SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICES (SARS) VACANCIES

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SENIOR ANALYST: BUSINESS SYSTEMS
Position Reports to: Ops Manager: Change & Release      
Division: Enterprise Design - Enterprise
Location: Head Office LeHae La SARS, Pretoria
Advert Closing Date 02 February 2026
 
About the Position
SARS seeks to appoint an innovative, highly skilled, and suitably experienced Senior Business Analyst to join our Business Systems environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong business acumen, sound judgement, and a proven ability to deliver high‑quality analytical insights and solutions. This role requires a strategic thinker who can translate business needs into effective system requirements, drive process optimisation, and contribute meaningfully to organisational performance. The incumbent will play a critical role in supporting SARS’s higher purpose and advancing service delivery in alignment with our strategic objectives.
This role will ensure the successful delivery of system enhancements, upgrades, and new functionality across the organization’s business applications. This position is responsible for analysing business requirements, coordinating release activities, and ensuring that changes are deployed smoothly, securely, and with minimal disruption to operations.
The role serves as a bridge between business stakeholders, technical teams, and project managers—providing expertise in system processes, release planning, and risk management. The Senior Analyst ensures that releases are aligned with business priorities, comply with governance standards, and deliver measurable value to end users.
 
Job Purpose 
To provide expertise, advice and support to deliver on operational implementation plans and / or associated service delivery processes, by providing governance and analysis output for a single large project or across a series of smaller related initiatives including but not limited to automation testing, while providing relevant industry experience to the process, in order to continuously enhance service delivery.
 
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
Relevant National Diploma / Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) in Information Technology; AND 3–4 years’ experience in Release Management and/or Business Analysis within a complex systems environment, of which 1–2 years at knowledge‑worker level.
ALTERNATIVE#
A Senior Certificate (NQF 4); AND 6 years’ experience in Release Management, of which 1–2 years at knowledge‑worker level.
 
Minimum Functional Requirements

• Min. of 4 years’ experience in VAT, PAYE, UIF, SDL, ETI and/or Income tax.  Experience in writing functional specifications.

 
Job Outputs:
Process

• Interdepartmental peer-to-peer liaison Liaison with business partners, internal and external development partners.
• Accumulate information and provide reports with recommendations applicable to area of specialisation.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Assign incident inventory.
• Attending and engaging in project meetings and reviews by contributing your domain-specific production knowledge and experience.
• Be observant and engage on possible violations of procedures and standards of conduct and escalate where necessary.
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
• Compile User/Functional Requirements Specifications and prioritize production system change request/s.
• Contribute towards the refinement of polices, processes and procedures.
• Correctly apply policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation in the delivery of work outputs.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and SARS role players to achieve predefined objectives.
• Effectively plan and schedule own activities to continuously improve quality and service delivery in area of specialisation.
• Execute process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
• Gather, plan and manage data for test automation purposes.
• Identify candidate business processes or scenarios for automated test cases.
• Investigation of assigned query inventory to determine root cause and requesting additional information whenever lacking.
• Log a production system change request on incident management console.
• Maintain and support new and existing applications.
• Produce trends analysis of recurring Problems/Incidents, and in the case of non-resolution to escalate.
• Provide End-user education and training.
• Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product and risk optimisation.
• Replication of defect in testing environment and finding suitable workaround.
• Review of assigned inventory on incident management console.
• Reviewing and commenting upon business and functional requirements specifications for maintenance and projects.
• Take accountability for delivery of contracted work outputs within agreed parameters, quality standards and client service targets.
• Undertake information gathering and analysis of data within set guidelines to report related information to business.
• Use practical and applied knowledge and situational judgement to arrive at decisions.
• Provide exceptional customer service support to other teams and all operational areas within SARS.

 
Governance

• Comply to set governance and compliance procedures and processes related to an area of specialisation and continuously identify and escalate risks.

 
People

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and team members to achieve predefined objectives.

 
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 opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
• Ensure own understanding and adherence to customer service delivery and provide specialist support to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• To perform trend analysis in relation to incident management inventory.

 
Behavioural competencies

• Accountability
• Analytical Thinking  
• Attention to Detail 
• Building Sustainability 
• Commitment to Continuous Learning 
• Conceptual Ability 
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Organisational Awareness 
• Respect
• Trust

 
Technical competencies

• Business IT Systems  
• Business Knowledge 
• Computer Literacy 
• Customer Relationship Management  
• Efficiency improvement  
• Functional Policies and Procedures 
• IT Business Analysis  
• Relationship Building  
• Reporting 
• IT systems knowledge

 
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.
 
