Specialist: Compliance Risk (Governance)

About the Position

An Exciting opportunity is available for a highly skilled, results driven, self-directed specialist with extensive knowledge and experience in the strengthening of corporate governance within SARS as an organization. The incumbent will play a key role in strengthening SARS’s corporate governance frameworks and practices, ensuring the organisation continues to meet its strategic objectives and legislative obligations with integrity and accountability and should possess the ability to provide expert advice, development of policies, and monitoring of compliance with relevant governance standards, including King V Report, PFMA and applicable public sector legislation and regulations.  This is to ensure that the integration between Enterprise / Corporate Governance and business conform to the best practice guidelines. This will in turn guarantee that good governance prevails to assist SARS to contribute towards the higher purpose and a world class service orientation. The role will form part of the SARS Enterprise Governance Team who operates at a second line of assurance level. The Governance Unit inter alia, provides Governance services, which includes consulting, advisory services, as well as monitoring and assessment activities (referred to as assurance services). The Unit also recommends best practices where necessary.  The Incumbent should be versed with knowledge and a high level of understanding of corporate governance, to provide support where necessary, to general business and management. The incumbent should also be a team player and have good communication skills.  S/he will provide highly specialized knowledge and know-how, in order to enable business to translate the SARS vision and strategic intent into a world-class taxpayer service, and delivery operation, through good governance practices and principles. It is required that the candidate should have knowledge of relevant Tax legislation, PFMA, regulations, governance frameworks, ISO Standards in support of Governance, King V. S/he must also possess strong knowledge, skills and experience to pro-actively assist the business to manage and mitigate any identified risks, within the area of responsibility. S/he will further be responsible to support leadership in designing, maintaining and implementation of SARS Governance Management strategy, Framework, policies, procedures and practices in support of SARS strategic initiatives.

Job Purpose

To develop governance frameworks, analyse and provide expert advice, monitoring services and reports, assessments (including maturity assessments) and consulting services, in respect of Enterprise/Corporate Governance, in order for Business to achieve business objectives.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required 

Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Public Management & Governance, Business and/or Management related studies AND 8-10 years’ experience in a Governance, Risk and Compliance and/or Public Policy environment of which 3-4 years at operational specialist level.

ALTERNATIVE #

Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years related experience in a Governance, Risk and Compliance and/ or Public Policy environment of which 3-4 years at operational specialist level.

 # The alternative qualifications and experience refer to internal minimum requirements.

#Middle Management experience will be an added advantage.

Job Outputs:

Process

• Apply functional area policies in order to enhance unit’s ability to advise business in complex field and or professional discipline.


• Understand the system and the underlying principles supporting the overall business process.


• Provide specialist advice and guidance specific to a complex field and or professional discipline.


• Undertake information gathering, research and analyse data within broad guidelines to produce accurate plans, reports & or recommendations for business issues.


• 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

• Fairness and Transparency


• Analytical Thinking


• Accountability


• Conceptual Ability


• Organisational Awareness


• Trust


• Respect


• Problem Solving and Analysis


• Honesty and Integrity


• Attention to Detail


• Commitment to Continuous Learning


• Building Sustainability

Technical competencies

• Reporting and Interpretation


• Corporate Governance Knowledge


• Risk Awareness


• Compliance testing and Governance consulting


• Functional Policies and Procedures


• Business Knowledge


• Efficiency improvement

Compliance Competency

• The ability to assess compliance to best practice

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.