The opportunity
Tax and Trade helps shape how OpenAI brings new technologies to the world. We help build the foundations for global expansion and new hardware businesses, combining expertise in tax, customs and export controls with creative problem-solving.
What you'll do
Design compliant trading and supply-chain structures with Legal, direct tax: and indirect tax teams. Evaluate company, transaction, partner and supplier arrangements to improve cost, speed and operating reliability.
Build the European trade compliance program and launch cross-border shipping: routes. Put customs, import, export, sanctions and cross-border e-commerce requirements into workable processes.
Own ongoing European import, export and returns operations, including customs: warehousing where needed. Manage brokers and service providers, resolve issues and maintain reliable service as volume and complexity grow.
Set and test compliance policies and controls for each legal entity. Maintain: required authorizations, respond to rule changes, prepare for audits, resolve gaps and report risks to leaders.
Personally manage relationships with customs and other trade authorities.: Work with Legal to defend compliance positions and programs, respond to audits and inquiries, and resolve issues.
Use AI to improve trade analysis, document review and ongoing monitoring.: Build and test these processes, retain human review and decision records, and measure gains in accuracy and speed.
What they're looking for
- Use shipment, inventory and customs data to investigate problems and compare: options. Define the data and systems the program needs, and track whether processes and controls work.
- Bring business, supply chain, Finance, Tax, Legal and technology teams: together to turn strategy into clear procedures, training and measurable operating improvements.
- Deep European customs expertise, including EU customs law, classification,: valuation, origin and importer/exporter responsibilities. Practical experience applying different customs valuation methods and a working knowledge of import, export and sanctions requirements.
- A record of building trade programs from the ground up and making business: decisions that balance compliance, cost, speed and operating needs, in partnership with Legal and Tax.
