Manager, Trade & Customs

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When you join KPMG you’ll be one of over 219,000 professionals providing audit, tax, advisory and business enablement services across 147 countries.

With the support to do things differently, grow personally and professionally and bring your whole self to work, there’s no limit to the impact you can make. Let’s do this.

The opportunity:

KPMG’s Trade & Customs team works to be a client’s first choice. With increasing globalization, companies have a growing need for analysis and advice on the subject of customs legislation.

Our practice provides clients with global solutions for cutting trade and customs costs and for reducing the effects of barriers to international trade. You will deal with in-depth compliance issues, customs valuation (including related party pricing), origin verification, duty relief applications, defend customs audits, and provide support to all other indirect and direct tax practitioners within Canada and around the world.

As part of our team, you will participate in providing trade and customs advisory services to clients of KPMG and be part of a Global Trade & Customs team consisting of over 800 professionals assisting clients in over 80 countries.

• Perform technical research on customs issues
• Draft memos, opinion letters and other various reports
• Conduct customs duties analysis and identify and assist in filing customs duties savings for clients, including reporting errors and drawback
• Execute current state assessments and gap analysis for clients and assist in identifying best practices
• Maintain knowledge of current and pending import/export regulations and policy
• Assist clients in collecting information for customs requests and drafting responses to verifications and audits from the Canadian Border Services Agency

To learn more about the service line, please click here: KPMG Canada, Tax, Trade & Customs 

• Diploma in Customs/Border Services Administration, or a related field is an asset
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, International Business, or a related field is an asset
• At least 5 years of experience with international import and export regulatory compliance combined with demonstrated expertise in customs issue resolution, preferably in a professional services environment
• Ability to perform technical analysis of customs issues and have an in-depth knowledge of The Customs Act, Customs Tariff and other relevant legislation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong people management skills
• Ability to identify business opportunities and build relationships with both internal and external clients
• Excellent practice development skills and the ability to identify and discuss key issues with clients
• Ability to work effectively while under pressure to meet deadlines
• Strong project management
• Excellent skills using Microsoft Office

Keys to your success:

Individuals who take deep personal accountability for their work, have a passion for excellence, driven to achieve their full potential and understand the value of building relationships with clients, future clients, their communities, the global firm and each other. A KPMG professional should have all the following characteristics:

• Strong work ethic
• Thrive on challenges
• Dedicated to providing outstanding client service

Learn more about where a career at KPMG can take you.

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Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process

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