Sr. Manager Trade Compliance - Herndon, VA

Position Description

Serco is a place you can count on, with long term, government-backed contracts, trusted leadership, and loyal colleagues where you make a difference with challenging and purposeful work.  Serco Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager for Trade Compliance to join our team at Serco’s corporate headquarters in Herndon, VA. We invite you to discover your place in our world.

 

This individual will drive all Trade Compliance efforts at Serco, a $2B company supporting a wide array of cutting-edge projects for clients throughout the U.S. Government and Canada.  While you will support Serco's civilian services business, the vast majority of your efforts will relate to Serco's daily operations in support of U.S. defense customers. 

 

In this role you will:

• Act as an Empowered Official, demonstrating a high level of expertise with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
• Be a member of Serco's Legal Department, reporting to a Vice President and Associate General Counsel     
• Review export and import licenses and permits obtained from the Departments of State and Commerce and tests for compliance with regulations and company procedure
• Review compliance of business operations with company policies and processes for review of, and release of, export-controlled information (and potentially export-controlled information),
• Review export jurisdiction and classification findings and the certification and use of license exemptions and exceptions
• Review of compliance with record keeping and data management requirements against regulations and company procedure
• Provide guidance to other teams on proper review of international purchase orders and hardware shipment
• Review, as needed, requests for foreign visits and international travel requests against regulations and company procedure
• Combing export control expertise and sharp critical thinking skills to perform initial intake of new matters and inquiries, conduct outreach to individuals throughout the organization, and provide internal business clients with guidance on obtaining and maintaining trade compliance authorizations
• Ensure that internal clients receive sharp execution guidance and understand their export control responsibilities
• Provide analytical support for development and continuous improvement of the company’s trade compliance program, including policies and procedures
• Brief the company’s Board of Directors as needed on Export-related matters
• Conduct assigned compliance tasks, data calls, reporting requirements, record keeping and file management, working groups, continuous improvement projects, process and procedure development, and training
• As an ambassador of the legal team, establish a rapport and working relationship within the Legal Department and with business partners across the company
• Investigate matters of, and preparation of disclosures related to, non-compliance or potential non-compliance;
• Conduct interviews and internal investigations as needed to follow up on any information of concern found during routine discussions and reviews; and 
• Prepare draft disclosures, including analysis of issues and development of findings, conduct interviews, develop written summaries, research regulations, and prepare draft correspondence to government authorities.
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A bachelor’s degree with at least 8+ years of relevant trade compliance experience.
• The ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
  • U.S. Citizenship
• Have advanced experience as a trade compliance professional, an understanding of how a trade compliance function supports the business, programs and functions, advanced research, strong writing and communication skills, a high level of organization and follow-up skills, the ability to complete detail-oriented tasks and to work independently and within a team environmen
• Be a team player, proactive, self-motivated, highly organized, ability to handle shifting priorities and to communicate effectively and professionally (both orally and in writing) with internal and external customers at all levels of the organization
• Made decisions using sound judgment while complying with policies, procedures, appropriate principles and applicable laws and regulations
• Analyzed, evaluated, developed, and implemented processes and procedures within budget and adhere to time requirements and schedule
• Exercised discretion and independent judgment in the performance of duties and tasks assigned under delegation
• A thorough understanding of the ITAR, sufficient to act independently as an Empowered Official
• Proficienc