13 April 2026 | Hybrid | Getting the Risk Assessment Right – The Foundation of Your AML Program | By DVT Mcleods
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Hybrid Event
This meeting will be held at the newly renovated office of the CPA Australia NSW and at the CTDG’s Zoom system. We encourage members to attend the event in person to engage with the Speaker/s.
TOPIC: GETTING THE RISK ASSESSMENT RIGHT – THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR AML PROGRAM
We will be focusing on a topic that sits at the heart of the new AML/CTF regime:
Getting the Risk Assessment Right – The Foundation of Your AML Program
Rather than revisiting the basics, this session will take a practical, real-world approach to how firms should actually be approaching AML risk, and why getting this foundation right makes everything else significantly easier.
We’ll cover:
- How to build a Firm Wide Risk Assessment (FWRA) based on what your firm actually does (not just templates)
- The common mistakes we’re seeing across accounting firms, and how to avoid them
- A simple and practical way to assess Likelihood and Impact
- How to define a clear Risk Appetite that drives consistent decisions across your firm
- How FWRA, Risk Appetite and Controls all link together in practice
- Real-life scenarios to show how this applies in day-to-day client work
This session is designed to help you move from:
“We have an AML document”
To
“We have a framework that actually guides decisions in our firm”
SPEAKER: SUELEN MCCALLUM | ANGELA BENSEMANN | CARYL DIAS | JOVI FUNG | DVT MCLEODS
Suelen McCallum is a Partner at dVT Group, a specialist accounting and advisory firm focused on business growth and distress. She has extensive expertise in insolvency, turnaround management, business valuations, and expert witness engagements.
Angela Bensemann is a Senior Manager at DVT McLeods with over 20 years’ experience in accounting, forensic investigations, and regulatory matters.
Caryl Dias is a Manager at DVT Mcleods and a CPA-qualified forensic accountant with over 15 years’ experience working on financial investigations, insolvency matters, and regulatory reporting.
Jovi Fung is a Supervisor at DVT Mcleods and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Practising Accountant (CPA), and Financial Risk Manager (FRM).
Continuing Professional Development Point (CPD Point)
- This event will account for up to a maximum of 1.0 CPD Points per session.
- A completion certificate will be issued via LMS after the event for attendees who check in with our staff and who have attended the session for more than thirty-five (35) minutes. We are unable to issue a certificate unless we have a record of your attendance.
- Attendance records will be provided to CPA Australia, however, it is up to you to update your own CPD records/CPD Diary. We cannot update the same for you.
- You may wish to update your profile with us to include your CPA Membership number which we will report to CPA Australia accordingly.
- You should only claim for the attended hours only.
Attend via Zoom Webinar
- Our webinar will be provided via Zoom’s online Webinar platform in addition to the face-to-face meeting.
- You can listen to the webinar either via internet audio or phone dial-in. If you dial in via phone, please email us your details and phone number for attendance records.
- Zoom Webinars can be accessed on various platforms, including mobiles, tablets or laptops, etc. However, we will not be responsible for any costs incurred, such as internet charges in this regard.
- You can directly access the Zoom Webinar via our LMS, but we recommend the use of Zoom applications for a better user experience, please ensure that you only install/download the Zoom software from Zoom’s website/iOS App Store/Google App Store, DO NOT download the Zoom’s software from other sources.
- You will be automatically registered with Zoom, and you should receive Zoom’s registration confirmation email with the meeting details, no further registration is required. At the time of the meeting, simply click the link provided and the link will activate any pre-installed Zoom-related software and take you directly to the Webinar.
- Please note that we will never ask you for any password or personal information, please do not provide such information to anyone.
- To avoid last-minute technical issues, you should check if you are ready for Zoom.
- Any questions, please email us or reach us at citytaxation.com.au.
- We may not be able to resolve or attend to your needs during the webinar, but we will attempt to relay any questions to the presenter as soon as practicable.
