FinCrime Career Accelerator – Practical AML & Financial Crime Career Course
Clear Course Description
The FinCrime Career Accelerator is an online training course that helps you move from "stuck in basic KYC or AML tasks" to confidently operating in more advanced roles across financial crime prevention. It is designed for people who are serious about building a long-term career in AML, sanctions, FIU and related areas, but who feel that most training is either too theoretical or disconnected from real day-to-day work.
The course is built and delivered by Marco Beranzoni, a financial crime prevention specialist with around two decades of experience in banking, technology, and consulting. Instead of focusing on long textbooks and academic models, the FinCrime Career Accelerator focuses on how things actually work inside real organisations: how alerts are reviewed, how investigations are escalated, how management information is used, and how different teams work together.
Who This Course is For
This course is ideal if you are:
- A KYC or AML analyst who feels stuck in repetitive tasks and wants to move into roles with more responsibility
- A professional in banking, fintech, crypto, insurance or gambling who wants to specialise in financial crime prevention
- A career switcher coming from another discipline who needs a practical roadmap into AML and compliance
- A recent graduate or early-career professional who wants real clarity on what financial crime roles do in practice
- A marketing, product or support professional working in a regulated firm who needs to understand financial crime risk and controls more deeply
If you recognise yourself in "I am capable of more, but I don't fully understand the roles and the path to get there", this course is designed for you.
Problems This Course Solves
Many people in financial crime prevention face the same issues:
- They are stuck in repetitive KYC reviews or simple alert handling with no clear progression
- They hear about roles like sanctions officer, FIU analyst or MI and reporting specialist, but do not really know what these teams do
- They attend webinars, read articles and watch videos, but still feel unable to connect the dots in a practical way
- They feel uncertain about how to position themselves for better roles or how to talk about their skills to hiring managers and MLROs
The FinCrime Career Accelerator tackles these problems directly by:
- Mapping out the main financial crime roles and showing how they interact
- Demonstrating real workflows, controls and decision points
- Providing exercises that mimic tasks you would perform in actual jobs
- Giving you a structure to plan your next career steps and build a professional network
What You Will Be Able to Do After the Course
After completing the FinCrime Career Accelerator, you will be able to:
- Explain clearly what different financial crime roles (sanctions, FIU, CDD/KYC assurance, MI and QA) actually do
- Understand how a financial crime framework fits together across the three lines of defence
- Analyse simple scenarios and case studies, identifying key risks, controls, and red flags
- Talk confidently about your skills and experience in a way that is relevant to AML, sanctions and FIU hiring managers
- Build an action plan for moving from your current position into more advanced roles
Course Structure – Modules Overview
The course is organised into modules that each focus on a specific role or capability in financial crime prevention:
1. Introduction to the Course
This module sets the foundation for your learning journey. It explains how the FinCrime Career Accelerator is structured, what you can expect, and how to get the most value out of the lessons and exercises. You will also see how the course connects roles across financial crime prevention instead of treating them in isolation.
2. Sanctions Officer Role
This module explains what a sanctions officer does in real life. You will learn about customer and transaction screening, sanctions lists, escalation workflows, and how sanctions decisions are documented and justified. The module focuses on practical examples, including how sanctions officers interact with operations teams, MLROs, and senior management.
3. Group Sanctions Role
Here you move to a more strategic level. This module shows how a group sanctions function operates across multiple countries or business lines. You will see how group policies are created, how local teams are overseen, and how complex topics such as correspondent banking, higher-risk jurisdictions and regulatory expectations are handled in practice.
4. Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Role
This module explores the FIU function inside a financial institution. You will learn how suspicious activity reports (SARs) are developed, how case investigations are documented, and how internal and external reporting flows work. The focus is on how FIU analysts think, which data they use, and how they liaise with law enforcement and regulators.
5. Management Information (MI) and Reporting Role
In this module, you will understand how financial crime data is transformed into management information and used in reporting. It covers key performance and risk indicators, dashboards, governance packs, and how MI helps senior stakeholders understand whether controls are working. You will see how MI roles support the MLRO and executive committees.
6. MI Quality Assurance Role
Quality assurance functions check whether AML and sanctions processes are actually working as designed. This module explains how QA teams review sample cases, identify weaknesses, document findings, and follow up on remediation actions. You will learn what good documentation looks like and how QA supports continuous improvement.
7. CDD / KYC Issues Assurance
Here you focus on customer due diligence from an assurance perspective. The module walks through typical KYC file reviews, common issues that appear in onboarding and periodic reviews, and how assurance teams provide feedback to the first line of defence. You will learn to recognise recurring patterns, control gaps and areas where training is needed.
8. Practical Exercises
Throughout the course you will encounter practical exercises that simulate real tasks: analysing simplified cases, reviewing sample data, or thinking through escalation scenarios. This module brings those exercises together and helps you reflect on what you've done, so you can transfer those skills into your day-to-day role.
9. Exploring Career Paths in Financial Crime
This module focuses on your career. It explains how different financial crime roles connect and how people typically move between them over time. You will learn how to identify realistic next steps based on your current experience, and how to position yourself for roles in AML, sanctions, FIU, investigations or related areas.
10. Building a Professional Network in Financial Crime
In the final module, you learn how to build and nurture a professional network that supports your long-term career. It covers how to connect with peers and leaders, how to use platforms such as LinkedIn in a strategic way, and how to engage with communities and events related to AML and financial crime prevention.
How This Course Complements Formal Certifications
The FinCrime Career Accelerator is not a formal certification like ACAMS, ICA or AGRC, and it does not replace those. Instead, it complements them by focusing on practical, role-based skills. Many professionals already hold or plan to obtain certifications that prove their theoretical knowledge. This course helps them translate that knowledge into day-to-day practice, making their skills more visible and more useful in real roles.
Delivery, Access and Support
The course is delivered online through recorded lessons, practical exercises and supporting materials. You can study at your own pace and revisit modules whenever you need a refresher.
Students also benefit from:
- Access to FinCrime Agent tools and content that reinforce the lessons
- Practical exercises that can be revisited as your career progresses
- A supportive ecosystem around the course, including community elements where appropriate
The current price, available payment plans and any active offers are shown on the checkout page. The course also includes a 30-day money-back guarantee, so new students can try the material with confidence.