Trade Customs Clerk

Trade Customs Clerk

Peterlee (hybrid)

£22.40/hr Umbrella (inside IR35)

12 month initial contract

Job description:
Import and export customs clearance

Responsibilities include:

• Import/Export Compliance
• Clearance instructions
• Dealing with customs ports
• Checking documentation is trade compliant
• HMRC compliance
• Month end duties and reconciliations
• VAT/Trade testing
• Supplier origin statements
• Data management for commodity codes

Skills and experience:

• Import / Export Customs compliance experience (essential)
• Customs experience in a manufacturing environment would be beneficial.
• Accuracy and attention to detail required for providing customs clearance instructions to brokers.
• Strong reconciliation skills.
• IT proficiency: Excel, ERP Systems etc.
• Effective, professional communication and presentation skills
• Managing multiple priorities
• Ability to work with different groups of people – Relationship management skills with 3rd party service providers, HMRC, Technical Tax & Trade Central team, various business teams and support services (such as IT)
• Any trade customs certifications would be a bonus.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.

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