Senior Global Trade & Compliance Lead - Remote

Heffron; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Salary packaging

Flexible working options

Parental leave

Health & Wellbeing program

Employee Discount Program

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Australia (NGA) is seeking a Senior Principal Compliance Officer based at the Fortitude Valley office in Brisbane. You will act as a trusted advisor to the Senior Manager Global Trade, delivering governance frameworks across export controls including customs and freight, with autonomy to influence how NGA manages compliance risk.

As part of the role, you will navigate export/import authorisations, drive corrective actions, and support cross-functional teams to enable programs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law or relevant field.
• Experience interpreting and applying legislation across complex export-control matters.
• Experience managing permits and licences end-to-end.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to simplify complex information.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgement and ability to operate with minimal supervision.
• Experience across Global Trade, Customs and Freight regulatory frameworks; DSGL/USML/CCL knowledge is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Investigate complex compliance matters and drive corrective actions.
• Strengthen Global Trade policies, procedures, training and assurance frameworks.
• Manage risk assessments, audits and compliance improvement initiatives.
• Navigate complex export/import authorisations, permits and licences.
• Support supplier export-control compliance and denied-party screening.
• Monitor regulatory changes and translate requirements into practical guidance.
• Partner with senior, technical and cross-functional stakeholders to solve complex challenges.

Skills

Regulatory interpretation

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law or relevant field

Job description

Northrop Grumman Australia (NGA) is seeking a Senior Principal Compliance Officer based at the Fortitude Valley office in Brisbane. You will act as a trusted advisor to the Senior Manager Global Trade, delivering governance frameworks across export controls including customs and freight, with autonomy to influence how NGA manages compliance risk.

As part of the role, you will navigate export/import authorisations, drive corrective actions, and support cross-functional teams to enable programs