UK
Financial Sanctions
CERTIFICATE COURSE
UK
Financial Sanctions
CERTIFICATE COURSE
In order to meet the need for targeted training on UK Financial Sanctions and mitigate the risk of costly sanctions violations, ACSS is developing an online training program, which teaches vital principles and risk management and background all sanctions compliance staff should understand.
Why this course?
In order to meet the need for targeted training on UK Financial Sanctions and mitigate the risk of costly sanctions violations, ACSS offers an online training program, which teaches vital principles and risk management and background all sanctions compliance staff should understand.
What is it?
The UK Financial Sanctions Essentials Certificate Program is a 7-part course, consisting of approximately 7 training hours, across 4 weeks. The course is delivered in an online format.
For Whom?
MLROs, Compliance Officers, sanctions investigators, General Counsels, Compliance Manager, AML Compliance Officers, High Risk Business Lines.
When?
Materials become available – September 21, 2022
Live Virtual Class 1 – September 28, 2022
Live Virtual Class 2 – October 5, 2022
The UK Financial Sanctions Essentials Certificate Program is a 7-part course, consisting of approximately
7 training hours, across 4 weeks. The course is delivered in an online format.
Self-paced e-learning course
Reading Assignment
Virtual Classroom #1
Reading Assignment
Virtual Classroom #2
Reading Assignment
Final assessment
Duration
The Course is taken over a period of 4 weeks and is 7 hours total
4 sessions of 2 hours each (one session per week)
45 minute-reading assignments, prior to each class
1 hour exam
System requirements (for learners)
Course is compatible with most operating systems and browsers to make it easy for everyone to participate. The course uses
Goto Training from Citrix
E-learning (Adobe Captivate or similar tool)
Litmos or other Learning Management System (LMS)
Cost
ACSS Members
Non-ACSS Members
If you have multiple team members who can benefit from this program or wish to talk about enterprise packages, please contact for pricing and more information: support@sanctionsassociation.org
How it is structured?
Part 1 - Self-paced e-learning course (30 minutes): UK Financial Sanctions Foundations
Step 1 is a self-paced e-learning course in Articulate®. It covers the high level overview and foundations of UK Financial Sanctions.
- Introduction/key learning objectives
- What Can Possibly Go Wrong? – A small “how you can encounter a sanctions risk in your daily work” Scenario
- Overview of Financial Sanctions
- What we will cover in this section
- What are financial sanctions and why do we have them?
- What is OFSI and what is its mission?
- How it works with ECJU
- Different types of financial sanctions
- OFSI lists
- Who must comply
- Fines
- What we covered in this section
- Walking Tour “OFSI Online”- Where to find information on the OFSI website
- Key take aways
Part 2 - Reading Assignment (30 minutes)
This will be PDF containing a narrative introduction on UK Financial Essentials, plus key terms and definitions participants need to read to prepare for Virtual Class 1.
Part 3 - Virtual Classroom #1: Legal Authorities, Categories, Core Prohibitions and How OFSI Works (1 hour and 30 minutes)
Interactive live virtual classroom (webinar with interaction, such as case studies, Q&A sessions, audience polls and practice questions.)
Section 1: Introduction
Segment 2: A Walking Tour Through main UK financial sanctions legal authorities SAMLA – what is it, when enacted, where to be found, what does it do?
- Regulations – Regulations – main clauses
- Who is covered?
- Short Exercise/case study
- Practice questions
Section 3: Categories, Principles and Core Concepts Used by OFSI
- Categories of sanctions
- Important concepts or terms used throughout a number of OFSI administered sanctions programs
- Short Exercise/case study
- Practice questions
Section 4: Core prohibitions under main OFSI administered financial sanctions
- Human rights sanctions
- Russia
- Belarus
- Venezuela
- Short Exercise/case study/
- Practice questions
Section 5: Wrap up and Q&A
Part 4 - Reading Assignment (30 minutes)
Containing key terms and definitions participants need to read to prepare for Class 2.
Part 5 - Virtual Classroom #2: Compliance/Risk Management and Enforcement (90 minutes)
Interactive live virtual classroom (webinar with interaction, such as case studies, Q&A sessions and practice questions).
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Risks and Compliance Programme
- Recognizing Sanctions Risks
- How to create a sound Risk Assessment for UK Financial Sanctions
- UK Financial sanctions Compliance Programme – Control Basics
- Short Exercise/case study
- Practice questions
Section 3: Customer Due Diligence and Screening
- Due Diligence
- OFSI lists and screening
- Freezing
- Reporting a sanctions breach to OFSI
- Short Exercise/case study
- Practice questions
Section 4: Licenses
Section 5: Enforcement:
- Relevant OFSI Guidelines
- Consequences of non-compliance: Penalties, and other types of actions
- Interaction with other agencies
- Short exercise/case study
- practice questions
Section 6: Q&A with Audience
Part 6 - Reading Assignment/Case Study (30 minutes)
Small case study for participants. Submit the answers on the ACSS platform.
Part 7 - Final assessment (45-minutes)
Online Quiz: 35 questions in multiple choice questions
