Manager or Senior Manager, Trade & Customs - Export

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KPMG is currently seeking a Manager or Senior Manager to join our Trade and Customs practice.

Responsibilities:

• Meet with and provide advice to clients in a variety of industries, on export compliance matters
• Lead and manage client projects including export classifications, audits, reviews, program development, and training among other areas
• Support market development and thought leadership initiatives including articles; research, write, and review advice, specifically in export compliance
• Manage project engagement including assembling teams, overseeing work and full engagement responsibilities
• Aid in the management, career development and training team members
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Additional Responsibility for Senior Manager:

• Oversee market, practice, and business development

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent direct consulting experience in export compliance such as EAR and ITAR including deemed exports, export jurisdiction and classification of complex products, licenses and other ITAR/EAR export authorizations, technology control plans, Consent Agreements, ITAR brokering, Congressional Notification, EAR de minimis guidelines, and developing sustainable export compliance programs as an attorney, trade consultant, in-house professional, or government official; consulting experience in a leading tax/advisory or trade law firm is highly preferred
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; CBL (Customs Brokers License) issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CUSICO (Certified U.S. Import Compliance Officer), Export Compliance Professional (Export Compliance Training Institute - ECTI), Certified Sanctions Specialist (Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists - ACSS), Customs Specialist (CCS) certification issued by the National Customs Broker and Forwarders Association of America, CPA (Note A), ENR AGT (Enrolled Agent), JD/LLM (Note C), or MBA from an accredited college or university; please note that any candidate hired by KPMG into this position that doesn't currently possess one of the credentials/designations will be required to secure one within one year from the commencement of employment
• Exceptional and in-depth experience with U.S. export control regulations with the ability to address complex matters with practical advice and solutions
• Experience in general export control and sanctions, in areas such as export control compliance audits/review and assessments, voluntary self-disclosures, advisory opinion requests, classification, and developing a trade compliance framework
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication/presentation skills with strong technical skills with the ability to plan and conduct in-depth reviews of transactional data using data and analytics preferred
• Able to travel both domestically and internationally
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for US work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)

Additional Qualifications for Senior Manager:

• Minimum eight years of recent direct consulting experience in export compliance such as EAR and ITAR including deemed exports, export justification and classification of complex projects, licenses and other ITAR/EAR export authorizations, technology control plans, Consent Agreements, ITAR brokering, Congressional Notification, EAR de minimis guidelines and developing sustainable export compliance programs as an attorney, trade expert consultant, in-house professional, or government official
• Demonstrated success in consulting with direct client development and management

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