Manager or Senior Manager, Trade & Customs

About the role

KPMG is seeking a Manager or Senior Manager to join our Trade and Customs practice. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture and work with KPMG’s extensive network of specialists. Access our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Develop your career through multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring while helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges.

Responsibilities

• Meet with and advise clients across industries on trade and customs compliance matters
• Lead and manage client projects including import/export classifications, audits, reviews, program development, and training
• Support market development and thought leadership initiatives, including writing articles
• Research, write, and review advice on various trade topics
• Manage project engagements, including assembling teams, overseeing work, and fulfilling 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
• Senior Manager additional responsibility: Oversee market, practice, and business development

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of recent direct consulting experience in trade compliance, including 19 CFR, EAR, and ITAR, covering 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 developing sustainable export compliance programs
• JD / LLM degree 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, or other approved credentials
• Individuals without at least one approved designation/credential at hire have one year from their start date to obtain one
• In-depth experience with U.S. import and export control regulations, with the ability to address complex matters with practical and operational advice
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and presentation skills, with strong technical skills and the ability to plan and conduct in-depth reviews of transactional data using data and analytics
• Consulting experience in a leading tax/advisory or trade law firm is highly preferred
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally
• Senior Manager additional qualifications: Minimum eight years of recent trade consulting experience (19 CFR, EAR, and ITAR) and demonstrated success in consulting with direct client development and management
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based sponsorship now or in the future