Consultant: Asset Management – Hardware (Fixed Term Contract) Jobs

Job Purpose

Ensure adherence to policies by maintaining and monitoring organizational assets in line with SARS policies and procedures.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualification and Experience Required

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) in IT or Finance, plus 5-7 years of IT Infrastructure Asset Management experience, including 2-3 years at a technical skilled level.

Alternative

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) and ITIL certification, plus 10 years of experience in IT Infrastructure Asset Management, including 2-3 years at a technical skilled level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• Hardware Asset Management experience, including understanding of policies and regulations governing IT Infrastructure Assets.
• Asset Tracking and Management: Proficiency in using discovery tools and Microsoft PowerBI dashboards to manage hardware inventory.
• Audits: Ability to perform asset verification to maintain accurate records of IT Infrastructure Assets.
• Compliance Management: Practical knowledge of disposal processes to ensure compliance with manufacturers’ regulations.
• Technical Proficiency: Basic understanding of IT infrastructure, including operating systems and network configurations.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Ability to analyze asset lifecycle data (covering procurement, ownership, location changes, disposal, etc.) to identify trends, optimize asset utilization, and reduce total cost of ownership. Skilled in creating reports and dashboards that clearly communicate asset status, movement history, financial value, and compliance with organizational policies.

Job Outputs

Process

• Responsible for the daily and long-term strategic management of IT Infrastructure hardware assets.
• Provide financial expertise within the IT environment to assist technical teams in managing IT Infrastructure assets.
• Provide financial expertise to SARS personnel responsible for procurement of IT Infrastructure Assets.
• Manage the IT Infrastructure asset register, ensuring it is continuously updated to reflect asset movements for accurate input into SARS Financial statements.
• Accumulate information to report on work progress, use for decision-making, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Apply discretion and judgment to diagnose symptoms, causes, and effects, and make decisions to overcome problems and provide solutions.
• Ensure procedures, policies, and mandates are clearly understood and complied with.
• Ensure the development, alignment, and implementation of end-to-end processes within your 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 resulting from the change.
• Link and communicate unit objectives back to the mandate, schedule, and prioritize activities, and allocate work to meet identified 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 organize 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 necessary discretion and judgment in making decisions and overcoming obstacles to attain set goals and objectives for your area of accountability.
• Frequently report on progress of unit or team against pre-defined objectives and standards, ensuring accurate representation of facts.
• Be observant and engage on possible violations of procedures and standards of conduct, and escalate where necessary.
• Identify and resolve queries and problems timeously, applying discretion in line with process guidelines provided.
• Plan and organize own work tasks within specific guidelines given in the area of work.
• Conduct verification processes to ensure that the SARS fixed asset register is complete and updated.
• Plan for value-added process improvements, initiatives, and services to deliver on operational strategy and objectives.
• Provide specialist input through the investigation of opportunities for operational and process, product, and risk optimization.
• Initiate process and procedural change, implement the change, and provide guidelines and support related to new requirements resulting from the change.
• Apply practical and applied knowledge and act authoritatively on methods, systems, and procedures to identify trends and potential risks.
• Communicate situational interpretation and judgment of work outputs and queries in your area of specialization.
• 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 to solve emerging problems.
• Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision-making, and the identification of improvement opportunities.

Governance

• Ensure that IT Infrastructure assets adhere to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and organizational policies.
• Implement and provide input into the development of governance, compliance, integrity, and ethics processes within your area of specialization.

People

• Develop and maintain productive relationships with SARS role players and third-party suppliers to maximize service offerings.
• Search for, integrate, and share new knowledge attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.

Finance

• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Experience in Service Asset Management.
• Ability to analyze large datasets to optimize IT costs, usage, and performance.

Client

• Contribute to a culture of service excellence, which builds positive relationships and provides opportunities for feedback and exceptional service.
• Provide authoritative, specialist services, expertise, and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

Behavioural Competencies

• Honesty and Integrity
• Problem Solving and Analysis
• Fairness and Transparency
• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Ability
• Building Sustainability

Technical Competencies

• Reporting
• Functional Policies and Procedures
• Financial Analysis and Reporting
• Financial Administration
• Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Systems
• Asset Management
• Query Resolution
• Financial Controls

Deadline: 1st February 2026

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should apply through the official SARS careers portal.