Job Spotlight – Compliance Officer
General Job Description:
A company’s compliance officer generally is in charge of supervising and handling issues related to compliance with laws or regulations, including making sure that the company is up to date with its licensing requirements. Often, they must report their findings to the organization’s governing body and recommend any needed changes. This job is particularly essential in heavily regulated industries such as health care and financial services.
Compliance officers can work directly for the company they are servicing or for a contracting company. There are a wide range of work environments for compliance officers, who may work in an office or in the field.
Salary Information:
An average Compliance Officer in the United States can expect to take home roughly $65K annually. Total incomes of Compliance Officers incorporate potential for, in a few cases, more than $17K from bonuses and close to $10K from profit sharing; these performance components cause packages to range between $36K and $108K. The most important factor affecting compensation for this group is the particular firm, followed by geography and years of experience.
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