Real investigations. Real compliance skills.
At Start My Career UK we do more than teach. Every learner receives a guaranteed work placement designed to apply your skills in a live environment, because real experience is what sets you apart, and it starts here.
Enrol nowThe work placement isn't an optional extra.
It's a core part of your journey to becoming a job-ready compliance professional. During your placement you'll be involved in the daily workflow of a real compliance or financial crime team, contributing to meaningful tasks that reflect the responsibilities found in junior AML and KYC roles.
With guidance from experienced AML and KYC professionals, you'll adapt quickly to the systems and workflows used in regulated organisations, and develop a clear understanding of how financial crime teams protect the business.
- You'll do the work, not just shadow, handling real checks and reviewing genuine cases.
- Contribute to the daily workflow of a real compliance or financial crime team from day one.
- Adapt to the systems and workflows used in regulated organisations, with practitioner guidance.
- Finish with real evidence that you can perform effectively in a professional compliance environment.
Hands-on across six core financial crime functions.
You don't just study the theory. During your placement you do the work: the same responsibilities found in junior AML and KYC roles inside a regulated firm.
KYC Reviews
Verify customer information, assess risk factors, check documentation and support customer onboarding in line with regulatory requirements.
AML Investigations
Review alerts, analyse unusual activity and understand how suspicious cases are escalated within a regulated firm.
Sanctions & PEP Screening
Gain exposure to screening tools, identify potential matches, clear false positives and understand sanctions obligations.
Transaction Monitoring
Review everyday transactions, identify red flags and learn how teams investigate patterns that could indicate money laundering or fraud.
Risk Assessments
Build an understanding of customer risk profiles, high-risk jurisdictions, adverse media and how compliance teams score and categorise risk.
Compliance Systems & Tools
Use real or simulated platforms to complete checks, raise cases, document findings and see how technology supports financial crime operations.
For many learners, this is the moment everything falls into place: the confidence boost and career break they've been waiting for.
By the end of your placement you won't just have new knowledge. You'll have real evidence that you can perform in a professional compliance environment.