International Trade Compliance Manager jobs in Norfolk, NE

Title: Compliance Manager

Reports to: Vice President of Legal and Compliance

Location: North Sioux City, SD

Required Education/Experience: The Compliance Manager must have proficient understanding of common compliance frameworks relevant to government contracting and the IT industry, such as ISO, NIST, and CMMI, and must have at least three (3) years of prior experience in managing compliance programs and management systems with respect to quality control, export control, counterfeit mitigation, information security regulatory compliance, and supply chain risk management.

Job Description: The Compliance Manager will be responsible for supporting the management and completion of key compliance projects, providing guidance to business units, performing internal audits and conducting self-assessments, and for connecting strategically and driving implementation of the Company’s compliance initiatives at all levels of the organization. The Compliance Manager will play a key role in strengthening the compliance program and supporting the Company’s growth by working on a wide array of project management activities in a fast-paced environment, while ensuring corporate guidelines are consistently met.

Requirements:

• Proficient understanding of common compliance frameworks relevant to government contracting and the IT industry, such as ISO 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 20243, O-TTPS, NIST 800-53, AS5553, AS6174, AS6081, and CMMI.
• “Hands-on” practical experience in the management of compliance programs and management systems with respect to quality control, export control, counterfeit mitigation, and supply chain risk management.
• Strong project management skills including strong strategic planning and implementation skills, thorough understanding and focus of the value to be delivered, engagement, collaboration, communication, and management of internal department and stakeholders of the company in a matrixed environment, and the ability to plan effectively, monitor progress, and exercise timely and appropriate escalation and mitigation of barriers.
• Ability to review, understand, evaluate and provide guidance on large, complex projects and a variety of other initiatives based on corporate guidelines and input from various stakeholders of the Company, and ability to provide guidance on main ideas, and potential business and liability risks involved
• Strong attention to detail, high level of reading and analytical skills and problem-solving skills, ability to learn new concepts quickly, and ability to pivot and communicate efficiently and effectively at a high-level to leadership teams.
• Ability to develop and maintain knowledge of an organization’s operations, corporate values, and business goals, and of the compliance landscape as it pertains to the Company, and ability to use that knowledge to anticipate, identify, analyze, and address business and liability opportunities and risks as they pertain to the company.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and provide guidance on where coordination, guidance, review, and approval are needed from external advisors and from other internal departments and stakeholders of the Company.
• High degree of initiative, organization and prioritization in approach to professional responsibilities, including dependability and timeliness, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Proficient understanding of professional ethics, business sensitivities and confidentiality, and ability to manage professional responsibilities with integrity and discretion
• Personal aptitude to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and to manage multiple, concurrent responsibilities and competing demands with sound judgment and diplomacy
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written), and ability to work and communicate effectively with all levels of the Company, and ability to generate awareness, deliver training and guidance, and drive engagement and adoption of policies, processes and initiatives. Ability to deliver a presentation of materials to a wide audience and lead management review meetings. Have an ability to effectively communicate with senior management persons and technical experts
• Ability to sit at a desk and work on a computer for prolonged periods, and ability to utilize and manage Microsoft Office products and other office programs and tools.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement, manage and support the Company’s management systems and compliance programs and management systems, as assigned – Develop and implement from the ground-up effective compliance programs and system to meet or exceed requirements; Assist and aid department managers in documentation of manuals, processes and procedures; Monitor, assess and modify systems to ensure continual improvement and to address changing requirements; Prepare for, coordinate, participate in, and help execute internal and external audits; Assist in the development, measurement, and reporting of key metrics to drive conformance, efficiency, and continual improvement and the collection of evidence of conformance; Develop and maintain awareness of the Company’s compliance programs and management systems; Assist in generating awareness and driving engagement and adoption of compliance policies, initiatives and other guidelines.

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  Implement, manage, and support compliance projects and initiatives, as assigned – Provide overall support and guidance on multiple compliance projects while coordinating with colleagues to facilitate and enhance compliance initiatives; Field requests and inquiries from colleagues and communicate on a consistent basis with colleagues; Identify where coordination, guidance, review and approval are needed from external advisors and from other internal departments and stakeholders of the Company; Assist to create long-term and short-term plans, set targets for milestones, and ensure deadlines are adhered to; ability to diagram and understand workflows and processes input and outputs; Identify, prepare and disseminate information regarding compliance project and component status, deadlines and requirements and communicating tasks to those best positioned to complete them; Serve as point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project, and assist in overseeing compliance workflows and ensuring transparency of progress; Assist in ensuring compliance activities are timely prepared, reviewed, approved, executed, and deliverer, and that team actions remain in synergy.

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  Serve as subject matter expert on the Company’s compliance projects and initiatives for proper administration, maintenance, and oversight of compliance projects and activities across the Company - Advise top management on business operations relating to business and liability opportunities and risks; Maintain working knowledge of the Company’s corporate guidelines including the Company’s operations, corporate values, business goals, and compliance policies and initiatives, and analyze to ensure compliance with industry standards and ethical standards; develop risk management strategies, and design control systems to address cases of violation of internal business policies; prepare and disseminate reports, guidance, training materials and presentations, resources and other information to colleagues; assist in generating awareness and driving engagement and adoption of compliance policies, initiatives and other guidelines.

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  Utilize the Company’s compliance and risk management systems, and perform other tasks to support compliance and operational projects and initiatives – Assist in the preparation and maintenance of accurate, thorough records; assist in the development and implementation of the Company’s documentation and library of compliance and risk systems, processes, procedures, policies, initiatives and guidelines; Identify and analyze potential risks and findings of noncompliance, and offer appropriate solutions-based recommendations; assist with ensuring necessary and appropriate planning, coordination and allocation of resources and processes to ensure continuous operational initiatives.

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  Serve as designated point of contact for general compliance communications – Assist in monitoring the Company’s compliance e-mail inboxes and other compliance communication message centers and delivery points; receive and screen telephone calls, mailings, emails, faxes and other communications; review, analyze, and sort incoming requests for certification or compliance information, surveys and conduct assessments in support of contracts; compliance letters, notices and other correspondence; route correspondence and other communications to the appropriate internal. departments and stakeholders of the Company; assist in preparing, reviewing and sending outgoing letters, notices, and other correspondence as needed.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the United States. Sterling does not provide immigration or work visa sponsorship.

Sterling Computers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or applicable local law.