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My Recommendations for Financial Crime Certifications and Courses

Ian Messenger

You may also be interested in my own training course - the 40 hour Financial Crime Professional course:

  • 548 page PDF Study Guide

I frequently get asked on social media for recommendations on what certifications and courses to take to a) increase job prospects or b) advance knowledge and understanding of Financial Crime. In this post I outline my recommended/preferred Financial Crime certifications and, in rank order, demonstrate what I think is the value they provide.

A word of caution: simply having certifications and courses on your resume does not make you a good Financial Crime professional - I have seen too many individuals who have all the certifications possible and lack the required skills and experience.

Certifications and courses should always be combined with “soft skills” and - where possible - experience.

You may also wish to check out my earlier post on 12 recommended books related to Financial Crime.

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categories Financial Crime Careers
tags Certified Global Sanctions Specialist, Certified Advanced AML Risk Management Specialist, Compliance, Compliance Professional, aml training online, Financial Crime

Review - Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) certification

Ian Messenger

Since recently passing the ACAMS’ new Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) certification I’ve received a number of questions about the certification and my experience preparing for the examination.

I’ll try and address each of them and provide other information that I think could be relevant to someone thinking of taking the certification. If I have missed something, or you have any other questions, do reach out to me and I’ll try my best to answer.

In short, the Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) is a certification produced by ACAMS towards the end of 2019 with the first examinations in January 2020 (I opted to take the examination on 16th January 2020 which was the earliest date available!).

Unlike the CAMS certification - the traditional certification for the AML professional - the CGSS focusses on…well…Global Sanctions.

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categories Financial Crime Careers
tags financial crime, cgss, Certified Global Sanctions Specialist, acams