Trade Advisory Hub - Manager

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Singapore is seeking a Manager for its Trade Advisory Hub to lead asset development and client advisory on international trade. You will work across multiple projects, drawing on deep customs and trade or supply chain experience in a consulting or industrial setting.

Ideal candidates bring strategic mindset, ability to navigate complex regulatory regimes and a readiness to mentor junior staff while delivering high-value solutions to clients in Asia and beyond.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of customs and trade or supply chain professional experience in consulting or industry.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, demanding and changing environment.
• Foreign language ability is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and deliver a range of trade assets under guidance of the Hub Director.
• Understand trade and customs regulations (FTA, import/export) and improve trade efficiency and compliance.
• Support planning and execution of asset development, business development and initiatives across PwC Singapore BU’s.
• Guide and lead junior research and innovation staff of the Trade Advisory Hub.

Skills

Customs & trade experience

Supply chain experience

Consulting background

Job description

At PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 364,000 people in 136 countries and 137 territories. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting, we help clients build, accelerate, and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com.

The international trade environment in Asia and beyond, with its varying trade rules, regulations and compliance requirements, presents an exciting and challenging career opportunity that offers great cross-border exposure. PwC Singapore’s Trade Advisory Hub develops and takes to market a wide range of “assets” that help companies deal with the ever-increasingly complex field of international trade. Such assets could deal with technical customs matters, taxation matters, or broader supply chain management matters.

A career in our Trade Advisory Hub will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their unique but ever-changing international trade obligations, across Asia and beyond. You will support asset development, as well as advice to clients on their global trade footprint, acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, research and innovation.

How will you value-add?

We are currently seeking a well-qualified Manager to grow ourTradeAdvisoryHubteam in Singapore.You will be involved in multiple projects at a time, working closely withtheTradeAdvisoryHubDirector inidentifying,developingand taking to market new or enhanced solutions for our clients.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Supporting the identification,developmentanddeliveryofa wide range of assets underthe guidanceof ourTradeAdvisoryHubDirector.

• Assetidentification,prioritisation,developmentand deliveryrequireknowledge oftradeand customs regulations, including FreeTradeAgreements and import and export compliance,as well aswell as broader supply chain managementexperience. Candidates will be expected toidentifyanddevelopopportunitiesto improvetradeefficiency and savings as well as improvements in compliance.

• Candidates will be expected to assume a proactive role in supporting the planning and execution of asset development and delivery, business development, and other initiatives to develop and create opportunities across relevant PwC Singapore Business Units.

• Candidates will beexpectedto guide and lead the more junior research and innovation staffoftheTradeAdvisoryHub.

About you

• Candidates shouldhave at least 6 years of customs andtradeor supplychain professionalexperience in consulting or in industry.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, highlydemanding and ever-changingenvironment.

• Foreign language ability is a plus.

• A desire to pursue a career in the field of internationaltrade.

*Only shortlisted candidates will be notified due to the high number of applicants for this role.