Create Specifications for Customs Compliance
: - Gather and analyze business requirements with a strong focus on customs and import/export regulations and requirements.
- Develop clear and detailed functional and technical specifications for logistics systems, ensuring that all relevant customs compliance regulations are integrated into the solution.
- Work closely with stakeholders to ensure that specifications meet global and local customs requirements, import/export laws, and compliance standards.
Aligning with Development Team and Testing for Customs Compliance
: - Collaborate with the development team to ensure that customs compliance requirements are correctly understood and implemented in logistics systems.
- Act as a liaison between business, legal, and IT teams to ensure that customs compliance needs are addressed throughout the development lifecycle.
- Facilitate and support testing activities, ensuring that the systems meet customs regulations and operational compliance requirements.
- Ensure that system testing includes critical customs-related scenarios to verify compliance with all relevant regulations.
Managing Multiple Customs Compliance Projects
: - Oversee and manage multiple logistics projects that require customs compliance, ensuring that deadlines, compliance standards, and quality standards are met.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams, such as operations, legal, IT, and compliance, to integrate customs regulations into the project workflow.
- Maintain oversight of the project timelines to ensure that compliance requirements are incorporated on schedule.
Customs Compliance Risk Management
: - Identify potential customs compliance risks in logistics systems, processes, and operations, and work to mitigate these risks.
- Monitor changes in customs regulations across global markets and ensure that internal processes and systems are updated accordingly.
- Support the organization in ensuring compliance with trade laws, import/export restrictions, customs declarations, tariffs, and duties.
Continuous Improvement in Customs Compliance
: - Regularly review and recommend improvements to customs compliance processes to increase efficiency, minimize risk, and ensure regulatory adherence.
- Work with stakeholders to implement improvements based on lessons learned from customs audits, regulatory updates, or process feedback.
- Keep up to date with the latest developments in global customs regulations, trade compliance policies, and best practices in logistics.
Stakeholder and Regulatory Engagement
: - Liaise with regulatory authorities, customs brokers, and third-party vendors to ensure compliance with relevant import/export laws and regulations.
- Communicate changes to customs regulations to stakeholders and ensure that these changes are reflected in system updates and process improvements.
- Provide ongoing support and training to teams responsible for customs declarations and regulatory compliance.
Qualifications
: - Bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, International Trade, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst, with specific experience in customs compliance within logistics and supply chain management.
- Deep understanding of global customs regulations, tariffs, import/export documentation, and trade compliance policies.
- Familiarity with customs clearance processes, customs duty, and trade compliance software.
- Experience in creating detailed functional specifications with a focus on compliance with customs regulations.
- Strong ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, especially in the context of complex international logistics and compliance requirements.
- Knowledge of risk management principles related to customs compliance.
- Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies.
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies is a plus.
