KlearNow.AI is redefining trade compliance and customs brokerage through intelligent automation. Our platform digitizes and accelerates the import/export lifecycle for customs brokers, freight forwarders, and importers. We sit at the intersection of AI, logistics, and regulatory compliance, and we're growing fast.
The Role
As the Director of Compliance (blend of Customs Compliance and Account Management), you will manage a remote-first team that supports a network of licensed customs broker partners and ABI users throughout the US and Canada to derive value from the platform. The scope of this team entails liaising with KlearNow’s customers and customs broker partners to facilitate customs business without conducting customs business by KlearNow directly. Think training, data / document alignment, timely customs clearance tracking, entry updates / corrections oversight, ACH, CBP notices, and general guidance on topics such as tariff changes, recon, duty drawback, ACE reporting, and data analytics.
Core Responsibilities
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Act as a knowledge leader in customs compliance as an escalation point for Internal Stakeholders: Operations, Customer Success, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Product and Engineering.
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Supervise a team of Broker Partner Success (BPS) and Post-Entry Analysts remotely including coordination of weekend, holiday, and ongoing time zone coverage plans to support business continuity across the US and Canada.
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Support pre- and post-entry activity including but not limited to, liaising with importers and broker partners for timely and accurate clearance, exception management audits, invoice/statement escalations, CBP/CBSA requests, and special projects such as tariff planning.
What We Are Looking For
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Minimum 10 years in customs brokerage, trade compliance, account management or a combination, ideally for/with enterprise-level customs brokerage operations.
Preferred Qualifications
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Project management instinct with proactive deliverable tracking, early risk flagging, keeping concurrent-stakeholder initiatives on track, and holding team members accountable.
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Background with specialized programs such as AD/CVD, carnets, C-TPAT/PIP/AEO, duty drawback, FTAs, FTZ, goods returned, inbonds, ISA, punitive tariff programs (IEEPA, Sec 232, Sec 301, SIMA, surtax), quota, recon, and/or warehouse entries.
Compensation and Benefits