How to Become a Compliance Officer?

Are you thinking of becoming a Compliance Officer or already started your career and planning the next step? Learn how to become a Compliance Officer, what skills you need to succeed, how to advance your career and get promoted, and what levels of pay to expect at each step on your career path. Explore new Compliance Officer job openings and options for career transitions into related roles.

Compliance Officer Career Path

Compliance Officer

Alias: Associate Compliance Officer, Assistant Compliance Officer...(3)
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2 - 4Years of Experience
€45K - €67K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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Senior Compliance Officer

Alias: Compliance Officer Supervisor, Deputy Compliance Officer...(3)
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22% advanced to
2 - 4Years of Experience
€49K - €89K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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22% advanced to

Lead Compliance Officer

Alias: Team Lead Compliance Officer
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5 - 7Years of Experience
Not Enough Salary Reports
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Salary Trajectory

Compliance Officer Career Path

Compliance Officer I
Compliance Officer
Assistant Manager of Compliance
Senior Compliance Officer
Compliance Officer Manager
Lead Compliance Officer
Senior Manager of Compliance
Principal Compliance Officer
Assistant Director of V
Senior Principal Compliance Officer
Associate Director of Compliance
Head Compliance Officer
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Important Skill Sets for the Compliance Officer Career Path

Leadership
Security Clearance
Excellent Communication
Audit

Related careers in the Operations Industry

Interested in other Operations careers? Below are occupations that have high affinity with Compliance Officer skills. Discover some of the most common Compliance Officer career transitions, along with skills overlap.

Compliance Analyst
25% skills overlap
27% transitioned to Compliance Analyst