Senior Tax Operations Data & Regulatory Reporting SME

About the role

The Senior Tax Operations Data & Regulatory Reporting SME will act as the authoritative subject‑matter expert for FATCA, CRS and IT3 compliance. You will translate complex regulatory requirements into data logic, embed them into reporting processes and ensure submissions are defensible to regulators, auditors and internal governance bodies.

Key responsibilities

• Interpret FATCA, CRS and IT3 legislation, SARS Business Requirement Specifications and technical guidance.
• Translate regulatory rules into practical data logic, including mandatory/optional fields, inclusion criteria, reason codes and validation rules.
• Maintain end‑to‑end data lineage from source systems to regulatory filings, providing guidance on data keys, record uniqueness and product‑level alignment.
• Review, validate and sign‑off regulatory submission files, applying SARS file‑structure, delimiter and formatting rules.
• Define and enforce data quality rules, gatekeep inclusion/exclusion decisions and produce audit‑ready evidence.
• Support SARS audits, regulatory reviews and remediation initiatives, including historical data reconstruction.

Required profile

• Extensive experience with FATCA, CRS, IT3 and South African tax reporting regulations.
• Strong background in data modeling, data lineage management and regulatory reporting processes.
• Ability to act as the final technical authority on how regulatory requirements are reflected in data models and submissions.
• Proven track record of delivering accurate, auditable and sustainable tax reporting solutions.

Required skills