Do you want to influence our future customs management?

As a business expert, you play an important role in handling interesting issues, both nationally and internationally. You are a support for the entire Swedish Customs in your area of expertise.

The Revenue Department is responsible for permits, post-checks, and revenue monitoring, and is one of the four operational departments of the Swedish Customs. The department is divided into four units: South, West, East, and North.

About the position

We are looking for a business expert in the areas of customs value, value-added tax, and excise duties.

The role of the business expert means that you support the authority in matters related to the area and work internationally for harmonization of legal application as well as legal and policy development in the field.

As a business expert, you participate in international meetings and advocate Swedish interests in the forums you attend. You provide support to the organization regarding the interpretation of legislation and continuously answer questions. You initiate and design materials for governing and supporting documents. You conduct analyses within the area and contribute your expertise to various projects and development work. You are expected to actively participate in change and improvement work. Contributing to policy and legal development is another important task.

The position also involves communicating internally and externally within the area, and you are engaged in training initiatives. You also lead the contact group together with your closest colleagues. The position includes work with the Swedish Customs intranet, website, and various types of written guidance. Monitoring the external environment and collaborating with other authorities and organizations is also part of the role, as well as creating materials for and responding to consultations and opinions.

We are looking for someone who has:

• A university degree and 3 years of relevant work experience within the Swedish Customs (or other work experience that we consider equivalent) alternatively, 5 years of relevant work experience within the Swedish Customs (or other work experience that we consider equivalent)
• Excellent ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish and English
• A strong interest in the subject area

It is an advantage if you have:

• In-depth knowledge of customs value, value-added tax, and excise duties
• In-depth knowledge of customs procedures
• Experience in compiling, analyzing, and presenting information
• Experience in policy and norm-setting work
• Experience in developing methods and working practices
• Experience in international work
• Familiarity with investigative work and interpretation of legislation
• Experience in consultation and legislative work
• Completed the Swedish Customs basic training
• Experience with the contact group for customs value and taxes

Personal qualities

As a person, you are both results-oriented and thoughtful, with a knack for problem-solving and analytical thinking. You are a good communicator with pedagogical skills in both speech and writing.

You are interested in global issues and how they affect our operations. It is important that you are comfortable in an expert role, which may involve presenting clear proposals with recommendations for the Swedish Customs' stance on a matter.

Since the work requires many contacts and dialogue with colleagues and other parts of the organization, we want you to be receptive and able to collaborate easily with your surroundings. The work as a business expert involves periods of high workload, and you need to have the ability to prioritize and focus on the right things.

You enjoy working closely with others, as there are three people sharing the same area of expertise. You see the strength in having multiple people working closely within the same area. At the same time, you are comfortable working independently and taking responsibility for your tasks.

You are used to handling large volumes of text and can quickly identify the essence of the text. You are also good at working according to set deadlines.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability!

We offer you

By working at the Swedish Customs, you have an important job where you contribute to a safe and secure society. We highly value well-being and learning from each other, and we strive for you as an employee to have a good balance between work and leisure. With us, you will have secure employment conditions, and our benefits include wellness grants, subsidized medications, and good vacation and pension terms.

Other

Reference number: TV-2026-02394.

Location: You will organizationally belong to the Revenue Unit East, but you can be placed at any of the Swedish Customs offices in Gothenburg, Malmö, Norrköping, Stockholm, or Sundsvall.

The employment is a permanent position and begins with a 6-month probationary period, and individual salary setting applies.

Start date: By agreement.

To be considered for employment at the Swedish Customs, you must meet high standards regarding security and confidentiality awareness, suitability, and compliance with applicable laws. This means that you uphold democratic values and the state values that apply to the operations of the Swedish Customs. Before a hiring decision is made, you will undergo a drug test. A security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act will be conducted before employment, as the position is classified. The Swedish Customs is a total defense authority, and upon employment, you may be assigned to the Swedish Customs in the event of war.

The Swedish Customs values the qualities that contribute to the organization by having a balanced gender distribution and ethnic diversity.

For more information and application

Inquiries about the position can be made by Roni Aziz Gailan, 08-456 54 29. For questions about the recruitment process, you can call the Swedish Customs PA support, 060-67 25 85. Union representatives are for OFR-P/TULL-KUST, Mari Höglund, 08-456 58 30, and for Saco-S, Lena Edehag, 08-456 58 68.

Your application with an accompanying cover letter and CV/resume must be submitted to the Swedish Customs by February 26. You apply via the electronic application form below.

We kindly ask for no contact with staffing and recruitment companies or advertisers.