What you will gain
Get the right mix of technical knowledge and skills to drive a positive governance, risk and compliance culture at your firm.
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Regulation – discover why it is needed, lessons learned from history and how to manage the regulatory relationship
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Behavioural compliance – understand the principles and how they work in practice
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Corporate governance – learn to implement effective governance and the benefits for your firm
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Regulatory risk management – identify emerging opportunities and threats, understand systems and controls, and learn how to design a compliance risk management programme
Take your career to the next level with this internationally recognised diploma. Awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester.
Qualification level: Level 6 | Intermediate
ICA CPD Hours: 130
Duration: 9 months
Qualification designation: (Dip.GRC)
Certification: Awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester
Course dates:
- 9th March 2026 - see modules for March 2026
View Course Fees
Fees are dependent upon your location. Applicable local taxes, membership fees, and discounts will be added to your basket on checkout with the ICA. If you are paying by instalments, you must purchase ICA membership in a separate transaction before you enrol onto this course.
The tax applied to your purchase depends on your country’s local tax laws, which may treat digital education services differently. This means the final price can vary depending on where you're buying from.
Our courses can become oversubscribed quickly and places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. We advise that you book early to ensure you receive your requested workshop dates and to check the dates as soon as you receive your booking confirmation email.
Course fees and group booking discounts
If you are not an existing ICA Member, a fee for 12 months’ membership will be added to your order. Currency is dependent on location and subject to local taxes:
Course fee
GBP – 4300
EUR – 4730
USD – 5590
Discounts are also available for group bookings.
ICA Membership fee
GBP – 185
EUR – 204
USD - 241
Instalment payment plan
Want to spread the cost of this course? Find out more about the ICA instalment payment plan.
Topics Covered & Course Format
Topics covered:
- The need for regulation and lessons from history
- Managing the regulatory relationship
- Understanding behavioural compliance
- Achieving effective corporate governance
- Effective regulatory risk management
- The role of the compliance function
- The role of the compliance professional
Course Format
This is a flexible, part-time, nine-month course designed for busy working professionals.
A mix of guided online study and attendance at live virtual classrooms. Expert-led virtual classrooms bring content to life, enabling you to absorb knowledge and turn it into ability, while immersive scenarios help you gain confidence and apply what you've learned in simulated real-world situations.
Three timed end-of-module assessments, comprising multiple choice questions that test knowledge, understanding and analytical skills.
One written assignment with an industry sector focus.
One written case-study-based assignment connecting the elements of your learning.
Entry Requirements & Tutors
Is this course right for me?
This course is suitable for:
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Compliance officers/managers and their deputies
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Managers with responsibility for internal compliance controls
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Risk managers
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Internal audit staff
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Regulatory representatives
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Accountants, lawyers, company secretaries
You will need a good standard of spoken and written English and ONE of the following:
- Sound educational background, e.g. degree/professional qualification in an appropriate discipline or
- Attainment of an ICA Advanced Certificate or
- Three years’ relevant work experience
Become an ICA member
When you enrol onto this course you will join an international community of over 30,000 members.
Benefits include:
- Access to the uniquely personalised ICA Learning Hub
- Weekly webinars covering the latest industry developments
- Discounts on ICA events and further ICA courses
The fee for ICA membership will be added separately to your basket when you enrol online for this course.
Course Tutors:
Rosalind Dixon-Burnett
Global Lead of GRC
Roz joined the ICA in 2024, leaving her role as Head of Compliance for a rapidly growing asset management firm where she held both SMF 16 (Compliance Oversight) and SMF17 (MLRO) senior management positions.
She brings over 26 years of financial services experience, working across all three lines of defence in risk, compliance and internal audit roles, and has led a variety of successful risk and regulatory change programmes, as well as designing, implementing and embedding highly successful (and commercially valuable) operational risk, compliance and internal audit functions within FS firms of varying size and maturity.
Allen Vincent
Associate Course Director - Governance, Risk and Compliance
Allen joined the ICA in 2023 following 18 years’ experience in retail financial services, having held several roles across governance, risk and compliance management at UK and global banks. Within these roles Allen was responsible for providing specialist risk knowledge and insights to senior management, conducting independent risk and control analysis activities across different jurisdictions, and developing and leading a risk culture training programme for a global audience. This enabled him to acquire detailed practical risk and compliance experience in a commercial environment whilst promoting a positive risk culture through education and awareness.
Allen achieved a Level 6 Senior Compliance & Risk Specialist NVQ in 2022, holds an ICA qualification at the Diploma level, and is a professional member of the International Compliance Association. His role at ICA, as an Associate Course Director, focuses upon the delivery and development of training content across a number of qualifications in the GRC space. Allen has a genuine passion for professional education and development and believes that people with the right skills and knowledge can have a positive impact on consumers, the public and wider society. Promoting high standards of conduct, of GRC and financial crime controls are fundamental to the integrity of any organisation.
Jonathan Bowdler
Global Lead, Post Grad Diplomas
Jonathan is responsible for all the Compliance programmes. Having 25 years of financial services industry experience, holding senior compliance roles for the last 15 of these, Jonathan has a wealth of practical compliance experience.
With an MBA from Henley Business School and a Diploma in Management from Reading University, Jonathan is also highly qualified in business management and is, therefore, able to place governance, risk and compliance management within the context of wider corporate strategy.
