Trade Advisory Lead - Global Compliance & Strategy

MaC VC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Flexible time off

Job summary

Flexport is seeking a Trade Advisory Manager to lead our Trade Advisory team, delivering advanced customs and trade expertise to help clients identify risks and savings across the global supply chain.

You will develop service offerings, own the long-range plan, manage associates, and guide client deliverables, deadlines, and senior stakeholder communications. This role demands strategic thinking, regulatory knowledge, and a proactive leadership style within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• Must have Licensed Customs Broker required, J.D. or graduate degree
• Must have 10+ years trade related experience working in house, at customs brokerage, consulting or law firm.
• 3-5 years experience managing associates, projects, and business metrics.
• Strong technical and business writing skills.
• Public speaking and presentation skills, including experience with webinars, training sessions, and client facing presentations.
• An advanced command of tariff classification, valuation, duty minimization and avoidance strategies, government regulations and rulings, and other trade information.
• Strong interpersonal skills and detail-oriented with superior organizational, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills.
• Expertise with Microsoft Office suite and Google equivalents.
• High level of computer literacy. No paper. All digital.
• A "compliance first" attitude to keep our regulators happy and enthusiastic about Flexport since we operate in a heavily regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Help lead the team of customs and trade advisors.
• Develop and roll out new trade advisory service offerings
• Own the team’s long range plan and build the strategy to grow and meet aggressive goals.
• Do whatever it takes to help our clients to resolve trade related questions and problems.
• Strive to create an agile technology focused high performance culture.
• Manage a team and be a proactive leader to build and grow Trade Advisory services.
• Own the entire portfolio of clients and projects and lead the teams responsible for execution and reporting relevant metrics.
• Use creativity to improve operational efficiency, leadership communication, and revenue growth.
• Guide trade advisory associates on researching trade related matters such as tariff classification, valuation, country of origin, trade remedies, and free trade agreements.
• Review, comment and help finalize client deliverables prepared by associates including memos and presentations.
• Monitor client deadlines and prepare submissions to CBP.
• Maintain active communication with clients, customs and other government authorities, and internal stakeholders.
• Proactively stay informed on the latest customs and other government agency regulations, ruling issuances, and industry trends that are relevant to our clients.
• Organize and execute internal and external trade related communications.
• Support Trade Advisory infrastructure and administrative requirements.

Skills

Public speaking

Business writing

Interpersonal skills

Detail-oriented

Multitasking

MS Office / Google Suite

Education

Bachelor's degree

Licensed Customs Broker

J.D. or graduate degree

Job description

Flexport is seeking a Trade Advisory Manager to lead our Trade Advisory team, delivering advanced customs and trade expertise to help clients identify risks and savings across the global supply chain.

You will develop service offerings, own the long-range plan, manage associates, and guide client deliverables, deadlines, and senior stakeholder communications. This role demands strategic thinking, regulatory knowledge, and a proactive leadership style within a fast-paced environment.