# Drawback Associate

**Company**: Flexport
**Location**: Atlanta, Georgia, United States; Chicago, Illinois, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,000-$75,000 USD
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Logistics

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/flexport/jobs/7409140
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_f96e0f20-9b2

## Description

## Job Description

We are seeking a Drawback Associate to join our Drawback and Refund Services branch of our Trade Management team. As a Drawback Associate, you will be responsible for optimizing our clients' drawback recoveries and facilitating their drawback experience.

### Responsibilities

- Prepare US and foreign duty drawback or other duty and import tax refund forms and data as necessary for establishing and maintaining our clients' drawback programs

- Collect and analyze import, export, manufacturing, and other business documents and data

- Complete data entry, when necessary, to convert data into electronic form

- Prepare drawback claims utilizing drawback software solutions, analyze results, and troubleshoot issues

- Manage and maintain import, export, and other client and claim databases

- Submit documentation and claims to Customs and follow up as necessary

- Work to ensure compliance with drawback and other regulations

- Manage the day-to-day drawback operations for clients

- Assist your team and the drawback organization with tasks that will allow for timely and effective filings of claims

### Requirements

- Strong interpersonal skills and detail-oriented with superior organizational, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills

- Expertise with Microsoft Office suite with emphasis on Excel and Google equivalents, analytical tools and functions highly desirable

- Familiarity with large sets of data

- Mastery of email communication. You keep the inbox at zero.

- High level of computer literacy. No paper. All digital.

- Some industry knowledge including classification, valuation, duty minimization and avoidance strategies, government regulations and rulings, and other trade information preferred.

- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university, Licensed Customs Broker preferred

- A 'compliance first' attitude to keep our regulators happy and enthusiastic about Flexport since we operate in a heavily regulated industry.

### Salary

The US base salary range for this position is $65,000-$75,000 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Google equivalents
- Analytical tools
- Data analysis
- Email communication
- Computer literacy

### Nice to have
- Classification
- Valuation
- Duty minimization and avoidance strategies
- Government regulations and rulings
- Trade information