ICA Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Crime Compliance

Course level : Level 7 - Expert

Next intakes commence: February 2023

This leadership programme has been designed to sharpen the strategic skills of senior practitioners and those aspiring to hold the highest anti money laundering/financial crime prevention position within a firm.

This expert-level qualification offers:

Specialist knowledge - the highest level in the field
Strategic thinking – helps your leadership ambitions
Innovation - explores new ideas, best practice, and future developments from a global perspective
Fellowship of ICA – become automatically eligible for the highest grade of membership
Networking – grow with other like-minded, senior professionals.

With a focus on anti-money laundering, managing fraud and anti-bribery, and corruption, this qualification has helped hundreds of senior financial crime compliance professionals from all over the world unlock career growth opportunities.

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This course is awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester.

Is this course right for me?

This is an executive-level programme suitable for:

Heads of Compliance, AML, Financial Crime Prevention and Risk
Compliance, AML and Financial Crime Managers
Senior Internal and External Audit roles
Company Secretaries
Legal practitioners
Regulatory representatives and FIU staff
Law enforcement
Company Directors/Board Members

Admission is strictly selective. In order to be eligible, you must meet at least ONE of the following criteria:

hold a (first) degree and be a senior practitioner (i.e. hold a senior management role) with at least three years’ experience in that role or at the equivalent level of seniority;

hold an ICA Diploma and have at least five years’ experience in a related discipline and currently work in a role that includes senior level responsibilities and regular engagement with senior practitioners

have at least ten years’ experience in a relevant senior management role.

Please note that your eligibility will be assessed before being accepted on to the course. You can do this by sending your CV & Job Description directly to icainfo@int-comp.org or by uploading a copy of your documents when you apply online.

What will you learn?

The syllabus covers a variety of key issues relevant at a senior level and is designed to provide an insight into risks and potential hurdles faced by your organisation. The syllabus is delivered by an exclusive series of high-profile masterclasses covering relevant topics.

Standards, research and assessment
Financial crime risks: science or art?
Ethics, corporate governance & responsibility
Managing the internal AML enemy
Cyber security: threats to the organisation
FinTech and financial crime compliance
Fraud and internal threat
Risk based approach: too busy or too afraid
Sanctions: a changing landscape

Course format: Online

Twelve-month course with materials delivered online for you to study in your own time and at your own pace.
Eight 3-hour live, virtual masterclasses over four weekends.
Eight group tutorials that give the opportunity to reflect, interpret and apply the knowledge from the masterclasses.
(Optional) Five live, virtual classrooms spread over the duration of the course, designed to support the networking element of the course as well as focus on the latest global developments.
Assessed through the creation of a reflective journal consisting of eight masterclass commentaries (1,000 -1,500 words) and a 2-to-3-hour competency-based interview.

Course fees and payment

Course fees

per currency depending on location
GBP	7850
EUR	8657
USD	10231

Course fess stated exclude VAT or local tax, this will be added to your basket at the checkout if applicable.

Once you have been accepted onto the course, if you are funding the course yourself, we offer an interest-free instalment plan of ten equal monthly payments.

Payment can be made by credit card, bankers draft/cheque or via a wire transfer (bank details available on request).

Discount for Low GDP countries

A 15% discount applies if you are based in one of the countries on this list The discount will be added automatically on the check out page.

Membership Fee: £110* (Associate Membership - you must be an ICA member for the duration of your studies)

*Payable unless you are already an ICA Member.

Exclusive Qualification Discount for ICA Professional and Fellow Members
ICA Professional and Fellow members are entitled to discounted rates on subsequent qualifications :

Professional (MICA) - 10%
Fellow (FICA) – 15%

Simply enter your membership number on enrolment to gain your exclusive discounted rate.

Download course syllabus

We have full syllabi available for all of our qualifications. Click here to download a syllabus.

Top up this course to a Master’s Degree

Graduates of this course have exclusive access to the new MSc Financial Crime and Compliance in Digital Societies developed by the University of Manchester in association with ICA. This 12-month, blended programme will help you gain the digital edge in financial crime compliance. More information here. or download the brochure here.

Course dates and prices

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Alternatively contact us on: +44(0)121 362 7534 / icainfo@int-comp.org (Course information) or +44(0)121 362 7533 / learningsupport@int-comp.org (Enrolled learners)

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