Entry-level compliance analyst jobs: what the job is, skills and open roles

A compliance analyst checks that the company follows laws and its own rules: testing controls, reviewing transactions and customers, and recording issues.

What a compliance analyst does

In the legal and compliance family of jobs. Roles that support lawyers, contracts, risk and regulation.

A typical day

  1. 1. Review accounts or activity against rules
  2. 2. Document findings
  3. 3. Support audits and exams
  4. 4. Update policies
  5. 5. Train employees

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Entry-level compliance analyst jobs exist, but none are open on the career sites we track at this moment, so we cannot say how many ask for experience. Each posting states its own requirements, so read the requirements section before you decide a job is out of reach.

Open entry-level compliance analyst jobs

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Skills for compliance analyst jobs

The skills this job uses, most important first. Most can be learned or shown before the first day.

Skills to build or show

  1. 1. Attention to detail
  2. 2. Regulation reading
  3. 3. Writing
  4. 4. Excel
  5. 5. Judgment
  6. 6. Discretion

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The market for compliance analyst work

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Open entry-level compliance analyst jobs
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Employment outlook, the closest government category
Projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035 (about as fast as average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

AI use at work, the closest government category
Among compliance officers, AI is already used for some of the tasks.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Outlook and AI-use figures are for the government category “Compliance officers”, the closest match to this job.

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Questions about compliance analyst jobs

What does a compliance analyst do?
A compliance analyst checks that the company follows laws and its own rules: testing controls, reviewing transactions and customers, and recording issues. A typical day includes: review accounts or activity against rules; document findings; support audits and exams; update policies; train employees.
Can I get an entry-level compliance analyst job with no experience?
Entry-level compliance analyst jobs exist, but none are open on the career sites we track at this moment, so we cannot say how many ask for experience. Each posting states its own requirements, so read the requirements section before you decide a job is out of reach.
What skills do you need to be a compliance analyst?
The skills this job uses most are attention to detail, regulation reading, writing, excel, judgment, discretion. Most can be learned before the first day through coursework, short courses, practice or a related job.
Where can a compliance analyst job lead?
People in this job commonly move to internal auditor, paralegal, risk analyst, credit analyst. The link between jobs is the shared skills; the path is not guaranteed and depends on the employer.

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