Compliance Officer
Also known as: Compliance Manager · Regulatory Compliance Officer
Monitors whether the organisation complies with legislation and internal codes of conduct, flags breaches and advises on risk control and reporting procedures.
The compliance officer keeps an overview of the regulation applicable to the organisation and translates this into policy, controls and reporting structures. Unlike a legal counsel who advises per file, they work organisation-wide and preventively to avoid breaches. Selection often fails to test whether a candidate dares to report unwelcome news to the board, which is the core of an independent compliance function.
Competencies to measure
These are the behavioural and ability constructs in this profile. Each one shows which hrmforce questionnaire measures it.
| Competencies to measure | Target level | hrmforce instrument | Assessment method | Behavioural anchor at target level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| independence Competency (50-framework): Independence Knockout | N5 | Big Fifty, 15PF | Personality questionnaire | Protects own professional judgement against pressure from stakeholders in senior forums and makes dissenting positions traceable and explainable. |
| integrity and dependability Competency (50-framework): Integrity Knockout | N5 | Big Fifty (Integrity Scale), 360 Feedback, Structured interview | Personality questionnaire | Sets the organisation's integrity standards, enforces them also with influential parties and explains the resulting choices publicly. |
| Verbal reasoning | N5 | Ability Scan | Cognitive ability test | Dissects legal or policy texts with conflicting passages, reformulates the central question and substantiates the chosen reading for the whole organisation. |
| Applying the code of conduct Competency (50-framework): Integrity | N5 | Big Fifty, Competency Check, 360 Feedback | Personality questionnaire | Sets the code of conduct of the organisation, addresses behaviour at every level and handles reports carefully. |
| Judgement under uncertainty Competency (50-framework): Judgment | N4 | Big Fifty, Competency Check | Situational Judgement Test | Forms a judgement on incomplete files, names the assumptions used and states which new fact would change that judgement. |
| organisational awareness Competency (50-framework): Organizational Sensitivity | N4 | Big Fifty, Competency Check, 360 Feedback | Situational Judgement Test | Assesses which interests a proposal touches, involves the right people beforehand and chooses a suitable moment to raise it. |
| Stress tolerance Competency (50-framework): Stress resilience | N4 | Big Fifty, 15PF, Mental Resilience (4C) | Personality questionnaire | Keeps working in a structured way at peak load, keeps agreements with clients clear and flags early which results are at risk. |
Short profile
The ten heaviest skills in this profile. The full profile with every skill, behavioural anchor and assessment method is in the download.
| T | Skill | Target level | Weight | Knockout | Assessment method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Critical thinking and source evaluation | N5 | 5 | yes | Work sample test |
| V | Business reporting | N5 | 5 | yes | Work sample test |
| G | independence | N5 | 5 | yes | Personality questionnaire |
| G | integrity and dependability | N5 | 5 | yes | Personality questionnaire |
| V | Legal analysis | N5 | 5 | yes | Work sample test |
| K | Applying legislation | N4 | 5 | no | Knowledge test |
| A | Verbal reasoning | N5 | 4 | no | Cognitive ability test |
| V | Risk management | N5 | 4 | no | Knowledge test |
| G | Applying the code of conduct | N5 | 4 | no | Personality questionnaire |
| G | Judgement under uncertainty | N4 | 4 | no | Situational Judgement Test |
See all 26 skills in the full profile
Assessment instruments for this job
Competency Check
Behavioral-Level Competency Assessment
Knowledge test (client-specific)
Professional knowledge test, customized for each client
Work sample test
Representative work sample under standardized conditions
Big Fifty
Personality questionnaire, 150 items, 25 factors
360 Feedback
Multiple assessments based on behavioral anchors
Portfolio
Evaluation of prior work against fixed criteria
15PF
Personality Profile, a shorter alternative to the Big Fifty
Structured interview
Behavioral interview with a fixed structure
Ability Scan
Aptitude Test: Verbal, Numerical, and Abstract Reasoning Skills
Big Fifty (Integrity Scale)
Mental Resilience (4C)
Mental Resilience According to the 4C Model
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