400 EUR (including 8.1% Swiss VAT)

FinTech Compliance Accelerator

If your best work is invisible and the result "nothing bad happened" is taken for granted, this program is FOR YOU!

You've been protecting your employers from losses and regulatory actions they don't even know about. It's time to get paid accordingly.

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🥁 LIVE Virtual Bootcamp for FinTech Compliance and Risk experts | June 1–4, 2026, 1 pm CET 🥁

In 4 days you will learn how to translate invisible compliance work into measurable business value created by you, so you can confidently decide:

  • Should I ask for more money and how much should I ask for?
  • What arguments should I use?
  • Should I stay or move on?

150+ compliance professionals have been through earlier versions of this program. The examples are real. The results are real. That's how we know what works.

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THIS IS FOR YOU

You may recognize yourself here if:

  • You flagged the risk six months before it became a crisis.
  • You cleaned up the mess left by a (sales) team that moved fast and didn't ask you first.
  • You kept the company out of losses and incidents  nobody will ever know were coming.
  • You suspect you are underpaid, but you're not sure what to ask for or how to justify it

  •  Promotions and better opportunities seem to happen to people who are not necessarily better than you

If you feel overworked, underpaid, and quietly frustrated that your expertise is underestimated, you're not imagining it.

This is not a skills problem. Here's what it actually is.

Most compliance professionals have spent years becoming deeply competent. What they were never taught is how to make that competence visible for the business leaders. 

Specifically, three things are working against you right now:

  1. You don't know how to translate your work into business language. "Ensured regulatory compliance" doesn't inspire anyone. Decision-makers (founders, CFOs, boards) think in terms of revenues, customers,  partnerships secured. Until you can speak that language fluently, your contribution will continue to be underestimated.
  2. You don't know which projects and experiences to prioritise to build your professional value. Not all compliance work is equal in the eyes of the market. Knowing which activities to take on, document, and highlight  (and which to deprioritize) is the difference between a stagnant CV and a profile that attracts offers.
  3. You don't have independent proof that makes your expertise credible for people who have not worked with you.

Once you fix these three things, everything changes.

You should join if:

  • You have at least 5 years of experience in compliance, risk, or the regulatory affairs.
  • You want to quantify what your professional contribution is actually worth and communicate it with confidence, not self-promotion.
  • You want your stakeholders to see the value you bring and actively seek your input on strategic decisions.
  • You may or may not be looking for a new role right now, but you want to be strategic about your next move.

Here’s how 90% of senior compliance roles actually get filled: someone mentions a name. That name comes from a conversation, a referral, a social connection. By the time a role is posted (if ever), the selection is already ongoing. Applications are a formality. This is why strong professionals apply, hear nothing, and assume they weren’t good enough. They were. They just weren’t connected.

You don’t need to become a conference seat-warmer. You don’t need to post every day on LinkedIn. All you need is access to the right conversations with a small number of the right people, and a clear way to articulate what makes you the best fit. That’s the entire system this bootcamp teaches.

AFTER THIS BOOTCAMP YOU WILL KNOW:

  • Exactly what your expertise is worth
  • Which experiences increase your market value
  • How to explain your contribution using business language
  • How to decide whether to negotiate, stay, or move on
  • How to ask for more money with confidence and evidence
  • What your next career steps should be

You are not leaving with notes. You are leaving with assets you can immediately use:

  1. Your expert positioning statement
  2. At least one credibility asset (LinkedIn article, industry note or speech/presentation draft)
  3. Outreach templates
  4. AI tools for CVs, annual reviews, interviews and board conversations
  5. Personalized action plan

 

 OUR AGENDA:

  • DAY 1. QUANTIFY YOUR HIDDEN VALUE. PREPARE TO COMMAND A HIGHER SALARY by defining exactly what makes you worth more (your expert positioning statement). Most compliance professionals cannot articulate in business terms what they actually create.You will define exactly what makes you worth more than your current rate and turn your  broad experience into a sharp expert positioning statement, one sentence that makes recruiters and CEO say "we need this expert NOW, and they are totally worth the money". You will also know which projects and experiences will increase this value over time!
  • DAY 2. LET YOUR WORK SPEAK BEFORE YOU ENTER THE ROOM. 
    Build one short piece of content (an article, a LinkedIn post, an industry note) will demonstrate your expertise and do your credibility work for you. No large audience needed. Build the one asset that does your credibility work for you: when the right person has a problem you can solve, a single DM and a link to your article is all it takes to be taken seriously. Our specialized compliance AI assistant will ask you a few questions and will create this asset for you. Or as many as you want!
  • DAY 3. ACCESS ROLES THAT NEVER GET POSTED. Board seats, paid advisory roles, and senior positions are filled quietly, through introductions at the right moment. The most overlooked entry point? Teaching and speaking engagements: they put you in the room with decision-makers who are actively looking for trusted experts, not applicants. You'll leave with outreach templates for board conversations, advisory approaches, and speaking or teaching pitches, all written for the FinTech compliance niche.
  • DAY 4. KNOW YOUR NUMBER. ASK FOR IT. WIN THE OFFER. Most compliance professionals leave money on the table, not because they lack leverage, but because they don't know how to use it. You'll leave this session knowing exactly how to handle interviews, assess whether a company is worth your time, and negotiate your future salary with confidence. Plus: a word-for-word email template to ask for more money once the offer lands, without risking it.
     

BONUSES AND TOOLS INCLUDED

Every tool below was built specifically because our participants kept hitting the same wall. Each one removes a specific obstacle between you and your next salary increase or big new role.

