Bond Manager 3PL

Job Title: Bond Manager Location: Manchester Salary: Generous salary company benefits including 28 days including bank holidays, pension, Loyalty Awards, Employee Benefits Platform (Includes a Cycle to work scheme and access to a range of offers and discounts), Employee and customer referral schemes Job Type: Permanent Job Reference: KT9892 A prestigious 3PL company at the forefront of the logistics industry working with multiple well known blue chip brands. You will have the opportunity to join a company where they invest in the development of their staff, giving you an opportunity to follow an amazing career path. If you are a self-starter, lively, ambitious individual with the determination to succeed in life then out client is the employer for you. As part of a wider group of logistic companies, they have the progression and opportunities to propel your career journey within their ever growing operation. If this spikes your interest we want to hear from you today. Qualifications and Key skills for this role: CTA or other relevant accounting or tax qualification? Alcohol industry experience essential Degree qualification Demonstrable experience post qualified (practice or in-house) Good Excel skills Excellent knowledge of UK Customs and Excise legislation and compliance Knowledge of inco-terms and international trading Experience with Customs & Excise Alcohol duty and AWRS compliance International customs and excise experience Key Responsibilities/ Accountabilities To manage, co-ordinate and control the function to ensure conformity with HMRC regulations for the receipt, storage, internal movement and processing and delivery of both bulk and bottled products To manage and control the duty deferment account within the guarantee limit and to accurately pay and account for Excise and Customs Duty, Import VAT, Deferred VAT and environmental taxes. Prepare monthly reconciliations to this effect To control, reconcile and maintain accurate records of all dutiable stocks on site in accordance with both HMRC regulations and business requirements To provide appropriate advice to management on Excise and Customs Duties, quotas and regulations to minimize costs in complying with HMRC requirements To provide accurate and meaningful information on stock losses on bulk and finished product, ensuring appropriate actions are taken to resolve problems and to minimise losses. Preparation and submission of Intrastat returns to meet HMRC deadlines To provide accurate information to the Finance Manager on all duty payments and liabilities. To select, train and motivate staff in the Excise function to meet both the departmental and business needs To be subject matter expert on supply chain-related fiscal authority process and routines compliance To act as primary point of contact for HMRC for customs and excise matters To provide support to the Finance Manager in HMRC meetings, and audits in respect of customs and excise issues To review existing processes and develop improvement of controls and processes required to comply with operational fiscal authority requirements To ensure that the business has all the necessary customs and excise registrations (e.g. EORI, AEO), and guarantees in order to trade in a compliant manner, including the monitoring of guarantee limits To ensure import and export documentation accuracy, compliance and retention, including C88s, ARCs, VI1s To manage excise pre-payments in light of excise rate changes To manage product classification and commodity code & tax code assignment To ensure customer SEED check compliance and issue resolution To ensure open EMCS transaction (ARCs) tracking, management and resolution To manage duty drawback claims To assist with ad hoc resolution of customer queries in respect of duty matters To drive implementation of alcohol due diligence policy and tax governance across supply chain for AWRS compliance To assist on other ad hoc projects - for example, new bonded warehouse set-ups both in the UK, review of new supply contracts, validation of product codes and oversee amendment of excise and customs rates in ERP system To provide advice to supply teams on compliance matters and ensure any changes in tax/duty rates communicated and applied correctly on customer invoices To develop and embed best practice tax processes - for example, assisting the Finance Manager with compliance with UK Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) and Criminal Corporate Offence (CCO) regulations, as far as they relate to customs and excise matters To coordinate a robust and structured internal compliance process for all new customer set up and manage and improve reporting process to monitor each stage of all new customer set ups To lead handling of fiscal authority ad-hoc compliance review requests, relating to customs, excise, import VAT and environmental tax Wilde Associates is working in the capacity of an Employment Agency for this role