- Bachelor’s degree in business management, law, finance, business administration or any other relevant field.
- 5+ years prior experience in risk management or compliance roles.
- Superior attention to detail in order to identify and correct risky practices.
- Must be a strong communicator and capable of expressing oneself clearly both speaking and in writing.
- Good organizational skills.
- Ability to function independently and as part of a team.
- Communication skills ensure that the compliance officer can successfully communicate their findings, ideas and plans to both management and employees.
- Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, etc.
- Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, presentations, requisitions, forms, evaluations, budgets, etc. using prescribed formats and confirming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
- Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Risk assessment skills.
- Attention to detail is needed to spot certain aspects of rules and regulations that can easily be overlooked.
- Moral integrity is important because the compliance officer typically needs to understand and promote the importance of complying with rules and regulations.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Exemplify strong knowledge of industry protocols and best practices.
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to accurately interpret complex documents and policies.
- Strong time management and organizational skills and able to meet deadlines.
- Should have a strong moral code and sense of ethics.
Essential Skills:
-Mastermind compliance policies and protocols on behalf of the organization
-Develop and implement a compliance program to ensure the organization operates in accordance with the laws
-Perform compliance audits to determine whether establish protocols are being followed and where can be improved -Monitors all operational processes and procedures using a compliance management system to ensure that the company complies with all legal regulations and ethical standards.
-Manages information flow by researching, recording and analyzing data and information with a regular flow of information and conducting compliance risk assessments, to ensure that the business runs smoothly.
-Should have a strong moral code and sense of ethics.