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Discover how well your profile matches a role as Compliance Officer. Get insight into which skills you already have, which you can still develop and which courses or learning paths fit your next step.

Current market data
Medior salary
€ 4.515
gross per month
Job opportunities
0
No active job opportunities yet
Typical experience
1-3 years
Legal

Compliance Officer in short

Compliance Officer is a function within Legal, part of the branch Food manufacturing. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.

Domain
Legal
Branch
Food manufacturing
Open job opportunities
0
Measured skills
6 · Measured for this function
Typical experience
1-3 years
Salary source
National benchmark, 10.326 observations

Salary & employment conditions

Junior · entry level € 3.840
Medior · a few years of experience € 4.515
Senior · experienced / specialist € 5.195

gross per month · National benchmark, 10.326 observations

Employment conditions

Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.

Thuiswerken / hybride
70% of job opportunities

Day-to-day work

Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.

Employers have not described the tasks for this function yet.

Skills

Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.

Kennis wet- en regelgeving 90
Wwft / KYC / CDD 88
Analytisch vermogen 85
Risicomanagement 83
Communicatieve vaardigheden 80
Integriteit / ethisch oordeel 78

Next functions

The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.

40%
Compliance Manager
after 3-5 years
20%
Privacy Officer (DPO)
after 2-5 years
20%
Head of Compliance / CCO
after 5-10 years
15%
Risk Manager
after 2-5 years

Frequently asked questions about Compliance Officer

What does a Compliance Officer earn?

A Compliance Officer earns between € 3.840 and € 5.195 gross per month in our market data, with € 4.515 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.

Can you become a Compliance Officer without experience?

Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 3.840 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring Kennis wet- en regelgeving, Wwft / KYC / CDD, Analytisch vermogen at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.

Which skills do you need as a Compliance Officer?

Employers hiring a Compliance Officer ask most often for Kennis wet- en regelgeving, Wwft / KYC / CDD, Analytisch vermogen. Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.

Which education fits a Compliance Officer?

Employers mention WO/HBO Rechten, Compliance Professional (LCP) most often in their Compliance Officer job opportunities, and 45% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.

What is the next step after Compliance Officer?

Professionals in our data move on from Compliance Officer to Compliance Manager, Privacy Officer (DPO). That step usually takes 3-5 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 15%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.

Is there much demand for a Compliance Officer?

There is no open job opportunity for this role at the moment. That says little about the labour market as a whole: vacancies for this function appear irregularly and are often filled quickly. Create a profile and we notify you as soon as one is published.

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