Senior Director and Counsel, Global Customs and Trade Compliance
Acuity
Senior Director and Counsel – Global Customs and Trade Compliance
Acuity
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $160,100 - $288,100 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Provide strategic guidance and legal counsel on a wide range of global customs and trade compliance matters
- Lead and manage the global import, export, and supply chain security program to ensure compliance with applicable trade laws and regulations including US Customs laws and EAR
- Monitor and interpret changes in trade laws and regulations and provide legal counsel on tariff classification, valuation, country of origin, and preferential trade programs
- Lead and develop a team of customs and trade compliance professionals and oversee compliance processes including screenings, mitigation, and audits
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders including supply chain, sourcing, and engineering to ensure customs and trade compliance across business functions
- Manage responses to government inquiries, enforcement actions, and voluntary disclosures
- Lead internal audits and risk assessments related to import and export activities
- Develop and maintain trade compliance policies, procedures, and training programs
- Assist in due diligence of potential acquisitions and remediation/integration activities after acquisition
- Partner with internal Customs and Trade Operations team and report to the Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
Requirements
- Proven ability to provide thoughtful and clear guidance to a variety of stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while developing collaborative relationships at all levels and departments
- High level of interpersonal skills, communication skills, mature judgment, emotional intelligence, and independent thinking
- Demonstrated experience with U.S. trade controls (EAR, OFAC, Customs), as well as other global trade control regimes
- Solid knowledge and experience with import and export requirements under Mexico's IMMEX program
- Knowledge of USMCA rules of origin and related preferential treatment requirements
- Experience with Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program
- Experience with US BAA/BABA programs and analysis
- Direct experience handling matters with federal agencies that regulate customs/trade
- Experience in advising multinational businesses on trade compliance matters, including US export controls, imports/customs, sanctions and compliance program development
- 9 to 12 years experience (minimum experience required)
- Preferred: 5+ years with responsibility for global trade compliance as in-house counsel or equivalent law firm or government agency experience
- Juris Doctor (JD) from a US accredited law school and admitted to practice in at least on US state
- Travel Domestic and/or International: 25-35% of the time
