Financial crime has become faster, more cross-border and more technical, and supervisors now judge institutions on whether their controls work in practice rather than whether policies exist on paper. Weak programmes lead to enforcement action, de-risking by correspondent banks and exclusion of legitimate customers from the formal financial system.

The Management of AML / CFT & Financial Crime Analytics Training Course covers the whole life of a compliance programme. Participants begin with the legal and standards framework, then build an institution-wide risk assessment, define customer acceptance and ongoing due diligence, and set governance, reporting lines and the role of the money laundering reporting officer. The second half turns to data: how transaction monitoring scenarios are designed and tuned, how false positives are reduced, how networks of accounts are mapped, and how investigators document findings in reports that financial intelligence units can use.

Learning is applied from the first session. Participants analyse sample transaction extracts, review alert queues, challenge model assumptions and draft management information for senior committees. By the end they will hold a tailored programme review checklist, a monitoring improvement plan and a clear view of where analytics can strengthen their own institution.

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Explain the FATF recommendations and how they translate into institutional obligations.
• Design an enterprise-wide money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment.
• Apply risk-based customer due diligence, including beneficial ownership and politically exposed person checks.
• Evaluate sanctions screening and transaction monitoring controls for coverage and effectiveness.
• Use data analysis and link analysis to identify suspicious patterns and typologies.
• Prepare high-quality suspicious transaction reports that support investigation.
• Define governance, roles and management information for an AML / CFT function.
• Assess the performance of controls and recommend measurable improvements.

The programme suits professionals who run, assess or oversee financial crime controls, including:

• Money laundering reporting officers and compliance managers
• Transaction monitoring and sanctions analysts
• Internal auditors and risk officers in banks and insurers
• Fraud, forensic and financial crime investigators
• Mobile money and payment service provider compliance staff
• Financial intelligence unit and regulatory supervision officers
• Legal advisers, company secretaries and board risk committee members
• SACCO, microfinance and forex bureau managers

Participants leave with practical tools to apply at work:

• A risk assessment template covering customers, products, channels and geographies.
• A customer due diligence tiering model they can adapt to their institution.
• Techniques for tuning monitoring scenarios and cutting false alerts.
• A structured format for investigation notes and suspicious transaction reports.
• A set of management information indicators for board and committee reporting.
• A prioritised plan for improving their own AML / CFT programme.

The programme blends compliance practice with hands-on analysis. Sessions include:

• Short briefings on standards and supervisory expectations
• Anonymised case files covering banking, mobile money and trade finance
• Spreadsheet-based exercises on alert data and account networks
• Syndicate work on risk assessments and customer file reviews
• Facilitated peer exchange on regulator interactions

Delegates who attend all sessions and complete the case exercises are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.