Sr Manager Global Trade Finance; Hybrid

Sr. Manager, Global Trade Finance

As Sr. Manager, Global Trade Finance, you will lead critical operations supporting Target's import payment activities and First Sale duty savings program. You will translate Global Trade strategies and priorities into strong operational execution, develop team capabilities, maintain effective controls, and partner across Target and with external service providers to deliver financial, operational, and compliance objectives.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and develop a team of Sr. GTS Finance Specialists and provide functional, dotted-line leadership to Target India team members supporting First Sale. Establish team priorities, goals, performance expectations and operating routines. Create connectivity, consistency, and accountability across First Sale US and India teams. Partner with India leaders to support team effectiveness, development, and performance.
• Translate First Sale strategy and program priorities into executable plans and sustainable operating practices. In partnership with the Lead Global Trade Business Partner for First Sale, assess program performance, identify opportunities to strengthen execution or expand savings, and ensure changes are effectively implemented across U.S. and India team. Ensure program requirements, controls, and processes are consistently executed in support of compliance objectives.
  
  Oversee program routines, vendor participation, reconciliation activities, savings and financial reporting, and support issue resolution and remediation.
• Lead the day-to-day execution of Target's import-related financial operations, ensuring the timely, accurate and compliant payment of imported merchandise, customs duties, fees and other third-party obligations. Monitor operational performance and controls, identify emerging risks or recurring issues, and drive effective resolutions to protect product flow and mitigate financial, operational, and compliance risk.
• Manage the operational performance of Target's international trade banking relationships in partnership with Treasury. Monitor service levels and key performance indicators, drive accountability with external partners, lead resolution of operational issues, and identify opportunities to improve the reliability, efficiency and effectiveness of global trade payment operations.
• Use data and insights to assess performance and inform decisions. Serve as the primary business owner for Global Trade Finance and First Sale data, reporting, analytics and insights needs. Partner closely with the centralized Analytics & Insights Team to define business questions, priorities, reporting requirements, measures and expected outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement and modernization across Global Trade Finance and First Sale processes. Identify and lead opportunities for automation, stronger controls, improved data and reporting, simplified processes, and elimination of unnecessary expense and waste. Partner with business, technology and Analytics & Insights teams to implement sustainable solutions and effectively lead teams through change.
• Stay current on changes in global banking, trade, sourcing, and regulatory environments and understand their potential impact on payment operations, First Sale execution, and the import supply chain. Proactively identify operational impacts and partner with leadership and subject matter experts to implement appropriate responses.

Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

• Four-year college degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of relevant experience in global trade, international finance, treasury operations, supply chain, customs compliance or a related field
• Proven ability to lead, coach and develop team members to achieve strong results
• Strong operational leadership skills, with the ability to translate strategy and priorities into clear plans, expectations, routines, measures and execution
• Experience managing complex financial, supply chain, trade or compliance-related operations with a strong focus on accuracy, controls and risk management
• Ability to identify operational…