  • AI Achievements Writer trained to describe and quantify compliance results. Most compliance professionals undersell themselves because it is hard to quantify "we followed the law" or "nothing bad happened". This tool translates your work into business-impact language instantly, in the exact vocabulary decision-makers respond to. Use it before an annual review, a raise conversation, a new job application, or any time you need to make your invisible work visible. Without it you walk into the most important conversations of your career underprepared. 
  • AI Compliance Article Co-Writer. The fastest way to be trusted by people who haven't met you yet is to share something insightful  in a place where they can see it. Imagine the conversation: "Have you worked with DORA? - Sure, I actually published an article 6 months ago on DORA implementation strategy".  Most professionals skip this step because writing feels hard, slow, and uncertain. Without social proof it will be harder to demonstrate your expertise. This tool removes the blank page syndrome entirely, helping you produce one (or more) credible, well-structured article in your niche and your voice. 
  • Presenting as a Strategic Advisor. Being right or precise is not enough, if your presentation misses a bigger picture. Without this skill, your recommendations get noted and deprioritized. This pre-recorded session teaches you to present trade-offs, risks, and alternatives using structured compliance frameworks that make your contribution look prepared, objective, and difficult to dismiss.

 

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Why Join This Live June Cohort?

  • Yana Afanasieva will teach this program live over 4 days (at 1 pm CET), reviewing most common mistakes, individualized positioning statements, personalized feedback, LinkedIn profile adjustments, outreach messages templates, and interview prep.
  • You benefit from group energy and accountability with other ambitious compliance professionals going through the same process at the same time and asking questions.
  • Implementation happens faster when you’re moving together with the cohort.
  • Recordings + AI tools + all materials included (you get lifetime access anyway).
 

This is the first and potentially the only program designed by the compliance expert to empower other compliance and regulatory professionals, just like you, so that you can build the skills, authority, visibility and influence to apply and secure the next-level job and confidently deliver results. 

This is for you if you have 5+ years in FinTech compliance or financial services regulation and you're ready to take specific actions to apply what you've learned (not just consume more information). 
 
Our ultimate goal is to elevate the reputation of compliance as a function by helping talented regulatory professionals stop being treated like overhead and start being recognized as the strategic asset they actually are.

It's for that reason that we designed this program to be compact, action-focused, and priced so it pays for itself 20x with your next annual review or next salary negotiation!

FAQ:

  • "Why 400?" Because I wanted to create a practical entry point for as many experts as possible who need immediate career clarity before deciding on larger investments. 

    My signature FinTech Compliance certification program costs €3,900, and for the professionals who are ready for it, it is worth every cent. But I heard you. Many of you told me price was the barrier. So I designed this bootcamp as a standalone program that delivers real, immediate results at a fraction of the cost. And here’s the part that makes it a genuine no-brainer: if you join the next certification cohort afterward, your €400 investment counts toward it in full. You’re not spending €400. You’re starting a process, and applying your early results toward the next level. And if this helps you negotiate even a €10,000 raise (the conservative end of what I see in the industry), you’ve made your €400 back  times over. 

  • "I don't have time".  How many hours total are we talking about? 4 sessions, 60 minutes each. That's one afternoon meeting you'd reschedule without a second thought if it meant a 30–40% salary increase.  Every session is recorded and in your portal within 24 hours, yours to access forever. The only version that guarantees no result is the one where you don't join at all. And here is hard truth: your professional network is one of the biggest predictors of your earning potential. Build it now, while you're not desperate. If you start when you need a job, you've already lost the timing advantage. 
  • "I don't want to be a LinkedIn influencer. I just want a better job." What you're really saying is this: becoming visible means becoming someone you're not. That's not what this is. Influencers build audiences. You're building a shortlist of a few targeted relationships with people who hire for exactly your type of roles. The compliance professionals getting approached for senior FinTech roles aren't posting daily or chasing likes, they're known to the right 2-3 people at the right moment. That's the entire skill this program teaches. It has nothing to do with influence and everything to do with positioning. AI assistants will do the heavy-lifting.
  • "This feels like generic career advice. I've tried this before and it didn't work." What specifically didn't work? A CV rewrite? A LinkedIn profile update? Attending a conference and waiting to be noticed? Those aren't strategies,  they're tasks. What you haven't tried is a system built specifically for the way senior compliance roles in FinTech actually get filled: through regulatory credibility, precise positioning, and a small number of warm targeted conversations. Generic career advice teaches you to compete on job boards. This teaches you to bypass them entirely.
  • "What if the bootcamp doesn't work for me (because I am too young, too old, have small children, have an accent, don't have the right visa..." If you complete all four sessions and still don't feel like you have a clear, personalized action plan, I will personally review your situation in a live Q&A on Day 4 and tell you exactly what to do next. No one leaves without a path forward.
  • "I'm worried about looking desperate or self-promotional." Your intention is to protect your professional reputation. I get it, it's exactly why this program was designed for compliance professionals specifically. Desperation looks like mass-applying on job boards and following up three times. What this program teaches looks like publishing one precise article that demonstrates your expertise, and sending a short, confident DM 6 months later to someone who already has a problem you can solve. One is chasing. The other is being found. The difference isn't just optics, it's the entire strategy.

Remember: Full investment into this program can be applied toward the next cohort of the FinTech Startup Compliance Pro Certification Program! You will get your discount coupon code by email.

Logistics: This program will be taught live and recorded. The live sessions will take place at 1 pm CET during 4 days between June 1st and June 4th 2026. You will be given implementation steps for each area of the professional growth, and thereafter you can go at your own pace and implement what you've learned.

After you will have registered, you will be granted access to the password-protected area of the course portal where all recorded content and templates will be delivered to you. You will be prompted to create your login and password which you will need to access the program recordings at any time in the future. 

 

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