Senior Trade Compliance Specialist

Teledyne FLIR; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 69,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is seeking a Senior Trade Compliance Specialist in Canada to manage the daily operation and continual improvement of the Canadian trade compliance program. You will ensure accurate import/export declarations, support brokers, and coordinate with multiple business functions.

Responsibilities include maintaining classifications and origin determinations, monitoring transactions, audits, and post-entry adjustments, and developing compliance procedures and

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in business, commerce, international trade, supply chain, or related field.
• CCS designation is preferred.
• 3+ years of hands-on Canadian customs and export compliance experience.
• Experience managing customs brokers and responding to CBSA or GAC inquiries, verifications, or audits.
• Ability to analyze technical, commercial, and transactional information for customs determinations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate Canadian HS classifications, country-of-origin determinations, tariff treatments, and customs valuation records.
• Review import/export documentation and provide brokers with clearance instructions.
• Monitor declarations and import transactions for classification, origin, value for duty, duties and taxes.
• Monitor customs brokers through instructions, entry reviews, issue resolution, and audits.
• Conduct post-entry audits and timely corrections or disclosures when errors occur.
• Assess preferential tariff eligibility and maintain supporting certifications under CUSMA and FTAs.
• Identify requirements involving SIMA, surtaxes, import controls, marking, temporary imports, duty relief, and more.
• Support Global Affairs Canada and CBSA verifications and inquiries.
• Maintain complete customs/export records in SAP and OCR.
• Develop procedures, controls, training, metrics for customs/export compliance.
• Provide guidance on customs/export requirements for new products and supply-chain changes.

Skills

Written communication

Organization

Judgment

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Independence

Education

Degree or diploma in business/commerce/international trade/supply chain

CCS designation (preferred)

Tools

SAP S/4 HANA

Microsoft Office

Trade-compliance systems

Job description

Be visionary Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

The Senior Trade Compliance Specialist will manage the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of Teledyne’s Canadian trade compliance program. The role ensures that imports and exports are accurately declared, supported, corrected, and retained in accordance with the Customs Act, Customs Tariff, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) requirements, Export Import Permit Act (EIPA), Controlled Goods Program and Teledyne policies. The Specialist also serves as the Canadian customs and export subject‑matter expert and partners with customs brokers, logistics, supply chain, finance, engineering, quality, and other business functions.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate Canadian HS classifications, country‑of‑origin determinations, tariff treatments, and customs valuation records.
• Review import and export documentation and provide customs brokers with complete and accurate clearance instructions.
• Monitor Commercial Accounting Declarations and import transactions for classification, origin, value for duty, duties, taxes, surtaxes, and admissibility.
• Monitor customs brokers through documented instructions, entry reviews, issue resolution, performance monitoring, and periodic business reviews.
• Conduct post‑entry audits and implement timely corrections, adjustments, refunds, or voluntary disclosures when errors are identified.
• Assess preferential tariff eligibility and maintain supporting certifications under CUSMA and other applicable free trade agreements.
• Identify and manage requirements involving SIMA, surtaxes, import controls, marking, temporary imports, duty relief, drawbacks, returned goods, and special customs programs.
• Support Global Affairs Canada and CBSA verifications, audits, information requests, rulings, reassessments, and appeals in coordination with CITC.
• Maintain complete customs and export records and ensure customs & export data in SAP and related systems (eg. OCR) is accurate and auditable.
• Perform transactional due diligence on transactions to ensure compliance with export requirements as needed.
• Develop procedures, controls, training, metrics, and corrective actions to strengthen Canadian customs and export compliance.
• Provide guidance to business functions on customs and export requirements for new products, suppliers, transactions, and supply‑chain changes.

Job Requirements

• Degree or diploma in business, commerce, international trade, supply chain, or a related field; CCS designation is preferred.
• 3+ years of hands‑on Canadian customs and export compliance experience in a corporation, customs brokerage, or consulting environment.
• Strong working knowledge of EIPA, Canadian tariff classification, customs valuation, origin, free trade agreements, CARM, Commercial Accounting Declarations, and post‑entry corrections.
• Experience managing customs brokers and responding to CBSA or GAC inquiries, verifications, or audits.
• Ability to analyze technical, commercial, and transactional information and make well‑supported customs determinations.
• Strong written communication, organization, judgment, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and collaborate across business functions.
• Proficiency in SAP S/4 HANA, Microsoft Office, and customs or trade‑compliance systems.
• Knowledge of Canadian export controls, the Controlled Goods Program, EAR, or ITAR is an asset.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Salary Range: $68,600.00-$91,400.000 The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, local regulations (such as minimum wage), education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.