Description
A practitioner-built program for compliance officers, risk managers, and internal audit professionals who need a working command of regulatory compliance, financial crime controls, and governance integration — not just theory.
Who This Course Is For
Designed specifically for professionals who own or support the compliance function, and for adjacent risk and audit roles that must work closely with it:
- Compliance Officers & MLROs
- Risk Managers & Risk Officers
- Internal Audit Professionals
- Legal & Regulatory Affairs staff
- Corporate Secretaries & Governance Officers
- Professionals transitioning into Compliance roles
Course Outline
Module 1 — Foundations of Compliance
- What compliance is — and what it is not
- Positioning the compliance function within the Three Lines Model
- Compliance vs. Risk Management vs. Internal Audit: boundaries and overlaps
- Independence, authority, and reporting lines of the compliance function
Module 2 — Regulatory Landscape
- Key Egyptian regulators: CBE, FRA, and sector-specific bodies
- Relevant international frameworks: FATF, ISO 37301, OECD principles
- Reading and interpreting regulatory requirements into internal obligations
- Building and maintaining a compliance obligations register
Module 3 — Compliance Risk Assessment & Monitoring
- Compliance risk assessment methodology
- Designing a risk-based compliance monitoring plan
- Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and early warning signals
- Workshop: building a mini compliance monitoring plan
Module 4 — AML/CFT & Financial Crime Compliance
- AML/CFT fundamentals and typologies
- KYC, Customer Due Diligence, and Enhanced Due Diligence
- Sanctions screening and suspicious activity reporting obligations
Module 5 — Policies, Procedures & Governance Integration
- Designing effective compliance policies and procedures
- Code of conduct and whistleblowing mechanisms
- Embedding compliance into board and committee governance structures
Module 6 — Compliance Breaches, Investigations & Reporting
- Handling and escalating compliance breaches
- Investigation fundamentals: evidence, documentation, confidentiality
- Reporting to the Board and Audit Committee
- Case study discussion drawn from a real compliance breach scenario
Module 7 — Ethics & Culture of Compliance
- "Tone from the top" and its practical translation into culture
- Building and sustaining an ethical organizational culture
- Designing compliance training and awareness programs
- Closing assessment and certificate requirements
Learning Outcomes
- Design and run a risk-based compliance monitoring program aligned to regulatory obligations
- Apply AML/CFT, KYC, and sanctions screening requirements in practice
- Handle a compliance breach from detection through Board-level reporting
- Position the compliance function correctly within governance and the Three Lines Model
- Earn a joint BB Academy × The British University in Egypt certificate of completion