SARS Legal Debt Collector Job

Job Title:                      Legal Debt Collector (Tax) X142 (6 Months Fixed Term Contract)
Position Reports to:    Ops Manager: Debt Management     
Division:                      Taxpayer Services
Location:                       National
Advert Closing Date:  27 October 2025
 

About the Position

SARS is seeking to employ highly skilled, experienced, results driven, self-motivated Legal Debt collectors with sound judgement and strong business acumen who will contribute towards our higher purpose and service orientation. The successful candidates will need to have experience in planning, managing, and monitoring the implementation of debt collection activities and end-to-end processes, by managing the operational activities of the team and ensure that the team meets its target within the set quality, turnaround time and productivity norms, to deliver on approved operational plans and to continuously enhance service delivery. The successful candidates will need to have experience and be responsible for Final Demand procedures, Court Judgements, Warrant of Execution, and Placing of Liens, Personal liability, interpretation of interpleader notices, Business Rescue processes and the value chain of debt recovery procedures

Job Purpose

To make non-compliance hard and costly by ensuring that there is consequence for none payment of Debt.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required

• Relevant National Diploma / Advanced Certificate (NQF 6) in Credit management/Legal/Finance/ AND 2-3 years Debt Collection experience, or 2-3 experience working on Account Receivables/Debtors, of which at least 1-2 years at a knowledge worker level.

• Experience in Final Demand procedures, Court Judgements, Warrant of Execution, and Placing of Liens, Personal liability, interpretation of interpleader notices, Business Rescue processes and the value chain of debt recovery procedures.
• Articles would be advantageous. 

Minimum Functional Requirements

Legal aspects of collections (Sequestrations, Liquidations, etc) and/or In-depth Analysis of Financial Statements (including ratio analysis and interpretation).

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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