Trade Compliance Specialist

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Description

At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they’re well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

Job Overview and Responsibilities

The Trade Compliance Specialist oversees daily execution of all United trade compliance processes and systems in order to ensure compliance with all government trade regulations, authorizations, and processes for movement of United Airlines material across international borders.  The Trade Compliance specialist maintains regulatory awareness of domestic and foreign rulemaking and works with internal stakeholders and regulatory authorities to design and implement compliance systems that ensure United’s compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.  The Trade Compliance Specialist is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate trade declaration submissions to international trade authorities. The Trade Compliance Specialist is responsible for providing direction and oversight to internal stakeholders and third party agents and brokers supporting United Airlines performance of the above activities.

• Execute trade-related activities leading to United’s ongoing compliance with U.S. and foreign laws and regulations
• Participate in and, where appropriate, lead projects or initiatives of varying complexities
• Identify procedural improvements to United’s trade compliance activities and coordinate with relevant stakeholders on implementation
• Assist with cross-functional projects related to trade compliance activities, transactions, and obligations
• Interface with regulatory authorities, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.K. His Royal Magesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), and other regulatory bodies as required
• Prepare trade-related applications and responses to regulator requests in coordination with Legal
• Generate, maintain, and monitor government import/export declarations, certifications, and accompanying other government agency (OGA) requests
• Coordinate amongst the trade compliance team and with internal stakeholders to understand key business objectives and to develop import and export authorizations that allow for the efficient, timely, and compliant transfer of technology, technical data, hardware, and services