Your responsibilities as a Customs Consultant will include:
- Be part of a team assisting with provision of global customs compliance services for a broad range of multinational clients in a range of industry sectors
- Prepare responses to client queries by undertaking customs, and or excise technical research
- Support management to successfully deliver multiple, parallel, projects ensuring technical excellence and a pragmatic, business-driven approach.
- Contribute to winning new work by proactively listening to existing clients needs and identifying potential opportunities to undertake additional/new client work
- Assist the team as a subject matter resource (SMR) to contribute to development of automated solutions to enhance our compliance and cost saving propositions.
- Assist the team as a SMR with the deployment of data analytics tools and solutions for client implementations.
- Support the Global Trade team in identifying and building internal and external opportunities
Qualification/skills you will need as a Customs Consultant:
- At least degree level qualification
- Self-starter with strong critical-thinking and curiosity, effective time management, client/commercial awareness.
- Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, working autonomously and in a matrix team.
- Experience and/or appreciation of International Trade, Trade Policy and the International Relations arena
- Excellent research, analysis and synthesis skills, preferably in the field of trade, trade policy, tax policy or related fields
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Outgoing team player with strong relationship-building skills
- Strong IT skills (proficiency in Microsoft Office, a necessity, understanding of data analytics principles and software advantageous).
- Practical knowledge of import and export processes, trade procedures and documentation would be advantageous.