Senior Compliance / Risk Specialist

If you work in this area you need to demonstrate acute levels of knowledge, skills and expertise to be effective in your organisation and keep pace with a fast-changing volatile environment. Your role is to make sure that all stakeholders are protected and businesses are fully accountable.

Entry requirements

To be eligible you must fulfil the following criteria:
  1. You must be employed in a role relevant to this programme to be eligible to apply.
  2. Your current role should be UK based and you must have lived here for at least three years
  3. The programme must address development needs in your current role
  4. Your line manager must be able to support you throughout the programme

What will you learn?

  • Deep understanding of risk and compliance frameworks
  • Knowledge of either: anti-money laundering issues and processes; financial crime prevention; or governance, risk and compliance issues and processes depending on the pathway chosen

How is your programme structured?

This programme combines the knowledge from a professional qualification with the skills you’ll need to demonstrate professionalism in your current role.

Knowledge

You will complete an ICA Diploma in one of the following subjects:
  • Anti Money Laundering
  • Financial Crime Prevention
  • Governance, Risk and Compliance
Knowledge outcomes from this programme, whichever qualification you choose, will include:
  • Regulatory Frameworks
  • Products and Customers
  • Strategy and Planning

Skills and behaviours

You will learn the following:
  • Understanding Risk and Compliance
  • Data Decisions in Risk and Compliance Framework
  • Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
  • Building Customer Value
  • ESG
  • Project Management
  • Cyber Security
  • Growth Mindset
  • Strategic Thinking and Leadership
  • Technical Report Writing
  • Presentation Skills

End Point Assessment

Once you have completed all of the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours, you will complete an End Point Assessment. This is conducted by an external assessment organisation and will be graded as either a pass, fail, or distinction.

How we support you

  • You will be taught by expert tutors who have practical experience in the fields in which they teach and a passion to share that knowledge to maximise your career potential
  • You will have access to a Coach who is on hand to guide you through each stage of your learning journey, providing you with clear aims and objectives. They will keep in regular contact with you and instil the confidence that you can achieve
  • You will also attend webinars to develop skills in a variety of areas and prepare you for the end point assessment.
  • You will have access to an Online Learning Environment with all of your qualification content, additional learning resources and all the step-by-step support you need to ensure your success

Commitment from you

During this programme, six hours a week will be spent on learning and developing the required Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. This development time will include learning new relevant tasks in your role, embedding your knowledge in your role, practical workplace training, spending development time with your Line Manager, attending online or face-to-face courses and time spent writing assignments/assessments or directed self-study hours:
  • ICA Diploma work
  • Evidencing the application of your knowledge within your working day
  • Independent study and research
  • Shadowing colleagues and mentoring
  • Technical training

Progression upon completion

  • Further career progression through work experience
  • Qualifications and further study at higher levels

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Description

If you work in this area you need to demonstrate acute levels of knowledge, skills and expertise to be effective in your organisation and keep pace with a fast-changing volatile environment. Your role is to make sure that all stakeholders are protected and businesses are fully accountable.

Entry requirements

To be eligible you must fulfil the following criteria:

  1. You must be employed in a role relevant to this programme to be eligible to apply.
  2. Your current role should be UK based and you must have lived here for at least three years
  3. The programme must address development needs in your current role
  4. Your line manager must be able to support you throughout the programme

What will you learn?

  • Deep understanding of risk and compliance frameworks
  • Knowledge of either: anti-money laundering issues and processes; financial crime prevention; or governance, risk and compliance issues and processes depending on the pathway chosen

How is your programme structured?

This programme combines the knowledge from a professional qualification with the skills you’ll need to demonstrate professionalism in your current role.

Knowledge

You will complete an ICA Diploma in one of the following subjects:

  • Anti Money Laundering
  • Financial Crime Prevention
  • Governance, Risk and Compliance

Knowledge outcomes from this programme, whichever qualification you choose, will include:

  • Regulatory Frameworks
  • Products and Customers
  • Strategy and Planning

Skills and behaviours

You will learn the following:

  • Understanding Risk and Compliance
  • Data Decisions in Risk and Compliance Framework
  • Emotional Intelligence and Resilience
  • Building Customer Value
  • ESG
  • Project Management
  • Cyber Security
  • Growth Mindset
  • Strategic Thinking and Leadership
  • Technical Report Writing
  • Presentation Skills

End Point Assessment

Once you have completed all of the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours, you will complete an End Point Assessment. This is conducted by an external assessment organisation and will be graded as either a pass, fail, or distinction.

How we support you

  • You will be taught by expert tutors who have practical experience in the fields in which they teach and a passion to share that knowledge to maximise your career potential
  • You will have access to a Coach who is on hand to guide you through each stage of your learning journey, providing you with clear aims and objectives. They will keep in regular contact with you and instil the confidence that you can achieve
  • You will also attend webinars to develop skills in a variety of areas and prepare you for the end point assessment.
  • You will have access to an Online Learning Environment with all of your qualification content, additional learning resources and all the step-by-step support you need to ensure your success

Commitment from you

During this programme, six hours a week will be spent on learning and developing the required Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. This development time will include learning new relevant tasks in your role, embedding your knowledge in your role, practical workplace training, spending development time with your Line Manager, attending online or face-to-face courses and time spent writing assignments/assessments or directed self-study hours:

  • ICA Diploma work
  • Evidencing the application of your knowledge within your working day
  • Independent study and research
  • Shadowing colleagues and mentoring
  • Technical training

Progression upon completion

  • Further career progression through work experience
  • Qualifications and further study at higher levels