Course Details

As businesses grow there is a natural progression to getting help with covering the workload, from sub-contracting to taking on employees and maybe even outsourcing to another country. This process is not as simple as just writing up a contract for both parties to sign, there are also AML considerations to be made and documentation to check. If you are considering taking on staff or sub-contracting or if you are already some way down this path this session will serve as a useful checklist to ensure you have considered all the requirements. 


In this session Lucy Brown will cover the following topics:

  • The options: Sub-contractor, Employees, Off shoring
  • Regulation 21: Internal Controls specifically looking at staff screening and what this means
  • Regulation 24: Training - your training responsibilities
  • Offshoring: what you should be looking for
  • Where does the buck stop - who hold what responsibilities?


By attending this session, you will gain awareness of the different considerations you need to make when taking on help with fulfilling your client services. There are several different options each presenting different challenges to completing your AML obligations and by the end of this session you will be familiar and ready to take on these challenges.


This session will be of interest to bookkeepers who are growing their businesses and are considering or have already taken on help within their practice.


Course level: Intermediate – but accessible for all

CPD Course Speaker

Calathea Solutions Ltd

Lucy Brown

After initially working in a range of bookkeeping and accounting roles, Lucy took up a role in a team administering the £17 billion pension fund of one of the Top 3 UK banks. Later moving on to a project working with an international partner to scope a new pensions administration system. This work drew on expertise in:

• Workflow Management
• Process mapping
• Systems design
• Test design and implementation
• Interpretation of scheme rules and legislation

After a career break, Lucy went into practice as a bookkeeper, growing and developing a successful bookkeeping practice that she then sold. Whilst in practice as a bookkeeper, Lucy developed and implemented policy and processes to ensure that the business was compliant with all legislative requirements, including Anti Money Laundering legislation.

Having successfully sold the business, Lucy worked for one of the supervisory bodies supporting members to meet their legislative obligations and satisfy professional standards. In this role Lucy provided training, worked to raise awareness, and provided advice to a wide variety of members – alongside overseeing the mandatory penalty regime and developing an independent appeals process.