Let's begin! Senior Director- SME Tax and Customs SME

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Skills and Competencies

- Extensive experience in Customs administration including valuation classification and compliance with a strong background in public sector financial operations and collaboration with Ministries of Finance or Revenue Authorities

- Practice-based knowledge of international taxation transfer pricing customs valuation and public revenue risk management

- Proven experience working with or advising government authorities multilateral institutions or large corporates on fiscal or trade policy

- Strong analytical and research capabilities; ability to interpret financial and trade data and leverage data-driven insights

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable engaging with senior government officials and public stakeholders

- Public speaking experience and publication record in the tax/customs/government sector is a plus

- Experience contributing to or influencing policy reform tax digitalisation or customs modernisation programmes is desirable

Education

- Professional certifications in customs/tax are a plus

- Degree in a relevant subject

Responsibilities

The Industry Practice Lead is a senior subject matter expert role within Moodys Global Industry Practice Group. This strategic position is focused on supporting government stakeholders particularly Customs Agencies Tax Authorities and Ministries of Finance in modernising operations improving risk management and leveraging data and analytics to strengthen fiscal policy compliance and enforcement.

Key Responsibilities

Government Client Engagement & Sales Support

- Act as a trusted advisor to government clients across Customs Tax and Finance Ministries

- Support Sales Teams in demonstrating Moodys solutions for customs valuation tax risk assessment TP compliance and fiscal analytics

- Lead strategic meetings presentations and Proofs of Concept (POCs) with public sector stakeholders at senior levels (up to Ministerial or C-Level)

Thought Leadership & Market Development

- Develop and present thought leadership across customs taxation transfer pricing and fiscal governance through white papers conferences and workshops

- Represent Moodys with supranational bodies (e.g. OECD WCO IMF World Bank) and regional financial forums

- Build strategic partnerships with professional bodies and government associations focused on customs and public finance reform

Cross-functional Collaboration & Internal Enablement

- Provide expert feedback to product teams to shape solutions for the evolving needs of public finance institutions

- Collaborate with Marketing to tailor campaigns addressing digital transformation in customs and tax administrations

- Conduct internal training to equip Relationship Managers and Sales Teams with sector-specific insight and value propositions

Strategic Product & Policy Guidance

- Translate regulatory operational and risk management challenges into product requirements for Moodys platforms

- Identify innovation opportunities at the intersection of data compliance and digital governance within Customs bodies Tax Agencies and Ministries of Finance

- Contribute to the creation of integrated solutions that support customs risk targeting tax intelligence transfer pricing automation and financial transparency

About the team

Our Global Sales team serves customers across banking insurance asset management corporate professional services and government sectors in over 50 countries. The Industry Practice Group is comprised of practitioners former regulators and subject matter experts specializing in domains such as lending underwriting climate risk financial crime compliance third-party due diligence generative AI and supply chain resiliency. By joining our team you will be part of exciting work in advising existing and prospective customers across a broad range of workflows collaborating in the creation of new product offerings and aligning Moodys solutions to industry challenges.

Moodys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender expression gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moodys Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moodys Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.