Sr Trade Compliance Specialist

About the role

The role involves the ECCN and HTS classification determination of technology products and services, resulting in the license determination of export, re-export and in-country transfer orders in compliance with all U.S. Export Control Laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated proficiency in the Commerce Control List to determine ECCN classification for technology products.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for applicable countries, applying consistent methodology across similar hardware and software product and product families.
• Determine product classification and license determination for hardware, software, technology and services to support Export, re-export and transfers in compliance with all U.S. export laws and regulations.
• Utilize resources including but not limited to the Tariff Schedule, the Commerce Control List, CROSS rulings and vendor supplied classification information, to research and determine classification and encryption level, requesting CCATS as needed.
• Identify reasons for hold, determine compliance requirements and resolve quickly to meet SLAs.
• Validate and maintain ECCN and HTS classifications in various ERP systems or tools.
• Continuously monitor and maintain accuracy for all classifications in Ingram’s export systems of record.
• Export Order Management Operations
• Product Classification support
• Prepare on-demand reports and SKU lists for Compliance Specialists and Management
• Review and upload approved classification data as requested by Supervisor or Sr. Management
• Manage Vendor classification price lists, complete analysis and prepare upload files for review by Trade Compliance Specialists
• Maintain Vendor and internal compliance contact lists
• Classification Requests Mailbox: Support and action requests within department SLAs, escalating to Supervisor and Sr. colleagues as required.
• Report and assist in the immediate troubleshooting of any processing delays, errors, or exceptions that occur
• Support End of Day reconciliation tasks to ensure requests are actioned within SLAs.
• Create and maintain SOPs, process flows and FAQs with direction and oversight by Sr. colleagues.
• Compliance project support as determined by Supervisor or Sr. Management

Requirements

• Working knowledge of the Export Administration Regulations
• Demonstrated proficiency in determining HTS classification across multiple country tariffs for technology products.
• Excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills; ability to prioritize among demanding and sometimes conflicting requirements.
• Effectively balance service with regulatory compliance.
• Absolutely must have a business-oriented, pragmatic approach to challenges that arise in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible, positive and hardworking team player
• Intermediate level of proficiency in the MS Excel including knowledge of using pivot tables/Vlookup for analysis
• Results Oriented
• Customer Mindset top of Mind
• Judgment and Decision Making

Qualifications and Educational Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of Trade Compliance experience