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Level 6 Senior Compliance and Risk Specialist Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship standard: Senior Compliance and Risk Specialist

See what specialist expertise can do for your career. With unique perspectives on how to become a high performing leader, you’ll have what it takes to implement regulatory requirements, providing specialist compliance and risk advice. Step into the next level of business performance.

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Apprenticeship Overview

Be responsible for creative strategies that drive your team forward. On this Senior Compliance apprenticeship, you’ll establish yourself as a compliance and risk expert, with everything you need to lead innovation and manage high performing teams. 

Learning under experts with years of industry experience, you’ll ensure you can plan and implement actions that make a difference. Through new expertise, you’ll ensure your organisation operates as effectively as possible within regulatory requirements. 

Bring what you learn to your role from the start, with training that slots perfectly into your day-to-day. You’ll study the most effective frameworks used to assess and manage risk, benefitting from essential insights that will set your strategies apart.  

Alongside technical skills, you’ll become a confident communicator, adapting based on your audience to ensure everyone is informed on compliance and risk. You’ll be set to push your organisation further and use new tools to deliver improvements to risk and compliance outcomes, ensuring that you never underperform. 

As part of the programme you’ll complete the International Compliance Association (ICA) Diploma in either Anti-Money Laundering, Financial Crime Prevention or Governance, Risk and Compliance. 

Who is the programme for?

Tailored for those looking to become future leaders in high performing compliance functions. 

This apprenticeship is ideal for: 

  • Senior compliance officers 

  • Senior risk managers 

  • Compliance directors 

  • Heads of compliance 

Where will the programme take you?

Make your mark on your organisation and establish yourself as a leader. This programme will ensure your decision-making is informed by expertise tailored for the future of compliance and risk operations. Bring a new approach to your leadership style with game-changing training backed by an industry recognised qualification. 

You’ll also qualify to apply for membership with the International Compliance Association (ICA), essential to get to the next stage in your career. 

Who's eligible?

Eligibility can vary depending on the requirements of the individual employer, but typically includes:    

  • A degree or professional qualification in an appropriate discipline, or 

  • ICA Advanced Certificate in Compliance (International or UK), or 

  • Three years’ relevant work experience 

To apply for this programme you must be employed in a relevant role.    

Apprenticeship information

Duration
24 months
Start Dates
February, May and November
Application deadline
6 weeks before start date
Study modes
Online live teaching and performance coaching, guided self-study and work based projects
Cost
£23,000levy funded
Free for Learners
95% government funded for non-levy payers
Apprenticeship standard
Senior Compliance and Risk Specialist

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Your success is our businessWe begin with specialist onboarding and guidance – aligning your personal goals with wider business objectives – to craft plans that deliver maximum mutual impact.
Learn from the best, become the bestFully-qualified Performance Coaches and industry-leading tutors bring their firsthand expertise to your studies – empowering you to become a master.
Best practice makes perfectHands-on learning through practical scenarios and our virtual learning platform ensures you have the knowhow to perform in the professional world.
Back-up that stacks upEducational psychologists and career mentors. Performance coaches and mental health specialists. You’ll have an entire multidisciplinary team behind you.
AI predicted performanceWe don’t just plan performance. We predict it. Our AI-driven model uses data to anticipate progress, adjusting in real-time to optimise success.
See it for yourselfPerformance trackers mean you can share your performance with managers, keeping them up to speed with key insights to observe progress and create better outcomes.
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The ICA knowledge around building a compliance team and running a compliance programme has been invaluable and has reformed the way I run the programme at work. 


Emma Willis Kindertons GroupLevel 6 Senior Compliance/Risk Specialist

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