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SENIOR SPECIALIST: SAP DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRATION (FIXED TERM CONTRACT) (10825)
Position Reports to: Manager: SAP 
Division: Strategy Enab & Modernisation
Location: Head Office
Advert Closing Date: 01 February 2026
 
About the Position
To provide technical expertise in custom development and contribute to strategic decisions with associated development plans, by implementing continuous improvements, to support the entire software application life-cycle, providing resolutions, ensuring best practice integration and operational implementation through the achievement of SAP Development objectives.
 
Job Purpose
To provide technical expertise in custom development and contribute to strategic decisions with associated development plans, by implementing continuous improvements, to support the entire software application life cycle, providing resolutions, ensuring best practice integration and operational implementation, through the achievement of SAP Development objectives
 
Education and Experience
 
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
Bachelor’s degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in Information Technology (IT) Fields: Information Technology, Computer Science, B‐Com, Finance, Management and Engineering AND 8-10 years' experience in a SAP Development environment, of which 3-4 years is at a junior specialist level.
ALTERNATIVE #
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years  experience in a SAP Development environment, of which 4-3 years is at junior specialist level.
 
 Minimum Functional Requirements

• Experience and knowledge of key integration points between SAP modules.
• Relevant SAP Development or integration analysis and development experience. SAP SKILLS Strong background in SAP programming.
• Basic understanding of overall business ERP system landscapes including data flows and internal/external integration.
• Understanding of SAP tables and data structures desired. SAP Procurement Configuration Skills.
• Relevant training and/or certification related to - SAP ABAP, SAP BRF; SAP PI/ PO, and SAP WF training

 
Job Outputs:
 
Process

• Acts as liaison with client for troubleshooting: investigate, analyse, and solve critical SAP functional and application problems and map client business requirements, processes and objectives. Develop necessary product modifications to satisfy clients' needs.
•  Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures, policies and practices.
•  Analyse and Review requirements, perform configuration and testing in various SAP Modules, such as Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, Security, Revenue Management, Governance and Application, Lifecycle Management, Cloud Solutions, etc.
• Close communication with functional teams /designers, understand the requirements from provided functional designs and transform these requirements into the technical designs.
• Contribute to high productivity and motivation of working team with the use of your communication skills and cooperation; reach and realize project aims and outputs.
• 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 and experience to identify and recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Ensure proper testing has been completed and proper documentation exists to support new/modified applications in production and address any documentation gaps.
• Incident Resolution for Severity 1 and 2 issues and assist with Business escalations for issues raised.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes and systems across an internal value chain.
• Perform complex tasks and guidance during implementation, maintenance and support of various SAP modules to enhance business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining customer satisfaction.
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice and system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
• Plan maintenance of current system solutions for various SAP Modules, such as Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, Security, Revenue Management, Governance and Application Lifecycle Management, Cloud Solutions, etc.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; best practice implementation solutions.
• Provide expert knowledge of industry best practices and recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, policies and procedures, and execute the implementation of change and innovation initiated by the organisation.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice areas and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
• Review documentation for approval of all work tasks (definition) based on BRS and ensure adherence to SAP Support SDLC.

 
Governance

• Develop and /or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area 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 know-how, 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

• Develop and ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence and encourages 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

• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Analytical Thinking  
• Attention to Detail 
• Customer service
• Commitment to Continuous Learning 
• Conceptual Ability 
• Expertise in Context
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Organisational Awareness
• Respect
• Trust

 
Technical competencies

• Business IT Systems
• Business Knowledge
• Computer Literacy
• Data Collection and analysis
• Efficiency improvement
• IT Knowledge
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Problem Analysis and Judgement
• Reporting
• System thinking
• Technical analysis

 
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.
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 
 

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SENIOR SPECIALIST: BUSINESS INTEGRATION (FIXED TERM CONTRACT) (10822)
Position Reports to:   Manager: Information Technology Service   
Division: Strategy Enab & Modernisation
Location: Head Office
Advert Closing Date: 30 January 2026
 
About the Position
SARS is looking for an experienced IBM Integration Software Developer. Experience in IBM related integration software, with exposure to IBM MQ Messaging, and  REST/Web Service integration patterns  will be an added advantage.
 
