The South African Revenue Service (SARS)·Gauteng, south-africa·Full Time·Contract
Financial ServicesFull TimeContract
-Closes Nov 3, 2026
Job Purpose
To process accounting transactions and perform reconciliations to ensure accurate and complete financial records, in accordance with set policies and procedures.
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
Relevant Higher Certificate (Accounting Certificate/ Diploma NQF 5) and 2 years' experience in a Finance or similar financial environment.
#Alternative
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 3 years related experience in a Finance or similar financial environment.
Note: The alternative qualifications and experience refer to the internal minimum requirements (internal staff of SARS).
Job Outputs:
Process
Verification of invoices/documents/payments / receipts / and documents received/tax invoices are valid and correct.
Follow up on outstanding invoices / payments/ receipts/ in order to identify discrepancies & variances.
Capture and verify financial transactions to ensure treatment and/or payment is accurate
Quality assurance of transactions captured to ensure accuracy, correct calculation, validity and completeness of data and information to minimise mistakes.
Reconciliation of Accounts to confirm and identify discrepancies / variances and that balances are accurate, complete and valid.
Prepare accruals for services rendered at the financial year-end.
Facilitate and resolve bank rejections in conjunction with Procurement and payroll.
Monitor, assign, resolved and finalise incoming remedies on a daily basis.
Maintaining stakeholder relationship and handle enquires.
Compile and perform report analysis for monthly submissions on financial transactions/statistics as prescribed within the relevant statutory framework.
Communication of transactional outputs and queries in area of work according to policies and quality requirements.
Contribute to the development & improvement of area specific standards, procedures and processes to ensure continued quality and service improvement.
Contribute to the successful implementation of change initiatives by providing support in area of work.
Deliver on contracted performance objectives and escalate unresolved delivery and quality issues to management and process owners.
Draw on own knowledge and experience to identify and develop solutions that leads to improved service delivery and quality
Effectively plan and schedule own activities to continuously improve quality and service delivery in area of work.
Governance
Comply with organisational internal control and governance standards in finance and procurement processes.
Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of work and continuously identify and escalate risks.
People
Drive own performance and development in order to achieve and improve on work outputs in line with required response time, quality and service delivery standards.
Search for, integrate and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
Finance
Adhere to specified policies, standards, legislation and procedures to prevent wastage on resources, unauthorised expenditure and wasteful expenditure and report violations.
Client
Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
Ensure client satisfaction by engaging and delivering a service that is consistent, seamless, quick and error free.