unybrands is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without any regard to race, skin color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, and age. Nor are applicants discriminated against based on disability or protected classes.
- Location
- US Remote
- Workplace
- Remote
- Department
- Finance
- Seniority
- Senior
- Source
- Greenhouse
Description
Founded in 2020, unybrands is the next-generation brand accelerator platform built to acquire, integrate, and scale digital-first consumer brands. Headquartered in Miami, with offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Shenzhen, our 240+ team brings deep expertise across e-commerce, brand management, consumer retail, operational scaling, and M&A.
Since inception, we have acquired 30+ brands across Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby & Juvenile, Garden & Outdoor, Sports & Fitness, and Home & Lifestyle — completing 20+ acquisitions and delivering 16 consecutive quarters of like-for-like organic growth post-integration.
Our competitive advantage lies in a fully integrated operating system purpose-built to transform digital brands into omni-channel category leaders. Powered by a proprietary technology stack built on NetSuite ERP with 200+ data integrations, our platform enables brands to thrive across marketplaces, direct-to-consumer channels, and brick-and-mortar retail.
We focus on acquiring digital-first brands within carefully selected verticals, then applying tailored value creation playbooks that drive growth through innovation, expansion, and automation. We believe the next generation of consumer brands will be built differently — and we're building the AI-enabled retail tech platform to help them consolidate and win.
Purpose
Runs the day-to-day trade compliance operation. Creates SOPs, and internal audits. Owns the global tariff classification framework, complex classifications, and binding ruling requests. Acts as the technical authority for HTS/HS decisions across the brand portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain the global compliance manual, SOPs, and decision logs.
- Determine and maintain HTS classifications for all SKUs across US, UK, CA, EU, CN.
- Support classification questions on customs holds and customs brokers.
- Maintain the master classification database and SKU intake workflow.
- Identify and execute tariff-engineering opportunities (legitimate reclassification, set/component splits, value-added reclass).
- Train teams on classification principles.
- Run weekly entry reviews, monthly KPI reporting, and internal compliance audits.
- Own the team's project portfolio (FTA qualification campaigns, classification cleanups, drawback filings).
- Manage broker SLAs and broker calls; resolve escalations on entry exceptions.
- Lead onboarding and training for new compliance hires and for SKU/sourcing partners across brand teams.
- Backstop the Director on regulatory submissions and customs authority correspondence.
- Own the recordkeeping system (5-year retention) and prep for any external audits.
- Review 7501s and entry summaries before liquidation; flag and resolve discrepancies with brokers.
- Partner with Procurement on supplier changes that affect origin qualification.
- Liaise with Customs brokers, forwarders and internal stakeholders to resolve compliance issues.
- Included but not limited to additional duties assigned from GTC Director.
- Possibly up to 10% of travel annually.
Qualifications
- 6+ years of global trade compliance and HTS classification experience at an importer or licensed broker required.
- 2+ years leading a small team preferred.
- Licensed Customs Broker (LCB) and/or CCS preferred.
- Familiarity with European trade compliance rules.
- Hands-on experience with ACE, broker portals, and at least one ERP (NetSuite preferred for Unybrands).
- Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.
- Strong project management skills; comfortable running cross-functional working groups.
- Experience in e-commerce or retail sector a plus.
Skills
NetSuiteComplianceERPProcurementProject Management
