Verifone is seeking a Trade Compliance Officer to strengthen its Global Compliance Program, focusing on trade and sanctions compliance, as well as governance involving the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The role aims to identify risks, provide expertise, and ensure compliant import/export activities while enabling business growth.
Requirements
- Licensed attorney with expertise in trade compliance.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience on US Trade & export control and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance applied in an international environment (with focus on Asia).
- Experience with import and export of goods that are produced in international factories.
- Proven Knowledge of and experience with laws and regulations in the financial sector.
- Must have a strong understanding of global trade regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations, International Traffic in Arms Regulation, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions, U.S. Customs and foreign trade control.
- Experience in requesting and managing a Bureau of Industry and Security license application is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a global compliance program with focus on Trade and Corporate crime prevention which complies with US and trade regulations applicable to the Verifone business, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), sanctions, export controls, freight, customs duty
- Support Verifone to identify risks and mitigations within the global compliance program as well as other compliance activities.
- Provide compliance expertise, advocacy, and leadership guidance on sanctions and freight, customs duty and trade compliance.
- Perform compliance risk assessments, analyze gaps and manage closing potential gaps on the current operations and develop assessments to roll out new initiatives.
- Create and manage a repository for global compliance program documentation (i.e. export analysis requests, export license requests, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act analysis)
- Partner closely with internal teams—including Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Legal—to ensure compliant import/export activities, sanction compliance, licensing, and documentation while enabling business growth.
- Determine export/import license requirements and submit license applications as needed for the Department of State, Department of Commerce, and Office of Foreign Asset Controls.
Other
- Training and educate stakeholders and performers on their roles and responsibilities under the compliance program
- Prepare senior management reporting.
- Industry Trends & Advocacy - Responsibilities include monitoring industry trends and advising leadership on regulatory changes.
- Coordinate with Supply Chain on the import and export of items and materials ensuring compliance with any special handling requirements while maintaining efficient delivery timelines.
- Governance & strategic expertise.
- Highly analytical with attention to detail.
- Prior experience with implementing a Global Trade Compliance Program including drafting policies, procedures and implementation.
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality of work.
- Ability to work proactive, independently and collaboratively, depending on the situation.
- Leadership skills, negotiation skills, stakeholder management, and crisis response handling.
- Possible prior engagement with government agencies like the Department of Justice, Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Customs and Border Protection or Bureau of Industry and Security.
