Senior Manager, Trade and Customs

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.

• Provide advice to clients, in a variety of industries, on import and export matters
• Identify additional areas of opportunities such as international tax, state and local tax and transfer pricing that could provide value to clients' operations
• Research U.S. and international import and export trade matters and research, write, and review international trade advice
• Formulate ideas and deliver possible trade savings opportunities
• Act as a coach, mentor, trainer, or performance manager to other professionals
• Manage, direct, monitor, and deliver multiple client engagements on time and within budget; maintain active communication with clients in an effort to manage expectations and to help ensure client satisfaction
  

•  Minimum eight years of recent experience in import/export within the field of trade and customs as a customs attorney, customs broker, U.S. Customs auditor, or import specialist, which will include experience in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, customs federal regulations, NAFTA, entry processes, valuation, and informed compliance methods
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; Customs Brokers License ( CBL) issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Certified U.S. Import Compliance Officer ( CUSICO) , Export Compliance Professional, Export Compliance Training Institute (ECTI), Certified Sanctions Specialist, Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists  (ACSS),  Customs Specialist (CCS) certification issued by the National Customs Broker and Forwarders Association of America, CPA (Note A),  Enrolled Agent (ENR AGT), JD/LLM (Note C),  or MBA;  (Please note that any candidate hired by KPMG into this position that doesn't currently possess one of the credentials/designations will be required to secure one within one year from the commencement of employment)
•  Previous experience in a consulting or trade law firm
• Strong interpersonal skills; good written and verbal communication/presentation skills
• 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 U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)

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