I am the same poster. I wont suggest you change if you are doing well. Firstly you will definitely get a pay cut. Secondly there is no guarantee that you can get into compliance. Thirdly you may feel tired of aml kyc after some time. Note that this role is of different nature of your sales job. I believe you have some exposure to aml kyc in your current sales role. So if you really want to change, don't just apply entry level roles. You can leverage on your experience and knowledge in sales to value add. Skills like stakeholder management, communication and knowledge of the business are important for aml kyc roles. Technical knowledge knowledge for aml kyc can be trained by daily work and taking up courses.