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The capstone project for KYC & AML Compliance Analyst: Onboarding, Monitoring and Reporting in Nigerian Financial Services — a free Finance course. Pass it and you earn a certificate anyone can verify.

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The project unlocks once you complete the lessons. The workbook is free to download now so you can see exactly what is expected.

What you will submit

One document (Google Doc with view access, or an uploaded Word or PDF file) with a headed section for each of the six parts. Tables are welcome. Everything fictional; no real personal data.

What to do, step by step

  1. Work only with fictional customers you invent. Do not use any real person's name, BVN, NIN, account number or documents, and do not name any real institution as a wrongdoer. Where a rule, threshold or deadline matters, say where you would confirm it rather than inventing a figure.
  2. Part 1. KYC file review: describe a fictional individual customer and a fictional business customer, list the documents on file for each, and review them against a KYC checklist, flagging at least three gaps or problems and what you would request.
  3. Part 2. Beneficial ownership: draw the ownership chart of the business customer (at least two layers), identify the beneficial owner or owners by your institution's threshold, and explain what further evidence you need.
  4. Part 3. Risk rating: rate both customers on customer, product, channel and geography risk using a matrix, give an overall rating with a written rationale, and state the review frequency and any trigger events.
  5. Part 4. Screening decision: one of the customers produces a possible match on a sanctions or PEP list. Record the match, the evidence you checked, your decision (true match, false positive or escalate) and why.
  6. Part 5. Alert investigation: describe a monitoring alert on one account (with a small table of fictional transactions), investigate it step by step, consider legitimate explanations, and write a case note with your conclusion and escalation decision.
  7. Part 6. Draft STR narrative: if your investigation leads to suspicion, write a clear suspicious transaction report narrative (who, what, when, where, how the money moved and why it is suspicious); if not, explain why you closed the alert and what you would monitor. Add two sentences on how you avoided tipping off.

Files to work with

Project workbook (fill in, then submit)The whole brief, an evidence checklist, the grading rubric as a self-check and the link-sharing steps in one file. Opens in Word, Google Docs or WPS.Word · 6 KB

How it is graded

CriterionWeight
The KYC review applies a sound checklist and identifies real gaps with sensible requests16%
The beneficial ownership analysis is correct and identifies what evidence is missing14%
The risk rating is structured, fair, and justified in writing with a review plan16%
The screening decision is evidence-based and handles false positives properly14%
The alert investigation is methodical, considers legitimate explanations and escalates correctly20%
The STR narrative or closure is clear, factual and protects against tipping off20%

You need 65% overall to pass. A failed submission comes back with feedback and can be revised and resubmitted.

Before you submit: make your link public

If your work lives in Google Drive or Google Docs, open Share → General access and change “Restricted” to “Anyone with the link” (Viewer). Then paste the link into a private browser window: if it opens without sign-in, you are ready. A private link cannot be graded — it is the single most common reason a good project fails.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to finish KYC & AML Compliance Analyst: Onboarding, Monitoring and Reporting in Nigerian Financial Services before submitting the project?

Yes. The submission screen opens once every lesson in KYC & AML Compliance Analyst: Onboarding, Monitoring and Reporting in Nigerian Financial Services is marked complete. The lessons are where the methods, the Nigerian context and the worked examples the project depends on are taught.

How is the project graded?

An examiner scores each rubric criterion from 0 to 100 and weights them as shown on this page; you need 65% overall to pass. Most submissions are graded within minutes and you get written feedback on what was strong and what to improve.

Can I resubmit if I fail?

Yes. A failed project comes back with feedback; revise the weak parts and resubmit. A passed project is final — the certificate is issued and cannot be re-rolled.

What do I actually submit?

A write-up of what you did (under 5,000 characters) plus a public link to your work — a Google Drive folder, Google Doc, spreadsheet, GitHub repository or video. The link must open without sign-in; a private link cannot be graded. The free project workbook on this page walks you through all 7 steps.

Is the certificate real?

Yes. Passing this project issues a certificate with a unique verification code. Anyone — an employer, a client, a school — can open the verification page and see that the certificate is genuine and which project earned it.

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