Customs Compliance Analyst: Data-Driven & Impactful

Sainsbury’s Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Pensions

Life cover

Bonus up to 10%

Holiday entitlement

Cycle to work

Health plan

Salary advances

Retailer discounts

EAP

Maternity leave pay

Paternity leave pay

Job summary

The Customs team at Sainsbury’s Group manages its customs obligations to ensure imports/exports are compliant, efficient and well-supported by evidence. As a Customs Analyst you will assist the Customs Manager with declarations, records, reconciliations and audits, while driving improvements in reporting and controls.

You will work with Excel and various finance/supply chain systems, handling high-volume data and communicating clearly with internal and external partners.

Qualifications

• Practical knowledge of UK customs requirements covering tariff classification, customs valuation and country of origin.
• Experience with customs declarations, brokers, import data, duty and import VAT records.
• Ability to reconcile high-volume data across multiple sources and document evidence-based conclusions.
• Working knowledge of Excel and experience using Finance, Supply Chain or customs systems.
• Ability to explain customs requirements to internal stakeholders and maintain auditable records with deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, validate and monitor customs declarations and duty.
• Maintain records for tariff classification, customs valuation and country of origin decisions.
• Reconciling data across customs systems, broker data, deferment accounts and Finance records.
• Investigate exceptions or data-quality issues and respond to queries.
• Support registrations, guarantees and authorisations.
• Provide analysis for duty optimisation and preferential origin under applicable FTAs.
• Contribute to improvements in customs reporting, controls, data and automation.

Skills

Practical UK customs knowledge (tariff

Customs declarations experience

Data reconciliation (high-volume)

Excel proficiency

Auditable records communication

Education

Customs/tax/accounting qualification or progress

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Finance system

Customs/system data platforms

Job description

The Customs team at Sainsbury’s Group manages its customs obligations to ensure imports/exports are compliant, efficient and well-supported by evidence. As a Customs Analyst you will assist the Customs Manager with declarations, records, reconciliations and audits, while driving improvements in reporting and controls.

You will work with Excel and various finance/supply chain systems, handling high-volume data and communicating clearly with internal and external partners.