Cost Accountant (Forensic & Industrial)

ACMA / CA / ACCA · 10+ Years Exp · Islamabad · 2 Posts

Job Responsibilities

• Develop mathematical templates and standardized worksheets for calculating normal value, export price, and dumping margins in full conformity with WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement methodology and NTC investigation protocols.
• Design and implement sector-specific cost-of-production audit instruments, enabling the NTC investigation team to systematically verify cost data submitted by domestic and foreign producers during anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases.
• Conduct forensic cost analysis of respondent company financial records, scrutinizing production costs, overhead allocation, inventory valuation methodologies, and value addition calculations to identify anomalies or misrepresentations.
• Review and evaluate the accuracy of cost structures submitted by foreign exporters during investigations, applying forensic accounting techniques to detect underreported costs or manipulated profitability figures.
• Develop frameworks for on-site verification visits to respondent manufacturers, defining sampling approaches, document checklists, and interview protocols to ensure comprehensive and objective cost data collection.
• Prepare detailed technical reports on cost findings for use in NTC determination reports, translating complex cost accounting data into clear, legally defensible narrative supported by quantitative evidence.
• Advise the NTC investigation team on international best practices in cost accounting methodologies applied in trade remedy proceedings by other WTO members including the EU, USA, India, and China.
• Collaborate with the Senior Economist and Legal team to integrate cost findings into the injury analysis and legal determination framework of each trade remedy investigation case handled by the NTC.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Member of a recognized professional body — ACMA (Cost & Management Accountant), CA (Chartered Accountant), or ACCA — or equivalent internationally recognized accounting qualification.
• Experience: Minimum 10 years post-qualification experience; expertise in cost-of-production audits, inventory valuation, and value addition calculations. International experience preferred.
• Key Skills: Forensic cost accounting, WTO trade remedy methodologies, financial audit, industrial cost analysis, technical report writing, anti-dumping margin calculation.
• Note: Female candidates, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
• Apply: https://www.njp.gov.pk/jobs/live

Legal Consultant

LLB / LLM / Advocate · 8+ Years Exp · Lahore · 1 Post

Job Responsibilities

• Provide specialized legal advisory services to NTC on matters arising from trade remedy investigations under Pakistan’s anti-dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws as well as applicable WTO Agreements.
• Handle trade remedy litigation matters before Pakistani courts and appellate tribunals, including drafting and filing legal pleadings, applications, appeals, and written arguments on behalf of the Commission.
• Review and interpret WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) rulings, Appellate Body reports, and panel decisions relevant to anti-dumping and subsidy cases, and advise on their implications for NTC investigations.
• Draft legal opinions on complex trade law questions including the interpretation of WTO Agreement provisions, domestic trade remedy legislation, and procedural compliance issues arising during investigations.
• Assist in preparing NTC determination reports and final notifications with legally accurate and defensible language, ensuring all procedural and substantive legal requirements under Pakistan’s trade remedy framework are met.
• Coordinate with the Islamabad-based NTC legal team on case strategy, document review, and legal research assignments, providing Lahore-based legal support for hearings and proceedings in the Lahore High Court and other forums.
• Monitor developments in international trade law and WTO jurisprudence affecting Pakistan’s trade remedy regime, and brief NTC management on emerging legal risks and opportunities for the Commission’s investigative mandate.
• Represent NTC in settlement negotiations, stakeholder consultations, and formal hearing proceedings, articulating the Commission’s legal position clearly and professionally to all parties involved.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: LLB or LLM from a recognized university; must be a registered Advocate in Pakistan.
• Experience: Minimum 8 years of post-qualification legal experience; specialization in trade law, WTO Agreements, commercial litigation, or regulatory law is strongly preferred.
• Key Skills: Trade remedy litigation, WTO law interpretation, legal drafting, court pleadings, appellate practice, legal opinion writing, trade policy advisory.
• Note: Female candidates, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
• Apply: https://www.njp.gov.pk/jobs/live

Legal Assistant

Graduate (Law Preferred) · 3+ Years Exp · Islamabad · 1 Post

Job Responsibilities

• Assist senior legal staff and consultants in drafting and preparing legal pleadings, written arguments, legal notices, and correspondence related to trade remedy investigations and court proceedings.
• Manage court filing processes for NTC cases, tracking filing deadlines, preparing cause lists, coordinating with court staff, and ensuring all procedural steps are completed within prescribed timeframes.
• Maintain organized and up-to-date case diaries for all active NTC legal matters, recording all procedural developments, hearing dates, orders, and correspondence in a systematic case management file.
• Conduct legal research on anti-dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws, WTO Agreements, and relevant domestic legislation, summarizing findings in concise research memos for the Legal Consultant.
• Review and categorize legal submissions received from domestic industries, exporters, and importers during trade remedy investigations, flagging legally significant arguments for the attention of senior staff.
• Assist in preparing draft legal opinions on procedural and substantive questions arising during NTC investigations, incorporating research findings and relevant legal precedents under senior guidance.
• Compile and organize legal documentation packages for hearing proceedings, including evidence bundles, questionnaire responses, and verification reports, ensuring all materials are complete and correctly formatted.
• Support the administrative functions of the NTC legal office including scheduling, correspondence tracking, document archiving, and coordination with other NTC departments on legal matters.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Law — LLB); graduates from other disciplines with relevant legal support experience will also be considered.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of post-qualification experience in a legal support, paralegal, or trade law research role.
• Key Skills: Legal research, pleading drafting, case diary management, WTO Agreement familiarity, legal writing, court process coordination, document management.
• Note: Female candidates, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
• Apply: https://www.njp.gov.pk/jobs/live

Senior Economist / Econometric Expert

Master’s / PhD Economics · 10+ Years Exp · Islamabad · 1 Post

Job Responsibilities

• Perform rigorous quantitative analysis and econometric modeling to assess the economic impact of proposed tariff changes on Pakistan’s domestic industries, consumers, government revenues, and overall trade balance.
• Provide econometric support for trade remedy investigations, including injury margin calculations, price effect analysis, import volume trend assessment, and causation analysis using panel data and time-series econometric techniques.
• Develop and maintain economic models to simulate the trade and welfare effects of anti-dumping duties, countervailing measures, and safeguard tariffs across key sectors of Pakistan’s economy.
• Analyze trade data from multiple sources including PBS, SBP, WTO, UN Comtrade, and World Bank datasets to support NTC investigations and tariff rationalization advisory work.
• Prepare econometric impact assessment reports for government and public stakeholders, clearly communicating complex quantitative findings in accessible language with appropriate visualizations and policy implications.
• Advise NTC leadership on international trade economics research and global tariff policy trends, drawing on knowledge of trade liberalization, regional trade agreements, and WTO tariff schedules affecting Pakistan.
• Collaborate with the Cost Accountant and Legal teams to integrate economic evidence into the injury determination framework of trade remedy cases, ensuring consistency between economic analysis and legal findings.
• Build and maintain databases of trade statistics, tariff rates, and industry performance indicators relevant to NTC’s investigative and advisory mandate, ensuring data quality, accessibility, and regular updating.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree or PhD in Economics, Econometrics, or a closely related quantitative field from a recognized university.
• Experience: Minimum 10 years post-qualification experience in economic analysis, trade policy research, or econometric modeling; strong background in international trade economics required.
• Key Skills: Proficiency in Stata, R, and/or Python; econometric modeling, trade data analysis, tariff impact assessment, trade remedy injury analysis, policy report writing.
• Note: Female candidates, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
• Apply: https://www.njp.gov.pk/jobs/live