Money launderers and terror financiers exploit every gap in a bank, a fintech or a public body, and the penalties for weak oversight land on senior leaders as much as on compliance staff. Over five days, executives learn to judge whether their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing framework works in practice, not merely on paper. Sessions cover the FATF Recommendations, enterprise-wide risk assessment, customer due diligence, sanctions screening, suspicious transaction reporting and the governance a board must show to examiners.
A strong analytics thread runs through the week. You interpret typologies, red-flag scenarios, network and link analysis, alert tuning and model validation, and you question vendors and data teams with confidence. Case files from retail banking, mobile money, trade finance and cross-border remittance keep the discussion grounded. The programme suits chief compliance officers, MLROs, heads of risk, internal audit leaders, board members and senior regulators. It runs in the classroom, online or in-house, and ends with a CPD-accredited certificate. Afterwards you can set risk appetite for financial crime, challenge management information and present a credible assurance story.
Financial crime has become a boardroom issue. Regulators in East Africa and worldwide now expect senior management to own the money laundering and terrorist financing risk, to fund the controls that match it and to evidence effective oversight. At the same time, criminals move faster through digital channels, virtual assets and layered corporate structures, which means static rule-based monitoring is no longer enough on its own.
This executive programme brings the two halves together. It starts with the international standards and the enterprise risk assessment that should drive every control decision. It then moves through customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, politically exposed persons, sanctions and correspondent relationships, before turning to the analytics that make detection work: scenario design, threshold calibration, anomaly detection, network mapping and the measurement of false positives. Leaders also examine investigations, reporting to the financial intelligence unit and the response to examiner findings.
Delivery favours discussion over lecture. Participants work through anonymised case studies, review sample dashboards and management information packs, and role-play a board challenge session. By the close they hold a draft risk appetite statement, a set of questions to put to compliance and data teams, and a prioritised plan for strengthening their institution's defences.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the programme with:
The programme is designed for busy executives and keeps theory brief. It uses:
Day 1: The Financial Crime Landscape and Executive Accountability
Day 2: Enterprise Risk Assessment and Risk Appetite
Day 3: Due Diligence, Sanctions and Reporting Duties
Day 4: Analytics for Detecting Financial Crime
Day 5: Assurance, Investigations and Executive Action
The programme is designed for senior leaders who carry accountability for financial crime risk, including:
Executives who attend the full programme and complete the practical exercises are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Executive AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics programme, you'll be able to explain the fatf recommendations and what they require of senior management and boards, evaluate an enterprise-wide money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment for quality and coverage, challenge customer due diligence, beneficial ownership and sanctions screening arrangements, and interpret transaction-monitoring outputs, typologies and network analysis findings. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is designed for senior leaders who carry accountability for financial crime risk, including: Chief compliance officers and money laundering reporting officers, Heads of risk and chief risk officers, Executive directors and board audit or risk committee members, Heads of internal audit and assurance, Senior managers in retail, corporate and trade finance, Fintech, mobile money and payment service executives, Regulators, supervisors and financial intelligence unit leaders, and Heads of data, analytics and fraud functions.
Executive AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Executive AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Executive AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Executive AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Executive AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course is pitched at advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Executive AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Executive AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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