For ASML, compliance with laws and regulations is essential. The Legal & Compliance department manages the legal compliance programs including the export control compliance program. The export control compliance program is managed by the Export Control & Sanctions team. The execution of the operational classification and compliance screening processes is performed by ASML’s Trade Data Management team.
The Trade Data Management team is responsible for providing accurate and consistent product classifications used in our transactions to ensure compliance with Customs and Export Control regulations. We maintain trade preference statuses to benefit from Free Trade Agreements and screen our business partners for compliance with sanctioned party lists. We also screen all transactions globally for compliance with export licenses.
In our work, we closely collaborate with the experts in the Export Control & Sanctions team within Legal & Compliance, the Customs Affairs team within Tax & Customs, the technical experts involved in technology, software and product development, as well as colleagues involved in the operational processes of shipping products and filing customs declarations.
Within the Trade Data Management team, we are looking for a specialist in the Export Control domain that will help us ensure compliance with export control regulations and sanctions for ASML and its affiliates and subsidiaries.
Role and responsibilities
As an Export Control specialist your primary responsibility will be to ensure that our transactions comply with export control regulations. Part of this responsibility involves the correct determination of product classifications. These classifications are determined based on functionality and key characteristics of the products, software and technology. It is therefore important that you have a good understanding of technological concepts. You are supported in your activities by global trade applications.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Investigate potential matches with sanctioned or denied party lists that arise from our automated screening of business partners
- Review transactions in view of export license requirements and assign export licenses to business transactions where applicable
- Monitor usage of export licenses
- Prepare license and other relevant export control reporting
- Execute controls related to export control risks
- Identify and implement improvements that will smoothen our processes, reporting and increase compliance
- Key user role for the global trade monitoring application
You are also expected to establish good working relationships at various levels with relevant departments within ASML and it’s liaised companies (for example Logistics and Export Control & Sanctions).
Education and experience
We are looking for candidates with at least a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field like (Applied) Physics, Mechatronics, Electronics or comparable, or Law, Compliance or Auditing or comparable. Besides the educational background we expect you to have:
- Minimum of 5 years work experience in an Export Control role in a technical company.
- Knowledge of and experience with the EU (preferred) and U.S. (required) export laws and regulations, specifically related to dual use items.
- Experience with and understanding of multicultural and multidisciplinary environments.
- Experience with trade compliance systems as a user, preferably Oracle GTM and/or SAP GTS.
- Experience with restricted party and transaction screening.
If you have any of the below experiences on top of the earlier mentioned ones, you will have an advantage over other candidates:
- Relevant work experience in the semiconductor business.
- Experience in audit or advisory/consulting in the field of risk management and/or internal control.
Skills
Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.
To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:
- Strong drive with a hands-on, structured, accurate and result oriented working style
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to motivate and drive others, build relationships and influence other functional areas
- Ability to cope with a multicultural, dynamic and changing and complex environment
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex business issues into simple problem statements, clear processes and actions
- Good time management skills and able to manage towards tight deadlines
- Take ownership of issues from start to finalization
- Eye for detail
- Language skills fluent in English, both oral and written
Other information
The position is based in San Diego, California. We have a remote working policy that allows for working from home parttime.
The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:
$81,750-136,250