Trade Compliance Officer

First Achieve Recruitment have a fantastic opportunity for a Trade Compliance Officer, in the Edinburgh region. You will be working within a prestigious company, who have been established since the 1800's, they have state-of-the-art facilities & are heavily involved in Global Manufacturing.

The role will be paying in the region of £25,000 - £30,000 per annum.

You will primarily be responsible for to assist the Import, Export and Compliance Manager in ensuring trade effectively and in accordance with all the required legislation

Role Description:

• To be the initial point of contact for import clearance requests from freight forwarders and to progress clearance requests in a timely manner.
• The preparation of Customs Clearance Instructions in accordance with HMRC rules to enable the importation of goods through the UK Customs Border.
• The preparation of Customs Movement Instructions to enable the movement of goods under customs supervision between our HMRC special authorizations.
• Ensuring that all customs paperwork is collected, reviewed, filed correctly and to escalate any issues to the freight forwarder and EXIM Manager as required.
• Ensuring that the HMRC authorization control spreadsheets are maintained in accordance with MTS procedures.
• The preparation of Commercial Invoices for exports in line with MTS procedures.
• The preparation of quarterly and annual reports for HMRC and UK Government departments
• The preparation of Commodity Classification requests for 3rd parties
• Manintain and apply for export licences in the Government SPIRE System
• Monitor the shared e-mail folder and forward / action / archive inbound e-mails as appropriate and escalate any issues to the relevant functions / individuals.

The successful candidate must:

• Experience of working with customs matters or in a regulatory environment
• Good interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail and problem solving
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools