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Compliance Officer resume.

Compliance resumes are read by both legal and operations stakeholders. The strongest signals are regulatory regimes you've operated under, programme scope and audit outcomes you can substantiate.

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Adaeze Okafor

Compliance Officer

Berlin, Germany · adaeze.okafor@example.com · LinkedIn

Summary

Compliance resumes are read by both legal and operations stakeholders. The strongest signals are regulatory regimes you've operated under, programme scope and audit outcomes you can substantiate.

Experience

Compliance Officer – Fintech

Jan 2022 – Present

Berlin

  • Owned KYC / AML programme covering 240k onboarded entities across UK, DE, NL with zero adverse audit findings.
  • Stood up GDPR DPIA framework adopted across 11 product surfaces; reduced legal review cycle from 21 to 7 days.
  • Led FCA SMCR mapping for a 38-person regulated entity; closed all medium-severity findings within 90 days.

Compliance Officer – Earlier Co

Apr 2019 – Dec 2021

Lisbon

  • Owned KYC / AML programme covering 240k onboarded entities across UK, DE, NL with zero adverse audit findings.
  • Stood up GDPR DPIA framework adopted across 11 product surfaces; reduced legal review cycle from 21 to 7 days.

Education

Sample University

Sep 2014 – Jun 2018

BSc · Business

Skills

Regimes
KYC / AML · GDPR · MiFID II · FCA SMCR · BaFin · MAS
Programme
Risk assessment · Policy authoring · Audit response · Vendor diligence
Tools
Refinitiv · ComplyAdvantage · OneTrust

What hiring managers scan for

The first 12 seconds.

Recruiters screen for: jurisdictions covered, regimes (KYC/AML, GDPR, MiFID II, FCA, BaFin, MAS), audit results and the scope of the programme you owned or contributed to.

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Each pattern leads with the outcome and grounds it in scope and timeframe. Substitute your own numbers — never inflate.

  • 01Owned KYC / AML programme covering 240k onboarded entities across UK, DE, NL with zero adverse audit findings.
  • 02Stood up GDPR DPIA framework adopted across 11 product surfaces; reduced legal review cycle from 21 to 7 days.
  • 03Led FCA SMCR mapping for a 38-person regulated entity; closed all medium-severity findings within 90 days.

Skill clusters

Group skills, don't list them flat.

Regimes

  • KYC / AML
  • GDPR
  • MiFID II
  • FCA SMCR
  • BaFin
  • MAS

Programme

  • Risk assessment
  • Policy authoring
  • Audit response
  • Vendor diligence

Tools

  • Refinitiv
  • ComplyAdvantage
  • OneTrust

Common pitfalls

What to avoid.

  • Claims of "audit ready" without naming the regime or the auditor's outcome.
  • Listing regulations as a wall of acronyms with no programme scope or outcomes attached.
  • Hiding programme size; recruiters need it to assess seniority match.

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