Sr. Specialist, Trade Compliance

Trade Compliance Senior Specialist

L3Harris Technologies is actively seeking an Empowered Official and Customs Compliance Official, Trade Compliance Senior Specialist for our facilities located in Anaheim, California. This position does offer competitive benefits and a generous relocation package for those who qualify.

The Trade Compliance Sr. Specialist will prepare agreements in accordance with federal regulations to support international business initiatives, including employment of foreign persons, manufacturing abroad, and sourcing and developing relationships with foreign entities. Prepare export/import shipment documentation in accordance with federal regulations to support international business initiatives. Interprets governmental responses and provides guidance to stakeholders. Establishes and maintains relations with government licensing authorities to ensure the company's position on licensing and technology is conveyed, understood and accepted. Analyzes business initiatives per regulatory requirements and advises Divisional, Sector and Segment management on compliant execution of activities. Conducts training sessions for employees and assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal regulations. Develops and conducts audits of internal controls and procedures by examining artifacts to ensure compliant transactions. Supports external audits and inquiries from US governmental control agencies such as Customs, DoS and DoC through data gathering and corrective action execution. Influences product development decisions through technical jurisdictional analysis to support business strategies in a compliant manner.

Essential Functions include acting as the Empowered Official (EO), managing DoS and DoC authorizations, overseeing division employee international travel and foreign visitors, working with internal and external service providers, freight forwarders, and customs brokers, providing strategic export/import guidance and advice to stakeholders, attending Global Trade University Training and other external third-party export/import training seminars, ensuring full compliance for export transactions, preparing import shipping documentation, assigning Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)/Schedule B Classification to support export/import shipments, maintaining import records and shipment logs in accordance with CBP regulations, monitoring and supporting compliance with FDA regulations for imports, ensuring that all requirements are met prior to the use of an Exemption under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Exception under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ensuring restricted party screening is conducted on all export/import transactions, verifying the jurisdiction/classification of items to ensure if materials fall within the scope of ITAR and/or EAR, understanding and remaining current with the provisions and requirements of L3Harris policies and procedures and U.S. Government Export/Import Laws and Regulations, working cooperatively and proactively across functional areas to ensure compliance with all U.S. export laws, rules and regulations, understanding the criminal liability, civil liability, and administrative penalties for violating U.S. or Foreign Government Export/Import Laws and Regulations, providing training to stakeholders involved in international business to increase compliance of the organization's policies and applicable laws related to trade, exports and import compliance and monitor effectiveness of the training, conducting periodic self-audits and implementing corrective action, as required, assisting Global Trade Group with investigations of non-compliance with export/import laws and regulations, overseeing the preparation for and response to trade compliance audits conducted by corporate Global Trade Group and other external auditors, and having good organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple and changing priorities, ability to perform data mining and ad hoc reporting, basic understanding of Incoterms and Global Logistics, proven ability to build and maintain effective internal and external customer relationships.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience in import/export compliance related role with emphasis in international shipping and receiving, or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience, extensive knowledge of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), US Customs regulations and other participating government agencies (i.e. FDA, FCC, ATF), experience working with freight forwarders and customs brokers, proficiency in Microsoft Office, ability to travel 20%, and ability to obtain security clearance.