By Julie DiMauro
NEW YORK, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) – The compliance officer role in heavily regulated industries, such as defense contracting, healthcare and financial services, is endowed with great responsibility. The compliance officer is charged with spotting risk and pursuing the policies and procedures that bring such exposures to levels deemed acceptable as contemplated by agency regulations and local and federal laws.
As the compliance position has grown to become more of a top-level role, and more firms have come to recognize it as an important component to its regulatory regime, there has been a surge in the number of training and certification programs dedicated to the exchange of compliance best practices. (more…)
