Manager

Hiring company: Guyana Revenue Authority Source: Guyana Revenue Authority Job Responsibilities: • Providing strategic direction and policy leadership for the national AEO Programme. • Leading the transition from the Trusted Trader framework to a fully institutionalized AEO Programme. • Developing annual work plans, operational strategies, and compliance objectives for the AEO Unit. • Overseeing alignment of the Programme with the Customs Act, legislation, and GRA’s modernization initiatives. • Representing the AEO Programme in meetings, stakeholder forums, and government-trade consultations. • Guiding legislative drafting, Customs Act regulation amendments, and regulatory instruments required for AEO accreditation, suspension, revocation, appeals, and MRAs. • Ensuring adherence to good governance standards, procedural fairness, transparency, and due process in all AEO decisions. • Ensuring the proper processing, screening, and acceptance of AEO applications. • Overseeing planning and execution of validations, including document reviews, onsite inspections, risk assessments, and staff deployment. • Approving validation schedules, methodologies, and final validation reports before submission to the Approval Committee. • Ensuring consistent application of the AEO Manual’s criteria A–M across all validations. • Overseeing decisions related to deferral, rejection, or conditional acceptance of applications. • Supervising ongoing monitoring, annual reviews, ad hoc visits, and 3-year reassessments. • Ensuring proper functioning of the Compliance Improvement Programme (CIP) for operators requiring corrective actions. • Making recommendations to the Approval Committee for warning, suspension, or revocation of AEO status. • Any other related duties assigned. Job Requirements: • Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy/Business Management/Economics, or any other related field of study, with a minimum of (3) years’ Customs experience. The successful completion of the Customs Officer I/II/III Programme is a mandatory requirement for this post. • Comprehensive knowledge of the mission, mandate, goals, and objectives of the Guyana Revenue Authority. • Comprehensive Knowledge of Tax Laws, Tariff, Harmonized rules, Customs Act, Standard Operating procedures and policies administered by GRA, and knowledge of Trade Policies. • Comprehensive knowledge of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for various tasks within the Law Enforcement Division. • Comprehensive knowledge of investigation techniques, Interviewing Skills, and Intelligence Gathering. • Demonstrated track record in intelligence work and firearms. • Comprehensive Knowledge of TRIPS, PC, and Tax Applications. • Integrity, professionalism, and organizational skills. • Analytical, persuasive, and negotiating skills. • Ability to organize, motivate, and resolve conflict. • Effective oral and written communication skills. • Report Writing Skills.