What are the responsibilities and job description for the Export Control Officer position at Leonid Group Ltd?
We are supporting a global, high-technology aerospace & defence firm to appoint an Export Control Specialist. This role sits within a well-established compliance function and supports complex US export activities across multiple programmes and stakeholders.
The Role
You will act as a trusted trade compliance partner to the business, providing hands-on operational support alongside regulatory guidance across US export compliance matters. The role combines day-to-day execution with advisory, audit, and continuous improvement responsibilities.
Key responsibilities include:
• Providing regulatory guidance to internal customers.
• Reviewing technical data such as engineering drawings to determine the appropriate export classification.
• Making access control determinations for the company's facility and IT systems.
• Classifying products for export such as determining the appropriate USML, ECCN, and Harmonized Tariff Schedule classifications.
• Drafting, submitting and managing export authorizations.
• Interfacing with internal functions (i.e., Program Management, Supply Chain) to ensure all work processes comply with U.S. trade regulations.
• Drafting and updating procedures, instructions, forms, and templates.
• Managing daily export activities including interaction with freight forwarders.
• Reviewing international shipments to determine the proper export authorization.
• Providing compliance training to internal customers.
• Conducting investigations into potential compliance issues.
• Conducting audits and risk assessments.
• Collaborating with the compliance team on various projects, conferences, audits, assessments, reports, etc.
• Providing guidance and assistance on a broad range of export compliance matters, including:
- Technology Reviews, Classification and Access Controls
- Export Licensing
- Audits
- Recordkeeping
- Denied Party Screening/ KYC
- Incoterms
Required qualifications and experience:
• Bachelor's Degree Required and 5 or more years of relevant experience and practical knowledge in US export compliance.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams) and similar software applications.
• Detailed knowledge of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR)
• Specifically, experience with:
- Export Classification
- Export Authorization Determination
- Export Licensing
- Technology and Access Controls
- Forwarder Management
- Automated Commercial Environment
- Audits
Knowledge, skills & abilities:
• Must be able to research, interpret, and apply the EAR, ITAR and FTR
• Ability and experience with reviewing and interpreting technical documents such as drawings, specifications, manuals, etc.
• Experience with Technology/ Access Controls
• Must be able to implement advanced export/import control concepts.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work with and through global, cross-functional teams.
• Excellent time-management skills, especially a strong ability to organize multiple projects at one time and prioritize them.
• Excellent legal research skills.
• Ability to analyse problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Ability to work in a team atmosphere.
• Organized, detailed and business-oriented.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; and
• Experience with SAP, DECCS, & SNAP-R
Leonid Group Corporate Governance is a talent advisory firm that specialises in the placement of Legal, Compliance, Risk, ESG and Sustainability and Audit professionals on an international scale across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. These are global disciplines with teams worldwide, and our network reflects this. We work with multinational corporations to help structure their departments with the best people, from the Global Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel to the Compliance Analyst and Trade Compliance Specialist.