Associate Customs Trade Compliance Analyst

Abbott Laboratories • Irving, TX

2d • $50,700 - $101,300 • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Customs Trade Compliance Analyst supports Abbott's import, export, and Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) compliance programs. The role helps ensure compliance with U.S. Customs regulations, FDA requirements, export controls, and corporate policies by analyzing trade and operational data, conducting compliance reviews and audits, maintaining classification and country-of-origin records, and supporting customs inquiries and corrective actions. This is not a remote opportunity, and the role may require travel up to 5%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, with proficiency in Excel.
• Ability to work across teams and time zones, with organization and planning skills to handle a variety of complex matters simultaneously under deadline pressure.
• Strong financial skills and understanding of how to read and use government regulations.
• Proficiency with statistics and analysis.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to determine HTS classifications and assess Section 232 tariff applicability.
• Ability to review commercial invoices, packing lists, and country-of-origin documentation for compliance and reject non-compliant supplier documentation when necessary.
• Experience with compliance reviews, auditing, data analysis, and working across cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Related experience in trade compliance, supply chain, logistics, finance, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Review import, export, and FTZ transactions for regulatory compliance.
• Conduct audits, identify compliance risks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain tariff classifications, country-of-origin determinations, valuation data, and trade records.
• Support customs activities such as RFIs, post-entry amendments, and regulatory inquiries.
• Partner with logistics, supply chain, procurement, operations, and freight forwarders to ensure compliant trade activities.
• Prepare reports, analyze data, and drive process improvements and cost-saving opportunities.
• Escalate compliance issues and support implementation of corrective actions.
• Review commercial invoices, packing lists, and country-of-origin documentation for compliance, and reject non-compliant supplier documentation when necessary.
• Determine HTS classifications and assess Section 232 tariff applicability.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, an affordable and convenient path to earning a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level