Trade Compliance Specialist

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At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. We are seeking a Trade Compliance Specialist to join our team in Australia, playing a critical role in ensuring our global operations meet the highest standards of compliance, integrity, and operational excellence.

This is your opportunity to help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. Become a valued part of the team that’s shaping the future of aluminium, revolutionizing the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies. Be part of it and shape your world.

About the Role:

As a Trade Compliance Specialist, you will be responsible for ensuring that Alcoa’s import and export activities in Australia operate fully in line with local and international regulations, as well as internal policies and values.

This role is central to maintaining compliance across global trade frameworks while supporting business efficiency and risk mitigation. You will act as a trusted advisor and key point of contact for trade compliance matters, collaborating across functions and regions.

Key responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all trade compliance matters in Australia.
• Ensure all import and export activities comply with Australian, US, and international trade laws.
• Interpret and implement new regulations, translating them into actionable processes.
• Oversee customs filings, classification (HTS), and documentation accuracy.
• Manage trade compliance processes including:
  • Import/export declarations
  • Bonded warehouse and temporary import programs
  • Entry reconciliation and related party transactions
• Conduct self-audits and compliance testing, supporting internal and external audits.
• Collaborate with brokers, internal teams, and government authorities to ensure seamless operations.
• Monitor sanctions, embargo, and perform due diligence checks.
• Develop and deliver trade compliance training across functions.
• Track and report compliance metrics using centralized tools.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within trade processes.
• Conduct some global projects and collaborate with international trade teams.

What you will bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, or Supply Chain

• Experience in trade compliance, customs brokerage, or international trade

• Strong understanding of Australian and global trade regulations will help you to navigate complex tasks and evolving global trade regulations.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills will support a function undergoing transformation and process improvement

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate will help you to work across multiple countries, time zones, and regulatory frameworks

• Proactive, self-driven mindset with continuous learning orientation will allow you to manage competing priorities while maintaining high compliance standards

• Experience with systems such as Oracle, Power BI, and Microsoft Office tools

What’s on offer?

At Alcoa, our values define how we work:

• Care for people
• Act with integrity
• Operate with excellence
• Lead with courage

You’ll join a global organization where your expertise contributes to responsible and sustainable business practices—while growing your career in a collaborative and inclusive environment. If you're ready to make an impact in global trade compliance and be part of a company shaping a better future, we encourage you to apply.

About the Location

Alcoa is an international company with multiple locations and joint ventures across six continents. Wherever you choose to join us, you'll be joining a global team committed to advancing sustainability and delivering excellence and innovation. As industry pioneers, we are redefining what it means to be a sustainable aluminum company, bridging the journey from mines to metal.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.  Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.

As a proud equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, Alcoa is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of a person’s gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, nation of origin, disability, veteran status, language spoken or any other characteristic or status protected by the laws or regulations in the places where we operate.

If you have visited our website in search of information on U.S. employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Alcoa Recruiting via email at gssrecruiting@alcoa.com.

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.