports on performance against plan & progress on short-term initiatives & use to realign tactical plan and objectives appropriately.
• Timeously communicate top-down policy and associated single practice area modification, objective achievement progress and critical success factors to impacted stakeholders.

Governance

• Monitor and promote the application of governance and required legal compliance in the context of policy and processes.
• Implement governance, risk, and compliance policy in own practice area to identify and manage governance and risk exposure liability.
• Manage and or advise on the translation and application of policy in a specific functional area.

People

• Encourage and enable teamwork, by enabling collaboration with others and commitment to pursuing set goals.
• Develop and maintain a team that is capable for operating to their full capability and provide appropriate skills, knowledge, and experience.
• Plan & implement enhanced organisational efficiency by identifying and addressing development requirements & providing tools for people resources.
• Create a positive work climate & culture to energise employees & give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity.
• Translate performance expectations into specific metrics and goals to identify and provide effective services, solve problems, and achieve objectives.
• Develop & implement appropriate people capacity plans in line with delivery & efficiency targets, on budget & in partnership with specialised area.

Finance

• Contribute to the development of divisional budgets to minimise expenditure aligned with divisional plans.
• Establish revenue targets for individuals and teams and identify and pursue opportunities to increase revenue collection in area of accountability.
• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of accountability.
• Draw up a budget aligned to tactical delivery plans, monitor planned vs. actual, minimise expenditure and report on cost efficiency

Client

• Develop and ensure implementation of practices which builds service delivery excellence and encourages others to provide exceptional client service.
• Manage an integrated service excellence culture, which builds rewarding relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
• Build strong relationships and implement service level agreements that promote SARS with internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural competencies

• Conceptual Thinking
• Championing the Mandate
• Influencing Others
• Mobilising Teams
• Driving for Excellence
• Leveraging Diversity
• Accurate Understanding
• Developing Others
• Fairness and Transparency
• Accountability
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Honesty and Integrity
• Trust
• Respect
• Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

• IT Strategy and Planning
• Risk Knowledge
• Risk Awareness
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Reporting and Interpretation
• Managerial Budgeting
• Tax Knowledge
• Effective Business Communication
• Problem Analysis and Judgement
• Planning, Management and Measurement
• Decisiveness
• Business Acumen

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.