Course Details

Are your AML policies truly fit for purpose?

 

With professional bodies increasing scrutiny across the UK, there has never been a more important time to ensure your firm's anti-money laundering framework is watertight.

 

This session is designed specifically for accounting professional and MLROs who want to move beyond the basics and build a compliance culture that genuinely protects their firm.

 

In this session Lungi Sepotokele will cover the following topics:

  • What Does Being AML Compliant Actually Mean? 
  • The Role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)
  • Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Valid Documentation 
  • The Review Process 
  • Informing and Educating the Client 

 

By attending this session, you will learn/understand/be able to: 

  • Understand what full AML compliance means for your firm and the legal obligations that apply to you as a designated person
  • Clearly define the role of the MLRO and implement effective internal reporting structures
  • Conduct, document, and review Customer Due Diligence using valid and appropriate documentation
  • Build and maintain an ongoing AML review process that keeps your firm compliant as client relationships evolve
  • Communicate AML requirements to clients with confidence and ensure all staff are informed, engaged, and prepared

 

Course level: Need to know

CPD Course Speaker

Technical Executive

Lungi Sepotokele

Lungi trained with PwC in Johannesburg and specialised in external audit of mining companies. She completed part of her training as an academic at Wits University where she completed her Master of Commerce degree. Lungi has worked in external audit in Canada as an audit senior and Ireland as an audit manager.

Outside of her accounting qualifications Lungi is a hobby baker who volunteers by baking for the homeless in Dublin City