Amanda McDonald is a Licensed Customs Broker and Certified Customs Specialist with over twenty years of experience in global trade and customs compliance. She currently serves as a Business Architecture Manager at Accenture, where she specializes in the implementation of the Oracle Global Trade Management (GTM) platform. Amanda leverages her deep industry expertise to design and implement systems that help organizations effectively manage the regulatory requirements specific to their industries.
Throughout her career, Amanda has held roles spanning senior brokerage, freight forwarding, and import/export compliance within highly regulated environments, including the medical device sector. Her experience includes C-TPAT management, Importer Self-Assessment (ISA), importer self-filing, ISF filing, customs reconciliation programs, antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD), and free trade agreements. She has also managed domestic and international agricultural shipments, letters of credit, refrigerated rail and ocean transportation, oversized ocean and truck shipments, and comprehensive import and export operations.
Amanda brings extensive expertise in monitoring inbound and outbound shipments, analyzing domestic and international freight costs, and identifying cost-saving opportunities. With her diverse background, she is passionate about educating others on trade regulations and is driven to streamline processes that enable organizations to operate more efficiently and effectively.