Auditor (m/f/d) at the tax office

Key facts

• Employer: City of Cologne
• Location: Cologne, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALEN, Germany

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Are you interested in varied tasks and value the professional exchange within the team?

Do you want to develop personally and professionally?

Then you've come to the right place!

A position as

is available at the tax office of the city of Cologne as soon as possible

Audit (m/f/d) wanted in the “Trade Tax” department in the “Comprehensive tasks” area.

The tax office is located in the Chorweiler town hall. It can be reached within 20 minutes from Cologne city center using local public transport (S-Bahn lines 6 and 11 and light rail line 15).

A job that inspires you!

You…

* exercise the city of Cologne's right to information and participation in external audits of the Cologne tax offices, including major and corporate audits

* handle complex cases in special constellations of tax law, especially liability law

* process appeals (objections) in difficult splitting cases against splitting decisions from the tax offices

* take on special tasks

Your profile that suits us!

You have successfully completed:

* a university degree (bachelor's or technical college diploma) in administrative sciences, public administration/management, law or economics or

* of the administration course two or

* as a civil servant with qualifications for career group 2, 1st entry level position in the non-technical administrative service

In order to carry out your duties, it is necessary, among other things, that you have a particular level of reliability and live in orderly financial circumstances, according to the business instructions for the finances of the city of Cologne (GAFin).

What else matters to us:

You…

* have good knowledge of accounting and accounting tax law

* have in-depth knowledge of specific tax law (including trade, income and corporate tax law) and business law (including the Commercial Code, law relating to limited liability companies) as well as good knowledge of substantive tax law and the relevant procedural provisions of the tax code

* have confident oral and written expression skills as well as digital competence (standard Microsoft software)

* have gender competence, a belief in diversity and intercultural competence

Look forward to...

* a future-proof and permanent employment relationship

* Good development prospects and opportunities through further training and further education measures

* Performance-based bonus and special annual payment for collectively agreed employees

* flexible working hours and mobile working within the framework of the valid service agreements

* the offer to purchase a parking space

The position is graded according to salary group A 12, career group 2, 1st entry level office LBesG NRW (state salary law for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia) (formerly senior service)

or according to pay group 11 TVöD (collective agreement for the public service). The monthly salary range in pay group 11 TVöD is between 4,269.64 euros (experience level 1) and 6,326.77 euros (experience level 6) for full-time work. Your professional experience will be taken into account when assigning you to the experience level within the pay group, as far as possible under collective bargaining law.

The grouping is carried out in accordance with the collective bargaining regulations.

The weekly working time is 41 hours (civil servants) or 39 hours (tariff employees). Employment is possible part-time and full-time.

>You can find further reasons for us as an employer here

>Further information about the pay table

… we look forward to seeing you!

If we have aroused your interest, we look forward to receiving your application under the reference number 0488/26-SoKr by September 25th, 2026, preferably by email to 21-bewerbungen@stadt-koeln.de or alternatively by post to:

City of Cologne

The mayor

Tax Office

Administrative Department

for the attention of Ms. Berlings

Athenian Ring 4

50765 Cologne

Please include a current CV and other meaningful documents in your application letter, for example (employment) references, if applicable, certificates of additional qualifications and a module overview of your degree.

Please send document files in PDF format if possible.

For degrees acquired abroad, proof of recognition (equivalence with German degrees) and a certified translation must be enclosed.

Your contact person:

Mr Meurer will be happy to provide you with further information, telephone 0221 / 221-21687.

Your location

City of Cologne

Tax Office

Athenian Ring 4

50765 Cologne

We actively promote equality between women and men as well as the diversity of all people in administration.

We therefore welcome applications from people of color, people of all nationalities, religions and beliefs, sexual orientations and gender identities, all age groups and people with disabilities. We also look forward to receiving applications from people with a family history of migration, especially flight.

The city of Cologne is a holder of the TOTAL E-QUALITY award - commitment to equal opportunities for women and men as well as the additional DIVERSITY award.

We offer flexible working hours and forms that can also be combined with mobile working. These are based on different life models and personal and professional concerns.

As a public employer, with our inclusion agreement we support the goal of integrating disabled, severely disabled and equal people into working life. Severely disabled and equivalent applicants will be given special consideration if they are equally qualified.

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