Job Purpose
To provide expertise, advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics, by ensuring sustainability of SARS software, systems and technologies, enabling a holistic business solution that support and sustain the business capability with minimal business risk, integrate and align architectures within the Enterprise Architecture, in order to enable tactical translation and operational implementation. 
 
Education and Experience
 
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
B. Tech: Computer Systems AND 8-10 years' experience in an IBM Integration Software Development Environment or other versions of the software, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.
OR
Relevant IT Qualification / Certification, as specified in Min Functional requirements, where applicable and 8-10 years’ experience in an IBM Integration Software Development Environment or other versions of the software, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.
ALTERNATIVE #
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years’ experience in an IBM Integration Software Development Environment or other versions of the software, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.
 
Minimum Functional Requirements
IBM Integration Software Development
 
Job Outputs:
 
Process

• 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.
• Ensure proper project planning and execution as well as overall change control.
• Provide support to projects by applying the required specialised skills in terms of infrastructure, architecture, data, design, services, processes, monitoring and patterns.
• Troubleshoot and methodically identify research and resolve complex issues in the IT environment.
• Design, plan and implement all the software, integration, design and development activities that relate to the portfolio of business integration in conjunction with all relevant stakeholders.
• Introduce best practises and influence the divisions to change and adopt accordingly.
• Contribute to IT business planning with regards to interface applications.

 
Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area 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 know-how, 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

• 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

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

 
Technical competencies

• Application Development and Maintenance  
• Business Knowledge
• Database Design and Management    
• Efficiency improvement  
• Functional Policies and Procedures
•  IT Knowledge 
• Reporting and Interpretation 
• System Thinking 

 
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.
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SEN. SPECIALIST: BUSINESS INTEGRATION (FIXED TERM CONTRACT)
Position Reports to: Manager: Information Technology Service   
Division: Strategy Enab & Modernisation
Location: Pretoria
Advert Closing Date: 30 January 2026
 
About the Position
To identify, develop and implement effective integration designs that address business needs, by performing technical integration analysis tasks through specialization in understanding the business usage of information technology (IT) and helping technology add value to the business whilst understanding the technical architectures and platforms, as well as the IT capabilities and which applications in an organization deliver various capabilities, in order to continuously enhance service delivery. 
 
Job Purpose
To provide expertise, advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics, by ensuring sustainability of SARS software, systems and technologies, enabling a holistic business solution that support and sustain the business capability with minimal business risk, integrate and align architectures within the Enterprise Architecture, in order to enable tactical translation and operational implementation. 
 
Education and Experience
 
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
B.Tech: Computer Systems AND 8-10 years' experience in an Integration/ Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) environment, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.
OR
Relevant IT Qualification / Certification, as specified in Min Functional requirements, and 8-10 years’ experience in an Integration/ Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) environment, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.
ALTERNATIVE #
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years experience in an Integration/ Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) environment, of which 3-4 years at junior specialist level.



Minimum Functional Requirements

1. Middleware (e.g. WebSphere Application Server) or Integration Design or Integration Development (e.g. IBM Integration Bus (IIB)) or any other technology currently supported within the Enterprise Architecture framework. 

 
Job Outputs:
 
Process

• Advice and adhere to SARS prescribed integration protocols.
• 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.
• Ensure proper project planning and execution as well as overall change control.
• Provide support to projects by applying the required specialised skills in terms of infrastructure, architecture, data, design, services, processes, monitoring and patterns.
• Troubleshoot and methodically identify research and resolve complex issues in the IT environment.
• Design, plan and implement all the software, integration, design and development activities that relate to the portfolio of business integration in conjunction with all relevant stakeholders.
• Introduce best practises and influence the divisions to change and adopt accordingly.
• Contribute to IT business planning with regards to interface applications.

