Trade Compliance Specialist

Company Description

Grow your career. Flex to get more out of life. Care for your wellbeing. You can at Leidos.

**At Leidos we offer**:

- Career defining opportunities working on cutting edge bespoke projects at the forefront of innovation.
- All the benefits of a modern office, great scenery, easily accessible location and good proximity to food options
- Diverse teams, diverse thinking, diverse opportunities. We're big believers in the benefits of a diverse workplace and welcome you to join in

**About Us**

In Australia we have over 2,000 employees mostly based in Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide. Globally we number 45,000 employees and are located in 35 countries. Our Mission is to make the world safer, healthier and more efficient through information technology, engineering and science. It’s work that we can all be proud of.

**Job Description**:
**Your New Role**

Leidos Australia has an opportunity for a Trade Compliance Specialist to manage Leidos Australia’s trade and regulatory compliance management system and provide advice to the business and its various projects and stakeholders, primarily relating to compliance with domestic and international Defence import and export controls.

You will also educate project managers and key staff in trade and regulatory compliance matters to ensure that Leidos Australia’s interests, assets and projects remain legally compliant. The incumbent will also support audits to provide positive assurance of compliance and identify and report any issues.

Reporting to the the Trade Compliance Manager, “A Day in the Life” will see you;
- Help to manage and mitigate Leidos Australia’s regulatory and trade compliance risks, in line with our strategic objectives, by:

- providing solution and risk-focused regulatory and trade compliance advisory support; and
- implementing appropriate compliance governance frameworks, including policies, processes and training.
- Facilitate the identification, monitoring and reporting of key regulatory and trade compliance risks.
- Manage primary communication with Australian regulators and key international stakeholders to ensure that the business secures and retains necessary authorisations (e.g. export authorisations).
- Promote, integrate and facilitate a standardised approach to effective compliance management, including implementation, review and improvement of a Compliance Management System, in line with best practice standards and Leidos policies.
- Assist in the ongoing development and education of Leidos staff, including developing and/or delivering/implementing training programs and guidance.

**Qualifications**:
This is an opportunity for a true SME to make your mark.

**About You & What You’ll Bring**
- Demonstrated experience in International Trade Compliance with a strong working knowledge of Australian and International, including United States, Export and Import Controls requirements within a major Defence corporation.
- Highly effective in managing multiple, concurrent activities, while understanding and managing priorities, dependencies and risk.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and with a variety of stakeholders and suppliers at all levels.

Additional Information
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This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and at minimum have a Baseline clearance and be able to obtain an NV-1._**

This role can either be based in our Melbourne, Brisbane or Canberra locations.