A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Compliance Officer to join the team with our prestigious client BAE Systems at their site in Rochester, on-site expectations are Monday-Thursday with working from home on Friday.

Job Description

Act as an export control SME to support a businesses export controls activities applying a level of knowledge and experience of export control processes and regulatory knowledge.
Is typically a generalist with the ability to apply knowledge and experience of export controls to audits, projects and communications and give practical advice to the business to support the focus on why export control matters.
Collaboration with peers both within and external to the business to seek and introduce best practices and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Involvement in a variety of Compliance tasks across a broad spectrum of areas and regulations.

Typical duties include (but are not limited to):

Act as a point of contact for the majority of day-to-day advice on export control regulatory and procedure requirements. (UK, US and other jurisdictions where applicable)

Assist with export control investigations, disclosure letters, corrective actions and support root cause analysis and lessons learned reviews.
Assist, at times with guidance, with risk, opportunity and site governance management using formal business methodologies.
Lead/support the planning, execution and capturing results of internal audits and compliance checks.
Lead/support and instigate process improvement initiatives and engage on site-wide business tool transformation programmes.
Help to maintain an up-to-date set of written export control processes, guidance and work instructions for the business and the Compliance team.
Support the implementation of export control policies and processes including supporting the preparation and delivery of training to cross functional stakeholders to ensure an acceptable standard of knowledge and awareness is present across the business.
Draft and submit UK export licence requests, EAR licence requests & ITAR general correspondence.
Flexibility to provide support on Legal tasks under direction of Legal Counsel

Knowledge:

Knowledge and understanding of UK and/or US export controls.

Understanding of policy and process and the principles of export controls and company policy.
Able to resolve basic and some complex issues and queries.
Understanding of the business strategies and priorities and delivers solutions that best meet them.
Knowledge of BAE Systems and its products.

Skills & Qualifications:

Ability and willingness to learn about Export Controls with the intent of becoming an SME.
Strong attention to detail to ensure work output is thorough and accurate.
Ability to interact with internal and external auditors.
Ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders to the role.
A proactive approach to communicating with internal stakeholders.
Ability to apply skills and knowledge to a range of problems and issues, drawing upon more experienced members of the team for guidance and advice.
Good organisational skills and able to work under pressure.
Meticulous administrative skills to ensure creation and maintenance of compliance records is of a high standard.
Ability to flex and adapt in line with business priorities.
Tactful and able to deal with sensitive information (including but not limited to export-controlled data, Government Security Classified information and personal data) to ensure such data is handled appropriately.
Proactive approach to solving problems, working with the wider team to develop solutions.
Ability to understand when to escalate matters for senior input.
Ability to understand/follow and confident in solutionising from these procedures.
Ability to work independently if required, but predominantly within a team.

Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will be SC cleared or eligible for this level of clearance