 
Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area 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 know-how, 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

• 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

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

 
Technical competencies
 

• Application Development and Maintenance 
• Business Knowledge 
• Database Design and Management 
• Efficiency improvement  
• Functional Policies and Procedures 
• IT Knowledge 
• Reporting and Interpretation 
• System Thinking 
• Business Acumen 
• Decisiveness
• Effective Business Communication 
• Managerial Budgeting 
• Planning and Organising 
• Problem Analysis and Judgement 
• SARS Systems Products 

 
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.
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE

 
 
 
 

​OPS MANAGER: AUDITOR III (ILLICIT ECONOMY TRADE)
Position Reports to:  Manager: Audit    
Division: Taxpayer Engagement and Operations
Location: Head Office
Advert Closing Date: 30 January 2026
 
About the Position
SARS is looking for a highly skilled, experienced, and results-driven Auditor/ Financial Forensic Investigative Auditor with sound judgement and strong business acumen who will contribute towards fulfilling our higher purpose and living our service orientation. S/he will be responsible for independently planning and conducting audits/forensic investigations of a complex nature, across multiple tax types, over multiple tax periods, and with multiple risks, understanding the risk implications across other tax types, in compliance with all legislative requirements.
 
Job Purpose
To lead and manage an audit team to ensure effectiveness of audit operations across multi tax types.
 
Education and Experience
 
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma in Audit, Taxation (NQF 7) AND 5-7 years' experience in an Audit/ Forensic Financial Investigative Audit environment, of which 1 year is at supervisory level
OR
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 years related experience in an Audit/Tax/ Forensic Financial Investigative Audit environment, of which 1 year is at supervisory level
 
Job Outputs:
 
Process

• Ensure compliance to applicable legislation and all standard operating procedures and policies applicable to business unit.
• Evaluate, collate and analyse information received from various sources to support internal stakeholders with timely and accurate intelligence.
• Guide and manage to resolve complex cases and make recommendations for further actions, when required.
• Accumulate information to report on work progress and use for decision making purposes and the identification of improvement opportunities.
• Apply discretion and judgement to diagnose symptoms, causes and effects and to make decisions to overcome problems and to provide solutions.
• Frequently report on progress of unit and or team against pre-defined objectives and standards, ensuring accurate representation of facts.
• Deploy resources appropriately and anticipate and resolve problems to ensure that tactical targets are achieved within agreed deadlines and standards.
• Ensure the development, alignment and implementation of end-to-end processes within area of accountability for continued process improvement.
• Implement change and provide guidelines to direct reports defining the impact of change, the change itself and new requirements as a result of the change.
• Implement resource plans in line with delivery and performance objectives, on budget and in partnership with specialised areas.
• Link and communicate unit's objectives back to mandate, schedule and prioritise activities and allocate work to meet identified work outputs.
• Manage a work function or unit by focusing on the delivery and achievement of set objectives within specified time frames, costs and standards.
• Plan and organise multiple work outputs by assigning priorities and continuously reviewing objectives and goals.
• Provide input into the development of the tactical strategy as well as develop and implement a supporting operational strategy.
• Apply the necessary discretion and judgment in making decisions and overcoming obstacles in order to attain set goals and objectives for area of accountability.
• Ensure procedures, policies and mandates are clearly understood and complied with.

 
Governance

• Implement and use governance and compliance procedures and processes effectively to identify and manage risks and expose previously unknown liabilities.
• Implement risk management, governance and compliance policies and processes to identify and manage risks and expose liabilities.
• Understand and implement governance control processes and role segregation requirements in area of accountability.

 
People

• Build strong relationships through providing direction and leadership to others and expressing positive expectations.
• Encourage and enable teamwork, by enabling collaboration with others and commitment to pursuing set goals.  
• Implement appropriate people capacity plans in line with delivery and efficiency targets, on budget and in partnership with specialised areas.
• Monitor and actively manage team performance to meet specified objectives against required targets, deadlines and quality standards.
• Participate and contribute to a culture of work centric thinking, productivity, service delivery and quality management.
• Communicate strategic context that guides best practice, fosters an environment of continuous learning and leads to improved employee engagement levels.
• Drive own performance and provide specialist support and advice to achieve specified objectives against required targets, deadlines and quality standards.

 
Finance

• Draw up a budget aligned to operational delivery plans, monitor and report on variances.
• Ensure teams adherence to specified policies, standards and procedures to prevent and reduce wastage on financial resources and escalate associated risk.
• Ensure the recording and safe keeping of all functional assets in accordance with set policy and process.
• Implement, manage and report on cost improvement objectives and communicate or escalate any shortfalls.

 
Client

• Develop and implement processes which build client service delivery excellence and encourage others to provide exceptional service.
• Implement continuous improvements and shorter turnaround times in line with Service Level Agreements with stakeholders.
• Manage interdependencies to ensure input and output flow between all teams and divisions and external stakeholders.
• Provide technical support to staff in the execution of their tasks.

