ICA Advanced Certificate in Anti Money Laundering
Whether you are already working in AML or looking to embark on a new career in this field, this course will help you:
- Gain actionable, practical AML skills to undertake your role with confidence
- Apply your knowledge to analyse risk more effectively
- Boost your professional profile by gaining an internationally recognised qualification awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester
ICA CPD Hours: 100
Qualification designation: Adv.Cert(AML)
Course dates:
- 5 January 2026 - see modules for Jan 2026
- 23 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 oversubsribed 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 – 2150
EUR – 2365
USD – 2795
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.
Learning Outcomes & Course Format
What will I learn?
- What are the money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions risks that must be managed?
- The international bodies and standard setters
- National legal and regulatory frameworks
- Taking an AML/CFT risk-based approach and managing the risks
- Initial and ‘ongoing’ customer due diligence (CDD)
- Monitoring activity and transactions
- Recognising and reporting suspicions
- The vulnerabilities of specific services and products
Course Format
A flexible, part-time, six-month course designed for busy, working professionals. A mix of guided, online study and attendance at live, virtual classrooms.
Innovative virtual classrooms delivered by subject matter experts bring the content to life. They allow you to absorb knowledge and turn it into ability, and immersive scenarios will enable you to gain confidence and apply what you have learned to a simulated real-life situation.
The Level 4 – Intermediate course is assessed through:
- A timed, online scenario-based assessment
- A research-based assignment
Entry Requirements & Tutors
Is this course right for me?
This intermediate-level qualification is suitable for:
- New/recently appointed MLROs and deputies
- New/recently appointed financial crime and risk officers
- Compliance officers
- Internal auditors assuming responsibilities for money laundering/financial crime issues
- All individuals engaged in financial services and who aspire to a career in anti money laundering
Become an ICA Member
When you enrol onto this course you will join an international community of over 20,000 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 order when you enrol for this course.
Course Tutors:
David Povey
Course Director: AML & Sanctions
David joined the ICA in 2019 after 10 years working in the Global Payments division of a large UK bank. With practical experience of customer and payment screening, and technical knowledge of working with sanctions, David spent the bulk of his time there delivering training needs across the financial crime division, specialising on sanctions at both a foundation and advanced level.
After three years in the ICA Learning team, including working on bespoke training for external clients and writing many Insight articles and creating content in our CPD library, David moved into the teaching faculty and is our Course Director within the Anti Money Laundering, and Sanctions Compliance programmes. Delivering across all qualifications in these programmes, David has a passion for learning and a strong belief that everyone can play their part in fighting financial crime.
Wayne Haynes
Global Lead, Financial Crime Compliance
Wayne joined ICA following an extended career within UK Law Enforcement in regional and national roles.
With an extensive financial crime portfolio investigating international fraudsters and networks of professional enablers, as well as corrupt individuals and global Organised Crime Groups (OCGs) Wayne has a broad and varied knowledge of the criminal threats that the financial arena has to combat.
This background led to Wayne becoming an integral part of the UK's drive to improve its response to economic crime, with strategic roles held within His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) & the City of London Police, as well as working with international agencies such as the FBI, Ghana law enforcement and Malaysian wildlife rangers.
Wayne has also assisted renowned financial crime academics such as Professor Michael Levi and Alan Doig on research projects looking to tackle fraud and money laundering. Holding a Bachelor's Degree in Counter Fraud & Criminal Justice as well as several other specialised qualifications in fraud, bribery, open-source investigations, and anti money laundering, Wayne brings a wealth of experience to the ICA's Financial Crime Prevention portfolio.
Ben Jones
Associate Course Director
With a background in Law, Ben has a wide range of compliance experience in the banking and commodity sector. During his time with several Tier 1 banks, he has been involved in many different types of sophisticated fraud investigations. He is skilled in open source investigation techniques to provide detailed analysis in customer due diligence and has conducted detailed source of wealth research which has included dealing with highly complex structures used to obscure ownership and transactions, such as offshore shell companies. Ben also has a keen interest in regulatory compliance and market conduct topics.
Understanding that new threats are constantly evolving in compliance, he is interested in exploring how innovation through technology can bring new solutions.
