Customs Compliance Manager - Global Indirect Tax

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, Customs Compliance? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact global tax operations in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then Customs Compliance Manager at AstraZeneca in Södertälje might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and teamwork. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development!

Embrace the varied opportunities, in a globally connected team, to work on intellectually stimulating challenges and gain transferable skills. This is a place of creativity: brainstorming, expressing thoughts and developing ideas. But we don't stop there. With permission to truly own our ideas, we can make quick decisions and turn them into a reality.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, European Customs, you will work closely with the Regional Customs and Trade Managers based in the US and UK on Customs matters, key to the AZ Group. You will be primarily responsible for providing support for Customs compliance for the Swedish entity.

What you´ll do:

* Performing periodic management checks to ensure compliance
* Be the key contact with the AZ Customs Brokers and other logistics providers to facilitate Customs clearance of the goods imported from third countries.
* Provide advice and training to personnel within the Business who are involved in activities with Customs and/or Excise implications to ensure compliance with relevant laws and minimization of duty payments where legally permissible.
* Identify legal opportunities for duty elimination/minimisation and any other Customs-related cost savings, including appropriate actions to realise these savings and contribute to AstraZeneca's overall profitability.
* Work with Operations, R&D, Finance etc. personnel on Customs, Valuation and Origin issues to ensure that Customs requirements are fully met.
* Work closely together with AstraZeneca's indirect tax team to mitigate VAT risks when importing and exporting
* Monitor proposed Customs legislation and regulations that may affect the AstraZeneca group and prepare written analysis of the same.

Essential Requirements:

* You will have considerable relevant Customs experience preferably in a corporate or professional environment.
* Previous experience in crafting an organisation's customs capability covering supply chain, conduct Customs audits, dispute management, implementation of Customs Duty regimes and ongoing operational efficiency.
* You will have a deep understanding of Customs law and its application to valuation, origin, classification and duty reliefs.
* Demonstrates the ability to take a strategic view while bringing to bear appropriate focus on the underlying detail.
* You will apply good judgement and be able to make timely decisions and recommendations regarding potentially material issues in circumstances where there is either uncertainty or incomplete information.
* Ability to build a network internally and externally with relevant functions and partners
* Proficient in Swedish and English



What´s next?

Welcome with your application no later than April 20th, 2022.



About Campus Södertälje

At Campus Södertälje, we come together in an innovative and high-tech environment to manufacture life-changing medicines. Here, we have AstraZeneca's largest global manufacturing and distribution facility, in total we employ around 4,500 people and manufacture more than 40% of the AZ group total volume. Welcome to our world, where we have 42 different nationalities, half of our leaders are women, and we all work actively for a healthier world for our employees and our patients: For us, where there is a drive, there are opportunities. Which path do you choose?

For more information about our site in Södertälje please visit: https://www.astrazeneca.se/om-oss/verksamheten-i-sverige/Sodertalje.html