Manager​/Senior Manager, Trade & Customs

Manager/Senior Manager, Trade & Customs

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Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Function: General Business

At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the world's top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMG's extensive network of specialists & enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting‑edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high‑profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges.

Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it's an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.

KPMG is currently seeking a Manager or Senior Manager to join our Trade and Customs practice.

• Meet with and provide advice to clients in a variety of industries, on trade and customs compliance matters
• Lead and manage client projects including import/export classifications, audits, reviews, program development and training among other areas
• Support market development and thought leadership initiatives including articles
• Research, write, and review advice on various trade topics
• Manage project engagement including assembling teams, overseeing work and full engagement responsibilities
• Aid in the management, career development, and training of team members
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

• Oversee market, practice, and business development

• Minimum five years of recent direct consulting experience in trade compliance for example 19 CFR, EAR and ITAR including tariff classification, customs valuation, free trade agreements, deemed exports, export jurisdiction and classification of complex products, licenses and other ITAR/EAR export authorizations, technology control plans, Consent Agreements, export controls and sanctions risk assessments and audits and developing sustainable export compliance programs as an attorney, trade consultant, in‑house professional or government official
• JD / LLM degree is preferred; minimum of a Bachelor's or Associate's degree from an accredited college or university or a minimum of twenty years of comparable experience; licensed CBL (Customs Broker License) issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CUSICO (Certified U.S. Import Compliance Officer), CUSECO (Certified U.S. Export Compliance Officer), Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) certification issued by the National Customs Broker and Forwarders Association of America, CPA, MBA, EA or JD/LLM, in addition to others on KPMG's approved credential listing;
  
  any individual who does not possess at least one of the approved designations/credentials when their employment commences, has one year from their date of hire to obtain at least one of the approved designations/credentials; should you like to see the complete list of currently approved designations/credentials for the hiring practice/service line, your recruiter can provide you with that list
• In-depth experience with U.S. import and export control regulations with the ability to address complex matters with practical and operational advice and solutions
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication/presentation skills with strong technical skills with the ability to plan and conduct in‑depth reviews of transactional data using data and analytics preferred; consulting experience in a leading tax/advisory or trade law firm is highly preferred
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S without the need for employment‑based sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for US work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H‑1B, L‑1, TN, O‑1,…