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Financial Crime Investigation and Report Writing
Rating: 4.1 out of 5(129 ratings)
2,681 students

Financial Crime Investigation and Report Writing

Learn key skills for Financial Crime Investigation and Report Writing
Created byDr Ian Messenger
Last updated 1/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • Explore key financial crime investigation best practices
  • Identify crucial communication and presentations skills
  • Learn key skills in financial crime report writing
  • Enhance your risk assessment and risk-based decisioning skills

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 7h 25m total length

  • Investigation Best Practices1:47:11

    Analyze origins of financial crime investigations and how transaction monitoring alerts, unusual activity reports, and production orders trigger them. Master data visualization to present trustworthy, accessible, and elegant analyses.

  • Critical Thinking1:10:44

    Master structured thinking and critical thinking in financial crime investigations by building arguments with premises, evidence, and conclusions, balancing inductive and deductive reasoning, and ensuring clear language and rigorous proofreading.

  • Risk Assessment and Risk-Based Decisioning38:40

    Apply a risk-based approach to financial crime investigations, identify diverse risk types, and determine when to file suspicious transaction reports with FINTRAC using thresholds from simple suspicion.

  • Communication Skills53:11

    Develop practical communication skills by exploring self-concept, perception, and nonverbal cues, and managing conflict with stakeholders through objective, bias-aware reporting.

  • Presentation Skills1:31:24

    Learn practical presentation skills that blend storytelling, humor, and body language to engage audiences, using dopamine and oxytocin effects and PowerPoint principles like one message per slide.

  • Report Writing1:24:37

    Tailor financial crime investigation reports to the audience, balancing structure, proofreading, and dissemination; craft concise executive summaries, address counterarguments, and link theory to practice.

Requirements

  • No experience required

Description

Learn the knowledge and skills required to complete a financial crime investigation in a financial institution or other regulated entity, including how to structure an investigation, intelligence collection plan, and how to conduct an effective analysis of the data collected.

Conducting, and completing, a financial crime investigation is only one component. It is critical that the findings of the investigation are communicated in a manner that is understood by the intended audience.

In this course, learners will explore key aspects of communicating the outcome of the investigation in both written and verbal form, and how to present to different audiences to ensure your message is understood as intended.

Topics include:

  • Investigative best practices

  • Critical Thinking

  • Risk Assessment and Risk-Based Decisioning

  • Research Skills

  • Communication Skills

  • Presentation Skills

To learn more about Financial Crime and White Collar Crime topics, you may also be interested in the Financial Crime Essentials course.


Testimonials

"I had a fantastic time participating in this course run by Dr Ian Messenger. Highly recommend it."

"Woohoo! Thanks so much to Dr Ian Messenger. Glad to add this to my certificates."

"The session was very insightful and will no doubt build upon my skillset, thank you again for running this!"

"Thank you so much for teaching us more about effective report writing and I am excited to bring this experience to my work and in future roles"


Who this course is for:

  • AML Analysts / Investigators
  • Financial Crime Professionals
  • Fraud Analysts / Investigators
  • Those looking to enter the Financial Crime field

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