It is essential for companies to ensure compliance with the law. Therefore, compliance managers are responsible for ensuring that the corporate management's actions do not violate the law. Besides, their tasks comprise the definition of guidelines regarding the correct ethical conduct of all employees and sustainable, environmentally conscious operations of the entire company.
Compliance managers hold vital positions in many industries, such as the finance, IT, production or HR area or the legal business. Hence, their chances of finding a position are excellent, especially at top companies.
Compliance managers belong to the upper management of companies and hold a high level of responsibility. Their task is to ensure that all corporate activities take place in compliance with the law and to design corresponding compliance management systems for this purpose.
Most companies want their compliance managers to have an academic degree in an economic area or in law. Besides, compliance managers need to possess certain soft skills:
Compliance managers are part of the upper management and therefore usually have a correspondingly high salary. Depending on the region and industry, their average annual salary amounts to between EUR 56,000 and EUR 90,000.
As a compliance manager, you set the rules for your company. If you are interested in working in this field, Hays can support you in your job search. Our experts at more than 20 locations will be happy to advise you and help you find the right company for you.
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