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Compliance Officer

What is Compliance Officer?

A designated individual responsible for overseeing and managing an organization's compliance program, ensuring adherence to laws and regulations.

Compliance and Regulatory

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as compliance officer. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on compliance officer

Requirements naming compliance officer across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

A qualified compliance officer must be appointed with sufficient authority, stature, and independence.

MC-3 · Dedicated Compliance Officer

Designation of a compliance officer at management level to manage implementation of operational measures.

AMLCTF-PartA-Officer · AML/CTF Compliance Officer

A qualified individual shall be designated as BSA Compliance Officer with authority, independence and resources to administer the AML programme.

BSA-AML-02 · BSA Compliance Officer

Part 127 of ITAR (22 CFR 127.1-127.12) establishes the violations + penalties + and enforcement framework. (1) Section 127.1 Violations: prohibited acts including (a) export + temporary export + retransfer + reexport of defense articles or technical data witho...

ITAR-Part127-Violations-CivilPenalties-CriminalPenalties-1.2M-20Years-VoluntaryDisclosure-Debarment · ITAR Part 127 Violations + Civil Penalties Up to USD 1.2M Per Violation + Criminal Penalties Up to 20 Years Imprisonment + USD 1M Fine + Voluntary Disclosure + Debarment + Statutory Debarred Parties List

VLOPs and VLOSEs shall establish a compliance function, independent from operational functions, with sufficient authority, stature and resources, headed by a compliance officer reporting to the management body, to monitor compliance with the Regulation.

DSA-Art.41 · Compliance function

Article 28 requires each gatekeeper to introduce a compliance function independent from the operational functions of the gatekeeper, composed of one or more compliance officers, including the head of the compliance function.

DMA-Art.28 · Compliance function (Article 28)

Questions people ask about compliance officer

What is Compliance Officer?
A designated individual responsible for overseeing and managing an organization's compliance program, ensuring adherence to laws and regulations.
Why is Compliance Officer important for compliance?
Compliance Officer is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding compliance officer helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Compliance Officer?
Compliance Officer appears in the requirement text of US OFAC Sanctions Compliance Framework, AML/CTF Act 2006 (Australia), Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML), ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Digital Services Act (DSA) - Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. Across these standards we have identified 8 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Compliance Officer?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how compliance officer applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Compliance Officer applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.