Question: I need job descriptions for two positions. One is data entry clerk and theother is for customs supervisor clerk. They are related for an in-hosebrokerage proposal. Does anybody have a job description that are willing to share?
Question: I am in the process of working to organize some of the scattered functions within our company into one department. Would anyone in the membership have a list of tasks or functions handled within your trade compliance department that you would be willing to share?
Question: Would anyone be willing to share how they describe to upper management thebenefits of obtaining and having a Customs Broker’s License?
Question: Could the membership please offer some generic information about your regulatory & compliance structures? In particular I am looking more for functions that your export compliance group handles as well as what departments handle other regulations in the company. The reason for this question is that our export compliance department is growing and adding […]
Question:Recently, I attempted to schedule my annual executive briefing with our corporate leadership. I was told that since we now have on line mandatory compliance awareness training (that is the 75K foot level) we don’t need to have our annual “chat” and that them taking the on line training will suffice for the corporate audit. […]
Question:Does anyone in the community have a good deck of slides pertaining to a trade management roadmap for a multi billion dollar company. This would include both import and export. I have been tasked with showing the current state , targeting the high penalty areas, and showing how we are going to get to a […]
Question:I recently found out that there is a certain Fortune 100 company(importer/exporter/manufacturer) that has an unwritten policy the prohibitsthe hiring of a licensed customs broker (LCB) to lead or be part of theircustoms compliance company program (Staff: 7 Import, 10 Export, all incompliance (none are licensed)). My take is that if the LCB sees anincident […]
Question: I know that this question has been asked in various ways in the past butI’m looking for something a little more specific. I have been tasked by ourLegal Department with providing senior management with examples of theorganizational structure of the trade compliance department of the NorthAmerican division of a large Global company. It’s not […]
Question: Fellow ICPAers our U.S. import business by entry value equals about $48million annual. I am the one and only Compliance person tasked with HT coding, checking for AD/CV, review of all products, review of all entries, etc. the whole package. I am given less and less time to do these duties and the […]
Question: Our company is planning on making some changes to our customer service department. I suggested that the export group be pulled out of customer service and report to the trade compliance manager. These people would then become import / export coordinators or specialists. They currently only process exports and the compliance manager (myself) processes […]
Question: Does anyone have a list of up-to-date export/import compliance relatedacronyms/definitions?
Question: In your companies, what role does the Global Compliance Manager play ascompared to the US Import Compliance/Operations Team? Who handles FocusedAssessments? Does the Global Compliance manager assist with research intotough issues or questions about classification, valuation, etc? If yourcurrent arrangement isn’t ideal, what do you see as optimum?
