Customs and Global Trade Assistant Manager

This Big 4 firm seeks candidates at the Assistant Manager level to join their Customs and Global Trade team and work with high-profile multinational clients, advising on customs compliance, trade optimisation, and supply chain strategy. This is your chance to be part of a growing, market-leading team that combines deep technical expertise with a commercial, practical approach to deliver real impact.

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Advising clients on customs valuation, classification, origin, and duty reliefs.
• Supporting clients with HMRC audits, disclosures, and risk assessments.
• Assisting in the design and implementation of global trade compliance frameworks.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams across tax, legal, and supply chain.
• Supporting with data analytics tools and ERP upgrades.

To apply you will need:

• Experience in customs, international trade, or trade compliance (ideally within a professional services or multinational environment).
• Strong knowledge of UK and EU customs legislation and international trade agreements.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.
• A proactive mindset with the ability to manage multiple client engagements.
• Ambition and a drive to succeed in a consulting environment.

In return you will be offered:

• A dynamic, supportive, and high-performing team culture.
• Access to excellent training, mentoring, and career development.
• Opportunities to work on global projects with industry-leading clients across a range of sectors.
• Competitive salary, bonus, and hybrid working arrangements (currently two days a week in the office)

To find out more including a full job description please get in touch.

Founded in 1987, BLT’s Indirect Tax Team is widely acknowledged as the market leaders in this niche field. We were the first recruitment company to identify Indirect Tax as a discrete field in its own right and the team is still unique in its exclusive concentration on all matters Indirect Tax. This affords us decades worth of active leadership in the development of the Indirect Tax discipline.

We look to place you in the right role, at the right time, simple as that. You may be looking to be matched to one of the fantastic opportunities offered by our global clientele, or you may be not actively looking to move roles, but would welcome some honest and personalised career advice – whichever way, you’ll