Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) for Compliance Officers
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Program Professional Framework
Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) for Compliance Officers
Program Overview
Compliance officers are the front line of defence against money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions evasion, and Gulf regulators have significantly raised expectations following FATF mutual evaluations. This programme equips compliance professionals to build and run an effective risk-based AML and CFT programme. It covers the FATF Recommendations, enterprise-wide risk assessment, customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence for politically exposed persons and high-risk customers, beneficial ownership verification, transaction monitoring, suspicious transaction reporting to financial intelligence units through systems such as goAML, targeted financial sanctions screening, trade-based money laundering and the role of the MLRO and governance reporting.
Learning Outcomes
- ✓Conduct an enterprise-wide money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment using a structured methodology.
- ✓Apply customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence procedures, including beneficial ownership verification.
- ✓Evaluate transaction monitoring scenarios and tune alert thresholds to reduce false positives.
- ✓Investigate alerts and prepare a well-documented suspicious transaction report.
- ✓Implement targeted financial sanctions screening and escalation procedures in line with UN and national lists.
- ✓Prepare an AML compliance report for senior management and the board.
Target Audience
- Compliance officers and MLROs in banks and financial institutions
- AML analysts and transaction monitoring investigators
- Compliance staff in exchange houses, insurers and designated non-financial businesses
- Internal auditors reviewing AML programmes
Detailed Program Modules
01Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Fundamentals
- Stages and methods of money laundering
- Terrorist and proliferation financing
- The FATF Recommendations and mutual evaluations
02Risk-Based Approach and Governance
- Enterprise-wide risk assessment
- Policies, procedures and the MLRO role
- Board and senior management oversight
03Customer Due Diligence
- Identification, verification and beneficial ownership
- Enhanced due diligence and politically exposed persons
- Ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews
04Transaction Monitoring and Investigations
- Monitoring scenarios and red flags
- Alert investigation and case documentation
- Trade-based money laundering typologies
05Reporting and Sanctions Compliance
- Suspicious transaction reports to FIUs
- Reporting through goAML and confidentiality
- Targeted financial sanctions screening
06Testing, Training and Regulatory Engagement
- Independent testing and audit of AML programmes
- Staff awareness and training programmes
- Responding to regulatory inspections
Training Methodology
Applied Project & Assessment
Applied Project
Participants conduct an AML risk assessment for a business line of a Gulf financial institution or provided case, investigate a set of sample alerts, draft one suspicious transaction report and propose improvements to monitoring and due diligence controls.
Assessment
Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.