Job Purpose

To provide technical and functional advice and guidance in the execution of audits/investigations on multiple cases and projects, across multiple tax types in compliance with all legislative requirements. Drive delivery against the audit’s/ investigation’s/project’s planning, performance, documentation and elements of reporting

Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification ’ Experience Required

Bachelor’s Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) BCom Accounting/ Audit, Law Degree, AND 8-10 years’ experience in a Financial Forensic Investigative/ Audit environment, of which 3-4 years ideally at operational specialist level Or
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years Financial Forensic Investigative/ Audit experience, of which 3-4 years ideally at operational specialist level

Minimum Functional Requirements

Applicable to a specific Audit environment e.g. Tax, Customs or Excise business environments.

Job Outputs:
Process

Identify and analyse high revenue cases for audit/ civil investigation, debt and criminal investigations relating to fraudulent syndicate activities.
Provide specialist advice and guidance specific to a complex project and or professional discipline (different tax types).
To execute, guide, direct and provide specialist advise on multiple cases, projects, across all tax types, and to lead investigations of medium to complex in nature, serve as a witness when required in compliance with all legislative requirements
Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to the strategy of the project(s).
Contribute to the optimum utilisation of org. resources, advising on effective planning and development of area of specialisation resource plans.
Develop and monitor a quality standard 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.
Provide technical guidance and training to other team members
Conduct investigations/audits (plan, execute, finalize) of a high standard in which policies, standards, procedures, and legislation are correctly applied

Governance

Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure liability

People

Enable a culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members.
Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of tax crimes investigations.
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

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

Behavioural competencies

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

Technical competencies

Functional Policies and Procedures
Search and Seizure
Reporting
Business Knowledge
Efficiency improvement
Criminal Investigation
Decision Making and Problem Solving
Expert witness

Compliance Competency

GOC Confidential
ADJECTIVE LAW 4
SUBSTANTIVE LAW 2
Collection and preservation of evidence and the chain of custody (Investigations)
Interviewing and interrogation (Investigations)
Testify in formal and criminal proceedings
Investigative reporting