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The compliance officer in Ireland: What the role requires

What a compliance officer does in an Irish regulated firm, the role under Fitness & Probity and SEAR, the training it needs, and what a supervisor asks for.

16 October 20269 min read
Inside this guide
  1. What a compliance officer does
  2. Where the role sits: Fitness and Probity and SEAR
  3. What a new compliance officer needs to know
  4. Qualifications, professional bodies and CPD
  5. The first hundred days
  6. What a supervisor asks to see

Earlier guides

Training & CPD12 October 2026 · 8 min

AML certification in Ireland: What counts, who issues it and how long it lasts

Is there an official AML certificate in Ireland? What a certificate must show, who accredits it, how long it lasts, and how it differs from a qualification.

Read the guide Training & CPD28 July 2026 · 11 min

CPD requirements for Irish compliance professionals

Who sets your CPD obligation, the Minimum Competency Code, what an MLRO’s year should contain, CPD as Fitness and Probity evidence, and a defensible record.

Read the guide Governance & accountability7 July 2026 · 14 min

Fitness & Probity and the Individual Accountability Framework

Controlled functions, the three standards, the twelve-month certificate, SEAR reasonable steps, and the conduct standards every firm must train staff on.

Read the guide Data & resilience16 June 2026 · 13 min

DORA: What Irish financial firms need in place

The five pillars, the register of information, major incident reporting, the contract clauses, testing, the board’s duty, and where to start if you are behind.

Read the guide AML & financial crime28 May 2026 · 14 min

Preparing for a Central Bank AML inspection

How the Central Bank rates and inspects firms, the full document request, the interviews, what the published cases show, and the week before an on-site visit.

Read the guide AML & financial crime14 May 2026 · 14 min

The business-wide risk assessment: The document inspectors ask for first

Section 30A, the 2026 national risk assessment, a method and structure that pass inspection, and how the business risk assessment drives customer risk ratings.

Read the guide AML & financial crime28 April 2026 · 12 min

Beneficial ownership and the RBO: What Irish firms must verify

The 25% test with worked examples, the three Irish registers, screening owners for PEP and sanctions status, discrepancy notices, and the MLRO’s own checks.

Read the guide Training & CPD8 April 2026 · 7 min

Choosing a compliance training course: Buyer’s checklist

Ten questions to put to any compliance training vendor selling into Irish regulated firms, and the one that separates Irish-first from Irish-flavoured.

Read the guide Data & resilience24 March 2026 · 13 min

GDPR compliance for Irish regulated firms in 2026

What the DPC enforces against, DSARs, DPIAs, processors and the cloud, a 72-hour breach template, and where GDPR meets AML: tipping off, erasure and screening.

Read the guide Governance & accountability5 March 2026 · 13 min

MLRO responsibilities: A first-100-days checklist

A first-hundred-days checklist for a new MLRO in an Irish firm: appointment, risk assessment, policies, STRs, sanctions, training, board report, annual cycle.

Read the guide AML & financial crime18 February 2026 · 14 min

Suspicious transaction reporting: A practical guide

When the threshold is crossed, what suspicion looks like, escalation to the MLRO, filing on goAML and with Revenue, and what tipping off still lets you say.

Read the guide AML & financial crime3 February 2026 · 13 min

Customer due diligence in Ireland: What the Central Bank expects

When CDD is required, the three levels, PEPs and high-risk countries, reliance and e-verification, the review cycle, and the file review an MLRO should run.

Read the guide AML & financial crime14 January 2026 · 9 min

Anti money laundering training in Ireland: The complete 2026 guide

What Section 54 of the Criminal Justice Act requires, who has to be trained, how often, and what an inspector will accept as evidence that it happened.

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