Certified Professional in Anti Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (Malaysia)

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• Heads of compliance, AML and financial crime prevention
• Money laundering reporting and prevention officers
• Compliance, AML and financial crime managers and senior staff
• Senior risk staff
• Senior internal and external audit staff
• Company secretaries
• Accountants
• Legal practitioners
• Regulatory representatives
• Anyone working in the above areas who aspires to be in a leadership role within an organisation

• Applicants have to be a current individual member of AICB
• You should also be a senior practitioner e.g. Heading AML/compliance, audit, risk/operations with at least 3 years of experience in that position 

All applications will be pre-screened to assess suitability for the programme. 

The qualification covers the following six high-level competencies targeted specifically for senior industry practitioners, to be completed over 9 months:

1. Research your organisation and its requirements to help form an anti money laundering and countering terrorism financing policy
2. Develop and communicate an anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing policy for your organisation
3. Develop and monitor anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing controls in your organisation
4. Support your staff in your organisation to comply with anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing requirements
5. Maintain an effective relationship with relevant external bodies and respond to requests on consultation
6. Identify and deal with non-compliant activity in your organisation

The assessment is based on a 3 hour interview, mapping the candidate's skills against the competencies for the programme. Award is given upon being graded as 'competent' in all 6 competencies. 

You will be awarded dual qualification: 

• Certified Professional (CP) status (AICB and ICA)
• Professional Postgraduate Diploma in AML awarded by ICA in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, The University Of Manchester
• Entitlement to apply for Fellowship of the ICA (FICA)

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Whether you are just starting out in your career, already hold an ICA qualification or are an experienced practitioner, there is a level appropriate for you and this will be activated at the same time as your course commences.

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