Customs Origin Analyst

Job Description

This position requires a customs professional who is detail-oriented with strong communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally 
with organizations outside Tax & Customs.

Key responsibilities include:

Origin Determination:

○ Determination of non-preferential country of origin for customs purposes
○ Ensure on time and compliant origin determination for AALA
○ Determine country of origin for CAFE purposes
○ Identification of country of origin for US vehicle content provisions

Preferential Treatment Qualification:

○ Calculate preferential status of products under the applicable rule of origin

○ Review calculation results to identify opportunities to potentially qualify a product for preferential treatment
○ Work closely with Customs Origin Data Management Center of Excellence to escalate responses pending from critical suppliers

○ Maintain Internal Controls and work instructions required for compliance

Data Analytics associated with Free Trade Agreement requirements:

○ Identify opportunities for duty savings
○ Optimize processes
○ Identify data anomalies or issues with data outputs
○ Manage large datasets

Additional Job Description

Required:

○ Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, or other business-related subject.
○ Minimum of 2-year experience in Customs, Tax Compliance, Logistics or related field
Ability to work independently, be self-motivated, and manage work within agreed timelines, while producing high quality 
deliverables (e.g., documentation of controls, compliance review / testing workpapers, reports, etc.) that are clear and concise.

○ Effective collaboration with business unit management and other functional related teams necessary for facilitating the global 
compliance program.

○ Ability to quickly grasp and understand customs related concepts, standards, locally relevant business provisions, etc. to add value and provide insightful recommendations that are pragmatic, address root cause and process opportunities/weaknesses, and lead to increased efficiencies/improved controls.

○ Strong oral and written communication skills.
○ Strong interpersonal, team, and partnering skills.
○ Demonstrated effective, analytical and problem-solving skills.
○ Capability to navigate customs duty regulations in an ambiguous and ever-changing environment.
○ Process improvement minded with technical ability in, or desire to learn, software such as KNIME, PowerBI, Excel, SAP, and other process simplification tools.

Preferred:

○ Customs or International Trade related experience
○ US Customs Broker License

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