FATCA Compliance for Financial Professionals Training Course

Audience

This course is designed for Senior Management personnel who require a practical understanding of AML/CTF frameworks and their prevention mechanisms, along with awareness of other pertinent and emerging financial crime challenges.

Course Format

The program utilizes a blended approach comprising:

• Guided group discussions
• Presentation slides
• Real-world case studies
• Practical examples

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Articulate methods for preventing AML and CTF activities
• Comprehend the key components of AML and CTF regulations as they apply to their organizations, alongside an understanding of national and international anti-financial crime initiatives
• Specify the measures companies and employees must implement to safeguard against the risks of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
• Identify how organizations may become targets for such crimes and explain which 'red flags' assist in detecting, preventing, and reporting suspicious or actual criminal behavior
• Recognize other significant areas of concern within Financial Crime

Tackling money laundering requires a strong international focus. Compliance officers, AML officers, MLROs, KYC analysts, auditors, and managers must understand how to ensure adherence to Subsidiary 373.01, the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations (PMLFTR).

Under the PMLFTR, all Subject Persons, including those operating within the regulated financial services sector, are obligated to appoint a Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO).

This practical course provides you with the knowledge and essential guidance needed to address AML compliance within your organization, with particular attention to the regulatory framework in Malta.

Finance / Management

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) is aimed at manufacturing managers and engineers who wish to strengthen their ability to evaluate investments, build robust business cases, and present compelling narratives for capital projects.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: calculate and apply core investment appraisal metrics to manufacturing scenarios, build a complete CAPEX investment case including cash flow projections and sensitivity analysis, use templates and Capex Cards to streamline the approval process, and prepare clear executive-level narratives to justify capital expenditure requests.

The Cost Center module explores the routines and best practices for managing overhead expenses, calculating Bill of Materials (BOM) costs, and determining product-level costing across both manufacturing and service operations.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level practitioners who want to configure, operate, and validate cost center routines within enterprise environments.

Upon completing this course, participants will gain the ability to:

• Create, configure, and maintain cost centers that align with organizational structures.
• Build and validate BOM costing using standard, activity-based, and overhead allocation methods.
• Integrate machine hours, operator hours, and labor metrics into cost center calculations.
• Apply absorption costing principles to ensure accurate product and period-end valuations.

Format of the Course

• Guided instruction with case-based demonstrations.
• Hands-on costing exercises and spreadsheet-based modeling.
• Application-focused labs simulating real costing and reconciliation workflows.

Course Customization Options

• For tailored content, industry-specific costing models, or ERP platform alignment, please contact us.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at managers who wish to identify and minimize the risk of fraud faced by eCommerce merchants.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand how eCommerce fraud occurs.
• Analyze vulnerabilities in their company's eCommerce platform and processes.
• Assess a company's 'readiness' for adopting new anti-fraud measures
• Communicate and incorporate appropriate anti-fraud policies.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This introductory course offers participants a comprehensive and practical understanding of essential financial markets, including their objectives, functions, core activities, and regulatory frameworks. Designed to serve as a refresher, an educational resource, and a challenge, the program ensures that all delegates gain maximum value. Active feedback and discussion are encouraged throughout the interactive sessions, which go beyond mere facts to engage participants meaningfully.

The primary goal is to ensure that, upon completion, all course delegates are significantly better equipped to address client needs, placing the services and markets they trade in and participate within proper context.

This instructor-led live training in Serbia (online or onsite) is designed for cloud administrators, cloud architects, technology heads, and financial analysts who wish to record, manage, monitor, and process financial assets of an organization in the cloud.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to use FinOps practices in an organization to forecast costs, optimize processes, and perform financial management operations in the cloud.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) targets intermediate-level finance professionals seeking comprehensive knowledge of FinOps principles and methodologies, including cloud financial management, optimization strategies, and collaboration among finance, engineering, and business teams.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the FinOps framework, principles, and phases.
• Manage cloud costs effectively through data analysis and governance.
• Collaborate between finance, engineering, and business units to align cloud spend.
• Use FinOps tools for cost allocation, forecasting, and optimization.
• Prepare for the FinOps Certified FOCUS Analyst exam.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or on-site) is designed for advanced-level cloud financial management professionals who wish to validate their expertise in financial operations (FinOps) related to cloud cost management.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Acquire the advanced knowledge necessary for the FinOps Certified Professional exam.
• Comprehend complex FinOps practices, such as cost optimization, budget management, and reporting.
• Develop practical skills for applying FinOps strategies in real-world scenarios.
• Prepare effectively to successfully pass the FinOps Certified Professional exam.

This instructor-led live training, delivered in Serbia (either online or onsite), is aimed at professionals who want to expand their FinOps knowledge in preparation for the FinOps Certified Practitioner certification exam.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand cloud usage and cost modeling, cost allocation, and resource planning.
• Understand the pillars of FinOps and their implementation in an organization.
• Learn how the organization works to define the pricing model goals and use historical data in making pricing model adjustments.
• Take the FinOps Certified Practitioner certification exam with confidence.

Overview of Structured Financial Instruments

This course is designed to offer participants a foundational introduction to structured products utilized within the investment banking sector. Upon finishing the program, attendees will possess a practical understanding of the subject and will be equipped to address the following inquiries:

1. What defines a structured product?
2. What drives the decision to issue them?
3. In what ways do issuers and investors gain advantages?
4. What methodologies are used to structure and price various derivative instruments?
5. What are the associated risks and expenses involved in creating structured financial products?
6. What constitutes embedded derivatives?
7. What characterizes exotic options?
8. What factors must be considered regarding pricing and hedging strategies?

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) targets beginner-level non-finance professionals who wish to develop a foundational understanding of the financial and accounting principles essential for effective business decision-making.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand basic financial and accounting concepts that are essential for business decision-making.
• Interpret and analyze financial statements such as income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Apply key financial ratios to assess the financial health of a business.
• Develop and manage budgets and perform variance analysis to monitor business performance.
• Use break-even analysis to support operational and strategic decisions.

This instructor-led live training in Serbia (online or onsite) targets developers who wish to use the Open Bank Project API to develop and test decentralized applications that integrate easily with digital banking systems.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing applications with OBP API.
• Understand the Open Bank Project architecture, technology, and concepts.
• Learn how to use and customize OBP API to develop and build applications for banking.
• Explore the features, tools, APIs, and sandboxes in OBP.
• Implement security and integrations in OBP API connectors and adapters.

This instructor-led, live training in Serbia (online or onsite) is designed for application consultants and business process owners who wish to learn how to configure business processes for the SAP S/4 HANA financials module.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic customizing settings in the main components of Financial Accounting with SAP S/4HANA.
• Configure the master data settings (G/L accounts, customer and vendor accounts) of FA with SAP S/4HANA.
• Configure document control, posting control, and financial document clearing settings of FA with SAP S/4HANA.