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Cofton Hackett, Gb

Region, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). Provide subject matter expertise for trade operations, export and import activities ensuring operational aspects comply with applicable government regulations and internal compliance policies. Anticipates and identifies potential issues to minimise customs clearance delays.Main Roles;Develop, implement and manage trade operations process for brokers, agents, freight forwarders and internal business clients meeting the needs of the business and complying with applicable governmental regulations and internal policies.Ensure export operations comply with applicable strategic goods export permit/license requirements as established by both international agreements, and the specific regulations of the export country. Oversee customs brokers and freight forwarders to ensure customs clearance activities are conducted in accordance with the national customs regulations and internal policy. Knowledge of customs laws and other regulations governing the import of telecommunications equipment. Knowledge of Harmonized Tariff Schedule used for classifying good.

Region, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). Provide subject matter expertise for trade operations, export and import activities ensuring that all operational aspects comply with applicable government regulations and internal compliance policies. Anticipates and identifies potential issues to minimise customs clearance delays.Main Roles;• Develop, implement and manage the trade operations process for brokers, agents, freight forwarders and internal business clients meeting the needs of the business and complying with applicable governmental regulations and internal policies.• Ensure export operations comply with all applicable strategic goods export permit/license requirements as established by both international agreements and the specific regulations of the export country. • Oversee customs brokers and freight forwarders to ensure that all customs clearance activities are conducted in accordance with the national customs regulations and internal policy. Knowledge of customs laws and other regulations governing the import of telecommunications equipment. • Knowledge of Harmonized Tariff Schedule used for classifying good.

Redditch

Main Roles;• Manage highly complex procurement of configurable products and services• Manage optimized sourcing for Global Connections and Supply Chain (GCSC)• Manage supplier performance• Intrastat ReportingDuties Include:• Evaluate and edit purchase requisitions. Produce purchase orders from system tools within agreed service level agreements (SLAs) and in accordance with all relevant AT&T corporate, procurement and trade compliance policies (for example, AT&T Code of Conduct, OP1, OP6 requirements, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, etc.), applying AT&T terms and conditions as appropriate.• Liaise with Trade Operations/Global Trade organization to ensure the prompt passage of equipment where cross border movements are required. Responsible for 18 legal entities of which 8 represent a high-risk including Morocco, UAE, Pakistan and South Africa. Create processes around management from a purchasing perspective to support continuity of supply.• Lead/manage transition of tier 1 contracting work from GCSC sourcing to specialist and associate role within International Purchase team. (Optimized Sourcing). Process doctrine/development. Project management. • Creation of meaningful metrics. Cultivate strategic relations. Trouble shoot issues and bring supplier to task where shortfall in service level agreements occurs. • Support management in the alignment of process, process doctrine and team management.• Reporting (cover) of Intrastat returns on monthly basis throughout EMEA.I previously undertook the Intrastat reporting role for 4 years. Intrastat is the system used to collect information and produce statistics on the trade in goods between countries of the European Union (EU). It replaced customs declarations as the source of trade statistics within the EU. Information declared includes weight, country of origin, combined nomenclature (a subdivision of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System nomenclature) and other relevant data.

Main roles:• Managing the payment of employee expenses for EMEA and ASIAPAC.• Working as part of a small team, mainly unsupervised, in the provision of support to staff for expense issues and undertaking audits.Duties Include:• Application and administration of the corporate policies governing employee expenses through EMEA and ASIAPAC. Liaising with internal departments, managers and employees to ensure the smooth and timely processing of employee expenses. Working with the providers of AT&T’s corporate cards in reconciliations allowing continued support to employees for all business requirements.• Manage a team of Account Payable analysts in the auditing of expenses, covering information gathering to escalation.• Maintain and improve the International Accounts Payable intranet sites.• Ensure compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 (corporate governance) by maintaining regular audits.

Aldridge

Main Roles: • Full management of the employee expense process from policies to payment.• Training and supervision of other team members required to support this function. Duties Include:• Introduction and maintenance of claimant guidelines, internal policies and internal processes relating to expenses. Offering advice and support to staff either verbally or via email or letter. Audit and compliance checks. Providing timely detailed reports to management on all aspects of expense claims. Supervision of staff within the expenses team. Supporting HR and undertaking Fleet administration duties during busy period.

Chester, United Kingdom

Main roles: • Applying the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and subsequent Statuary Circulations in the collection of Council Tax and National Non Domestic Rates. Duties include:• Dividing and managing my time between two units, Business Rates and Council Tax, to help deliver an excellent service to the public. Working on implementing new processes relating to the delivery of Small Business Rate Relief and B.I.D (Business Improvement District), covering all aspects of processing on business rates. Applying similar knowledge within this role as at Walsall covering all aspects of council tax processing and customer contact. Trained as a Risk Assessor under Local Government guidelines.