Trade Compliance Specialist

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving and growing US manufacturing firm as their Trade Compliance Specialist or Senior Trade Compliance Specialist. You will be the go-to person for Trade Compliance matters for North America and helping to strengthen the programme across the region.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• – Participate in overall management of our client's imports /exports to ensure compliance with all applicable US and Canadian Customs laws and regulations
• – Research and respond to all inquires from the US customs broker
• – Monitor the broker and import shipments for exceptions for the US, Canada, and Mexico,
• – Resolve all exceptions with US, and Canadian Customs clearance for the timely movement of the goods
• – File the EEI’s for our client's exports utilizing ACE
• – Determine Harmonized Tariff Number (HTS) for imports into US, Canada, and Mexico
• – Upload all global customers into Denied Party Tool and review any potential matches against Global Denied parties lists
• – For any customers in a high risk country screen against Dow Jones
• – Perform post entry audit to ensure the our client's product is entered in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations for the US, and Canada.
• – Prepare internal monthly Customs reports
• – Audit the entries to the payment records to ensure the payments match the entered value
• – Review and update the US and Canadian Customs brokers SOP
• – Prepare the annual reconciliation declarations with US Customs for the 247 and assists; coordinate and obtain information from Engineering, Finance, Sourcing, Manufacturing and Transportation
• – Supervise our client's drawback program
• – Participate and support projects as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of US and Canadian Customs import and export laws and regulations
• – Ability to coordinate and deliver project goals and objectives within a defined time period in a cross-functional environment.
• – Ability to be proactive in recognising and adjusting to shifting priorities.
• – Self-motivated and directed, capable of operating semi-autonomously.
• – Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• – P.C. experience and skills, specifically EXCEL, WORD, and Outlook
• – BA/BS with 2-8 years related import/export operational and compliance experience



The Leonid Group Corporate Governance is a talent acquisition consultancy that specialises in the placement of Legal, Compliance, Trade Compliance & Ethics professionals on an international scale across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Legal and compliance are both global, with teams worldwide, and our network reflects this. We work with multinational corporations to help structure their departments with the best people, from the Global Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel to the Compliance Analyst and Trade Compliance Specialist.