International Cooperation Officers (m/f/d)

in Cologne indefinite in full or part-time Remuneration: E 9c (TVöD Bund) and A 9g/A 11 (BBesO) Reference code: P/2130/2026/211/9 Application deadline: 3 March 2026 The General Zolldirektion (GZD) is a federal authority in the business area of the Federal Ministry of Finance, headquartered in Bonn and other office offices in Hamburg, Potsdam, Cologne, Neustadt/Weinstraße, Nuremberg, Dresden and Münster. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is set up at the General Customs Directorate as Directorate X with two departments. Its task as an administratively oriented national central office for financial transaction investigations is to collect and analyze money laundering reports and other information under the Money Laundering Act in order to transmit relevant facts to the relevant law enforcement authorities or other partners. In order to prevent and combat money laundering and terrorist financing, FIU may also arrange so-called emergency measures to secure assets and obtain information necessary for the clarification of facts, in particular from other public bodies. She works closely with law enforcement, financial and administrative authorities and internationally with more than 182 foreign FIUs. The so-called obligors who are responsible for the refund of money laundering credentials are sensitizing FIU to their respective vulnerabilities and promoting the exchange of information through public private partnerships, in which both the financial and non-financial sectors are represented. The International Cooperation Division is responsible in particular for non-operative cooperation with the international partners FIUs. FIU Deutschland is also engaged in international project and committee work (e.g. Egmont Group, FATF, EU FIUs’ platform), which is also responsible for the DX.A.33 work area. Further details on the tasks of the FIU are available at http://fiu.bund.de.

Participation in legal issues with international reference Preparation and support of (EU) legislative projects relevant to FIU coordinating activities within the FIU for international cooperation in general, e.g. in the context of international committee and project work, in the context of the further development and use of FIU's IT applications, as part of the processing of basic questions.

Support for reporting to the BMF Coordination, professional preparation, organisation and, where appropriate, follow-up of bilateral meetings, international meetings and meetings with international organisations and cooperation partners as well as FIU-intern and other GZD units

We expect that from you: a technical college or university degree of economic law (“economic law”) with at least one bachelor’s degree or a degree as a ‘graduate legal counsellor or legal counsellor (FH)’; or You are a lawyer with the first legal state exam [“Diplom-Jurist”, “mag.jur.”, “Jurist (Univ.)”] You shall have the career capability for the senior management service and shall meet the conditions for the transfer to the customs administration under the conditions laid down by the authorities of the Member States. The readiness to carry out a safety review shall be explained in writing. We wish: You bring relevant knowledge, in particular knowledge in the field of money laundering and general administrative law, have pronounced communicative skills, have excellent knowledge of English, at least classification B2 or comparable, can motivate yourself and others and are communicative and team capable.

a varied and demanding workplace in a dedicated team Continuous technical training opportunities a family-conscious and life-phase-oriented personal policy (certification with the certificate audit family) flexible working time models with sliding time control and overtime compensation by digital time recording Training on the Job to bring you to your tasks as well as continuous internal and external further and further training a discounted large customer ticket (“Deutschland-Jobticket”) including Employer subsidy a monthly job allowance of 210, -€ the possibility of beaming if the conditions for this are met