 
Behavioural competencies

• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Resilience
• Respect
• Trust
• Concern for Impact of own behaviour on others
• Nurtures Future Talent
• Develops teams and nurtures interdependency
• Inspires others to Positive Action
• Stewardship and Service Orientation
• Strong Results Orientation
• Values and Manages Diversity
• Ability to translate strategy into execution

 
Technical competencies

• Business Acumen
• Change Management
• Decisiveness
• Effective Business Communication
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Managerial Budgeting
• Operational Audit
• Planning and Organising
• Planning, Management and Measurement
• Problem Analysis and Judgement
• Reporting
• SARS Systems Products
• Tax Compliance Auditing
• Tax Knowledge 

 
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
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE

​SPECIALIST: DEVELOPER (NATURAL ADABAS)
Position Reports to:  Manager: App Development Maintenance   
Division: Strategy Modernisation and Technology
Location: Head Office Pretoria
Advert Closing Date: 04 February 2026
 
About the Position
If you are passionate about creating leading edge software in an exciting and ever-changing environment, this position may be for you!
SARS is looking for a skilled, suitably experienced, and results-driven Software Developer, specializing in Natural ADABAS Development with a particular emphasis on Mainframe z/OS. 
The candidate must have strong communication skills and be able demonstrate the ability to conceptualize ideas and turn these into practical solutions. 
Experience in implementing systems both independently and as part of a software development team is required.
 
Job Purpose
To provide expertise, advice and support to deliver on operational implementation plans and / or associated service delivery processes, ensuring effective and efficient development, enhancements, implementation, maintenance and optimisation of application modules/subsystems, in order to continuously enhance service delivery.
 
Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification & Experience Required
Bachelor’s degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) Information Technology (IT) AND 5-7 years' experience in a Natural / ADABAS environment, of which 2-3 years is at functional specialist level.
OR
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and a relevant IT Qualification(s) / Certification(s) Information Technology (IT), and 5-7 years' experience in a Natural / ADABAS environment, of which 2-3 years is at functional specialist level.
ALTERNATIVE#
Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 year’s development experience in a Natural / ADABAS environment, of which 2-3 years is at functional specialist level.
 
Minimum Functional Requirements

• Natural ADABAS
• NaturalONE
• IBM Mainframe (z/OS)
• Job Control Language (JCL)
• Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and IBM MQ

 
Job Outputs:
Process

• Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Communication of situational interpretation and judgement of work outputs and queries in area of specialisation.
• Correctly apply policies, practices, standards, procedures and legislation in the delivery of work outputs.
• Draw on own knowledge and experience to diagnose symptoms, causes and possible effects in order to solve emerging problems.
• Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements as a result of the change.
• Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
• Execute specialist input through investigation &opportunities within the product process including risk concern.
• Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process product and risk optimisation.
• Keep up to date on trends and developments within Project Management, Software Development Life Cycle, supporting methodology, and the industry of the organisation.
• Apply software changes in a manner that contributes to efficient and effective service delivery and optimized quality.
• Implement initiatives relating to projects that will lead to improved processes within business.
• Utilize specialised technical specifications that will enhance operational delivery within predefined standards.
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with peers and SARS role players to achieve business objectives.
• Ensure that completed work adhere to relevant policies, procedures, governance and legislative requirements and report on deviations & discrepancies.
• Mentor peers and junior employees
• Expected to be able to influence through communication plus ability to make complex decisions
• Responsible for raising and communicate issues, highlight project risks and escalate the issues for resolution where required
• Responsible for issue identification during testing and Production as well as making fixes required.
• Provide clear and timely account of issues as well as mitigating factors to prevent such from happening again.
• Review specification and artefacts that enable development.

 
Governance

• Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity and ethics processes within 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 opportunity for feedback and exceptional service.
• Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

 
Behavioural competencies

• Accountability
• Analytical thinking
• Attention to detail
• Building Sustainability
• Commitment to Continuous Learning 
• Conceptual ability
• Customer Service
• Fairness and Transparency
• Honesty and Integrity 
• Organisational awareness
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Respect
• Trust

 
Technical competencies

• Application Development and Maintenance
• Business Knowledge
• Computer Literacy
• Efficiency improvement
• Functional Policies and Procedures 
• IT Development
• IT Knowledge
• Reporting and Interpretation  
• Systems Thinking

 
Compliance Competency

• Application Systems 
• Application Implementation
• 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.  
 
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