Customs Entry Clerk

Help streamline client’s customs processes

The opportunity:

Flexport is experiencing massive growth with 1,700+ Flexporters across 17 global offices and warehouses. And we’re just getting started. With revenue growing at breakneck speed, Flexport is looking for Global Customs Analysts to join our Customs Team. This is a great opportunity for a recent college graduate looking to launch their career. You’ll be working alongside and learning from some of the smartest people in the logistics industry as we challenge the status quo and reduce the friction in global trade.

You will:

• Digitally prepare and file all documentation required to customs clear goods in our bespoke software.
• Manage a large client base shipping multiple commodities and exceptions 
• Client centric approach - Be obsessed with the client and work with them to find solutions and think outside the box.
• Review,organize and analyze incoming documents to ensure compliance with the local  Customs Regulations.
• Provide necessary documents to other government agencies when required (OPSS,NVWA etc).
• Confidently classify goods, be the expert and provide advice to clients.
• Identify the potential for the use of a Preferential Trade Agreement on a per shipment basis & understand how to read free trade agreements.
• Maintain excellent working relationships with clients by providing first in class customer service. Become and be a trusted trade advisor to clients. 
• Manage mid level projects within the team to drive operational processes and efficiency.

You should have:

• ≥ 3 years current experience in customs, including experience in handling customs declarations
• Ability to handle a large volume of entries & clients
• Familiarity with Customs product classification and the UK tariff.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Next-level logistical problem-solving skills, finding solutions to complex client problems is a must.
• An obsession with client happiness. You succeed when they succeed.
• Courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it.
• High level of computer literacy. No paper. All digital.
• Understanding of Classification (is a bonus)
• Ability to handle a range of commodities including goods requiring specific licenses.

What's in it for you?

• An opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest-growing companies, where you’ll have the chance to create a global impact while being a part of a  thriving multinational environment 
• Lunches: Claim back up to GBP 15 per day for lunch allowance on office days
• 25 working days as vacation days based on full time employment, in addition to the usual bank holidays in England and Wales.
• Health insurance: Flexport offers employees in UK private medical insurance including a dental care
• Group Life Insurance 
• Equity program: every team member becomes a shareholder, aligning our success with yours. As a private company in a multi-trillion dollar industry, you have a direct stake in our collective growth and success.
• Pension plan: Flexport offers employees in the UK a workplace pension plan 
• Employee Assistance Program through Aetna Resources for Living: Flexport provides an employer-sponsored program at no cost to you and your household members
• Parental leave benefit: Flexport is here to support you and your families in one of the most important times in life – the birth of a child! Our parental leave program allows both mothers and partners to take time off from work for pregnancy, childbirth, and to bond with your new child.