Senior Associate, Trade Compliance Foreign-Trade Zone

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

Responsibilities:

• Support managed service engagements, in a variety of industries, on Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) implementation and operations
• Provide quality review for basic to complex trade compliance tasks and processes performed within the Trade & customs delivery center
• Be a valued member of the FTZ service delivery team, and support the development and training of delivery center staff
• Support FTZ clients with validating data, implementing, testing, and using GTM solutions
• Provide clients with guidance on requirements of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and participating government agencies (PGA) for import, entry and export transactions in an FTZ environment
• Assist in the delivery of multiple client engagements on time and within budget; maintain active communication with clients in an effort to manage expectations and satisfaction

Qualifications:

• Minimum three years of recent import/export experience
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and/or a CPA, JD, LLM, Master's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent experience
• Excellent working knowledge of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) processes, compliance activities, and operations, including participating government agency (PGA) reporting, as well as other import/export matters, such as the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, customs federal regulations, free trade agreements, entry processes, valuation and informed compliance methods
• Previous experience using FTZ Inventory Control and Recordkeeping Systems and/or FTZ processing is preferred
• Strong technical skills with the ability to conduct in-depth reviews of import/export data using data and analytics (using Microsoft applications such as Excel and Access)
• Ability 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-1B1, F-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa

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