Senior Associate, Trade & Customs - Export

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KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate to join our Trade and Customs practice.

Responsibilities:

• Meet with and provide advice to clients, in a variety of industries, on export compliance matters
• Lead and manage client projects including export classifications, audits, reviews, program development, and training among other areas
• Support market development and thought leadership initiatives including articles
• Research, write, and review advice, specifically in the area of export compliance
• Aid in the management, career development and training of team members
• Provide leadership to associates and review their work

Qualifications:

• A minimum of three years of direct experience in export compliance (e.g., EAR and ITAR) including deemed exports, export jurisdiction and classification of complex products, licenses and other ITAR/EAR export authorizations, technology control plans, Consent Agreements, ITAR brokering, Congressional Notification, EAR de minimis guidelines, and developing sustainable export compliance programs as an attorney, trade consultant, in-house professional, or government official
• Bachelor's degree, J.D., LL.M. in taxation, and/or Master's in Taxation (MST) from an accredited college/university
• Outstanding and in-depth experience with U.S. export control regulations with the ability to address complex matters with practical advice and solutions
• General export control and sanctions experience, in areas such as export control compliance audits/review and assessments, voluntary self-disclosures, advisory opinion requests, classification, and developing a trade compliance framework
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication/presentation skills with strong technical skills with the ability to plan and conduct in-depth reviews of transactional data using data and analytics preferred; previous experience in a leading tax/advisory or trade law firm is preferred
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally
• LCB or CUSECO certification preferred
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)

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