Senior Compliance Specialist

This is a senior position within the department and would interact with clients and CBP on a regular basis as well as act as a resource for internal offices and colleagues. This will require the ability to handle sensitive matters in a timely and professional manner. 

Job Responsibilities 

• Working with clients and CBP to resolve CBPF 28 Requests for Information and CBPF 29 Notices of Action.
• Filing PSCs, tenders of duty and protests.
• Crafts petitions and facilitates payment of Liquidated Damages and Penalty Cases.
• May file reconciliation entries.
• Fields FTA inquiries (mainly USMCA) and works with staff on FTA claims.
• Advanced HTS classification.
• Works with CBP and clients to file prior disclosures.
• Maintains and develops client relationships.
• Acts as a compliance resource to Deringer’s various offices and departments.
• Drafts communications and responds to correspondence.
• Ensures compliance with Deringer specific policies and procedures, based on department’s specific tasks.
• Reviews Federal Register, CSMS Messages, and International Trade Publication (ITT) daily, analyzes regulatory changes and reports finding to the departments’ leadership.
• Researches binding rulings, summarizes finding and applies conclusions to questions presented by external and/or internal clients; reports finding to departments’ leadership for next level review.
• Conduct basic legal and regulatory research and presents findings in a professional manner.
• Proactively and timely coordinates dissemination of information obtained from customs publications, projects and research back to operations including other locations; this involves interrogating Deringer’s systems to understand who needs the information.
• Run ACE reports and reports from internal systems and organizes and presents data.
• Performs calculations, reconciliations, analyzes reports, researches, and tracks and troubleshoots.
• Assembles relevant data; compiles statistics and information as directed.
• Pursues new sales’ leads; discusses and sells the Company’s services to current clients and promptly forwards potential leads to designated person (soft selling)
• Stays up-to-date on regulations, laws, guidelines and Deringer requirements.  Acts as a resource to internal and external clients.
• Acts as liaison with other departments and outside agencies.
• Handles confidential and non-routine information.
• Facilitates projects of various scope and size.
• Writes or provides presentation on a wide variety of topics.\Resolves problems (i.e. billing, tracing shipments) and handles customers’ concerns Build relationships with customers.
• Performs other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

• Customer service skill set preferred.  
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Previous technical/compliance background and language skills are a plus.
• Intermediate or advanced skill in Microsoft office products (i.e. Word, Excel, Access).
• Ability to analyze and summarize data.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills. 

Passion, Respect, Integrity, Expertise, Innovative Solutions, Relationships, Support, Determination, Value and a High Level of Accountability

Predominately sedentary light office position with high frequency of keyboarding/computer work required (67% - 100% of the workday).

The employee is required to regularly use hands and fingers; talk and hear.

The employee is occasionally required to walk.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to focus.

The employee usually works in a quiet environment.

The above job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this role and is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.  Deringer reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.