Senior Manager, Trade & Customs
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About the Role
KPMG Canada is seeking a Senior Manager for Trade & Customs to lead strategic engagements and provide customs advisory services. The role involves technical research, customs duties analysis, and assisting clients with compliance and audits.
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Responsibilities
- Lead strategic engagements.
- Play an integral role in building the practice through business development effort and developing our people.
- Perform technical research on customs issues.
- Draft memos, opinion letters and other various reports.
- Conduct customs duties analysis and identify and assist in filing customs duties savings for clients, including reporting errors and drawback.
- Execute current state assessments and gap analysis for clients and assist in identifying best practices.
- Maintain knowledge of current and pending import/export regulations and policy.
- Assist clients in collecting information for customs requests and drafting responses to verifications and audits from the Canadian Border Services Agency.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience with international import and export regulatory compliance combined with demonstrated expertise in customs issue resolution, preferably in a professional services environment
- Ability to perform technical analysis of customs issues and have an in depth knowledge of the Customs Act, Customs Tariff and other relevant legislation
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong people management skills
- Ability to identify business opportunities and build relationships with both internal and external clients
- Excellent practice development skills and the ability to identify and discuss key issues with clients
- Ability to work effectively while under pressure to meet deadlines
- Strong project management
- Excellent skills using Microsoft Office
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Overview
- At KPMG in Canada, our people bring their unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges.
- KPMG’s Trade & Customs team works to be a client’s first choice.
- Our practice provides clients with global solutions for cutting trade and customs costs and for reducing the effects of barriers to international trade.
What You Will Do
- Lead strategic engagments
- Play an integral role in building the practise through business development effort and developing our people
- Perform technical research on customs issues
- Draft memos, opinion letters and other various reports
- Conduct customs duties analysis and identify and assist in filing customs duties savings for clients, including reporting errors and drawback
- Execute current state assessments and gap analysis for clients and assist in identifying best practices
- Maintain knowledge of current and pending import/export regulations and policy
- Assist clients in collecting information for customs requests and drafting responses to verifications and audits from the Canadian Border Services Agency
What You Bring To The Role
- At least 7 years of experience with international import and export regulatory compliance combined with demonstrated expertise in customs issue resolution, preferably in a professional services environment
- Ability to perform technical analysis of customs issues and have an in depth knowledge of the Customs Act, Customs Tariff and other relevant legislation
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong people management skills
- Ability to identify business opportunities and build relationships with both internal and external clients
- Excellent practice development skills and the ability to identify and discuss key issues with clients
- Ability to work effectively while under pressure to meet deadlines
- Strong project management
- Excellent skills using Microsoft Office
KPMG BC Region Pay Range Information
- The expected base salary range for this position is CAD 102,500 to CAD 200,000 and may be eligible for bonus awards.
Providing you with the support you need to be at your best
- Our Values, The KPMG Way: Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together, For Better
- KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier free workplace.
Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process
- At KPMG, we are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process.
- If you require support, please contact KPMG’s Employee Relations Service team by calling 1 888 466 4778.
AI Usage
- We embrace the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the candidate experience and streamline our recruitment processes.
- No hiring decisions are made using AI.
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