Compliance Officer with 10 years of experience in bank and credit union compliance programs, covering BSA/AML, consumer lending and fair lending. Leads compliance for a $4.2B community bank and closed its last two regulatory exams with no matters requiring attention. Brings practical risk assessments, strong regulator relationships and training that frontline staff actually remember.
Experience
Chief Compliance Officer, Copper State Community Bank (Tucson, AZ)
Aug 2021 – Present
Lead a 6-person compliance team for a $4.2B bank with 38 branches, reporting to the board risk committee
Closed FDIC compliance exams in 2023 and 2025 with no matters requiring attention
Rebuilt the BSA/AML risk assessment and tuned Verafin alerts, cutting false positives 35% without missed SARs
Launched a fair lending monitoring program using HMDA data with quarterly regression testing
Compliance Manager, Saguaro Federal Credit Union (Phoenix, AZ)
Mar 2017 – Jul 2021
Managed Reg Z, Reg E and TRID compliance for a $1.6B credit union
Reduced compliance testing exceptions 50% through procedure rewrites and lender training
Compliance Analyst, Desert Bancorp (Phoenix, AZ)
Jan 2016 – Feb 2017
Tested 300 consumer loan files a quarter against Regulation Z and ECOA
Education
B.S.B.A. in Finance, University of Arizona (Aug 2011 – Dec 2015)
Skills
Regulatory Compliance: BSA/AML, OFAC, Reg Z, Reg E, TRID
Program Management: risk assessments, compliance testing, policy governance, board reporting
A strong Compliance Officer resume shows accuracy, risk reduction and the financial or legal outcomes you were accountable for. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Education
Skills
Certifications
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Financial modeling
FP&A
GAAP or IFRS
Audit and controls
Excel and SQL
ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP)
Contract drafting and review
Regulatory compliance
Risk assessment
Stakeholder reporting
Example bullet points
Shortened the monthly close from 10 to 5 business days by automating reconciliations in NetSuite
Built the three-statement model used in a $40M Series C, keeping forecast variance under 3%
Negotiated 120 vendor and customer contracts a year, cutting average review time from 9 to 4 days
Tips from recruiters
List licences and qualifications (CPA, CFA, bar admission) prominently; they are often hard filters.
Use a conservative, single-column layout; finance and legal readers value precision over style.
Quantify the scale you handled: revenue, assets, deal value or number of matters.
Recommended templates
Ledger (ATS-friendly): moderncv banking: accent name, bold dates on the right
Ivy (ATS-friendly): Harvard-style Times layout with centered headings
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Compliance Officer resume FAQ
What should a Compliance Officer resume include?
A Compliance Officer resume should show accuracy, risk reduction and the financial or legal outcomes you were accountable for. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Education, Skills and Certifications. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Compliance Officer?
Ledger, Ivy and Classic work well for Compliance Officer roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Compliance Officer resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Compliance Officer put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Compliance Officer roles are Financial modeling, FP&A, GAAP or IFRS, Audit and controls, Excel and SQL and ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP).
How do I write strong Compliance Officer resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as close time, forecast variance and savings. For example: "Shortened the monthly close from 10 to 5 business days by automating reconciliations in NetSuite."