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Trade Compliance Lead
2 days/week at home
A little flex time – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements depending on the role you apply for – explore your options with our recruiter during the application process.
Job Description
Job Title: Trade Compliance Lead
Location: Rochester.
Salary: Circa £45,000 depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
- Ensuring compliance with UK Shipping, Packing, International trade regulations, customs laws and sanctions through networking and wider industry engagement
- Update/develop and implement customs compliance strategies and policies to ensure adherence to international customs regulations
- Managing the processing of Import / Export paperwork in a timely manner, ensuring compliance with HMRC, DfT, BIS and BAE system requirements
- Resolving import / export and shipping escalated queries and requests from internal and external customers and stakeholders in a timely and professional manner
- Providing support to Import / Export Office team where required
- Driving continuous process improvements within import/export office
- Ensuring the Rochester business remains fully compliant with regulations and company procedures
Your skills and experiences:
Essential
- Degree or relevant experience, or comparable working experience in Trade Compliance
- Experience of implementing trade controls policies and procedures
- Ability to build and maintain excellent business relationships across all levels within the business
- Good working knowledge of CDS System (Customs Declaration Service)
- Team leading/ coaching experience
Desirable:
- Knowledge of UK Strategic Export Control Lists, EU common and military control lists, EAR, and other trade control regimes
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive
The Import Export Team:
Leading a team within Logistics, you will primarily focus on Import / Export Governance and due diligence of the Electronics Systems Rochester business.
The role is responsible for ensuring compliance to import / export regulations and includes, but not limited to, VAT and Duty reporting, RACM reporting, forecasting and ensuring HMRC requirements are adhered to in a timely manner.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation
Closing Date: 31st July 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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