Compliance to Sales?

I currently work in compliance (not for a bank but for a regulator) and would like to transition out of it, ideally into sales. I have no experience in sales (financial sales or otherwise) but I'm wondering if I could somehow leverage my knowledge of the products I audit into a sales role for those same products.

1) Is this a reasonable possibility or a long shot/dream that's probably not going to happen?
2) If reasonable, what would be the best way to "sell myself" to hiring managers and in interviews, since I would imagine they would be highly skeptical of the ability for some compliance nerd to sell anything.

Brief bio - 26 years old, went to a no-name liberal arts undergrad, worked for a law firm for a year, attended law school, could not find a law job after graduation, ended up in current regulator role (been here a little over a year)

 
Best Response

Prove you can hustle and have social skills. Email sales manager to chat, get drinks, ask for a job based on the fact you feel bored and want to work harder & hustle but the comp isn't there and you think that you'll be a great asset to his team.

Also talk about good social skills and how you hate boring compliance work and want to be paid for what you produce.

What you can do is accept a lower base and more comm potential to limit his risk when hiring you. It shouldn't matter if you are actually good at your job.

Good sales people are always welcomed.

 

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