Jersey SAR writing workshop

This webinar forms part of the 2025 AML/CFT/CPF Regulatory Compliance Programme (Jersey-specific).

Description

This webinar will guide participants through the key legal and regulatory requirements for submitting Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). It covers the structuring of comprehensive reports, differentiating between knowledge and suspicion, and avoiding common pitfalls in SAR writing. Attendees will receive tips for clear and concise reporting while ensuring confidentiality and data protection compliance, equipping them to write effective and accurate SARs.

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and forms part of the 2025 AML/CFT/CPF Regulatory Compliance Programme (Jersey-specific), delivered by Jo French.

Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.

 

Content

  • Legal and regulatory requirements for SAR submission

  • Structuring a comprehensive Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)

  • Appreciating knowledge versus suspicion  

  • Common pitfalls and how to avoid them in SAR writing

  • Practical tips for clear and concise reporting

  • Confidentiality and data protection considerations

 

Presenter

Jo French

Expert Trainer at the School of International Financial Services

Jo French 

Jo, through her company JETT Limited, specialises in developing contemporary bespoke, technical in-house CPD programmes covering a range of AML, compliance and governance issues. She has over 25 years’ experience in delivering credible training to a wide range of financial service businesses both in the Crown Dependencies and internationally, as well as institutions that include the BBA, the ACSP in the Isle of Man, Guernsey Training Agency and the Jersey International Business School where her role also extended to delivering on Buckingham University’s BSc (Hons) in International Financial Services degree as part of their faculty. 

In addition, she has taught on the International Compliance Association’s full range of AML and compliance qualifications since 2005, and as a Fellow of the Governance Institute (formally ICSA) written and delivered across both level 4&5 Certificate and Diploma, as well as the qualifying scheme, (subjects include Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Boardroom Dynamics, Company Law and Company Compliance and Administration.) Jo’s ICSA students have won many international prizes, most recently in Trust and Company Administration in May 2021, and CORE in the  November 2021 exams. 

A committed educationalist, Jo has a First Class Law Degree (LLB) and Masters in Law (LLM) (Merit) from Queen Mary University of London specialising in financial services law. She is passionate about the delivery of accessible and innovative training courses.

 

View the full programme

This webinar forms part of the 2025 AML/CFT/CPF Regulatory Compliance Programme (Jersey-specific). 

All webinars can be booked individually, or you can book the entire programme for a discounted cost.

January - July 2025

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