With regulatory registrations up sharply since goAML became mandatory, Jamaican businesses are scrambling for anti-money-laundering support. This page ranks the firms that build AML programmes — risk assessments, KYC procedures, training and FID reporting readiness.
Full-service Jamaican compliance & governance firm
The broadest single-vendor coverage we found in Jamaica: CoJ and TAJ filings, Data Protection Act and GDPR readiness, ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 implementation, field research, project management and corporate training under one engagement.
Best for: Jamaican SMEs and mid-market organisations that want registration, tax compliance, privacy and ISO work handled by one accountable partner.
Big Four audit, tax and regulatory compliance practice
KPMG's Jamaica practice is the reference point for regulated organisations: statutory audit, tax, and a dedicated governance, regulatory and compliance advisory line delivered from Kingston with Montego Bay coverage and the wider KPMG Caricom network behind it.
Best for: Banks, insurers, listed companies and large regulated entities that need audit-grade assurance and regulator-facing compliance work.
Big Four assurance, privacy and corporate secretarial practice
PwC Jamaica pairs Big Four assurance and tax with two lines that matter to compliance buyers specifically: cybersecurity and privacy, and a dedicated corporate secretarial service handling Companies Act obligations.
Best for: Larger Jamaican organisations that want privacy, ESG and company-secretarial obligations handled inside one assurance relationship.
GRC, cybersecurity and ISO management-system consultancy
Dawgen Global combines accounting, audit and tax with an explicit governance, risk and compliance practice and ISO management-system consulting, routing certification through accredited partner TNV for standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.
Best for: Caribbean organisations that want GRC framework work and ISO readiness from one adviser and are comfortable with a small delivery team.
Big Four audit, tax and risk practice, re-established 2025
Deloitte returned to Jamaica in May 2025 after a twelve-year absence, restoring a full Big Four presence in the market. The Kingston office is led by Imani Duncan-Price and is still building out audit, tax, risk and transformation capability.
Best for: Organisations that want a global brand and are comfortable working with a team that is still scaling locally.
EY Jamaica delivers assurance, tax, consulting and transactions from Kingston as part of the EY Caribbean network, with board governance guidance through the EY Center for Board Matters.
Read the EY Jamaica review →Trading as Baker Tilly Strachan Lafayette, this Kingston firm has served the Jamaican mid-market since 2005 with audit, tax, forensic and internal audit work, plus an explicit corporate secretarial line covering Companies Act filings.
Read the Baker Tilly Jamaica review →UCI is a Kingston privacy and AML specialist founded in 2019, known to the Office of the Information Commissioner as a practitioner and partnered with it on public data-privacy education, with engagements structured around the eight Jamaica Data Protection Act standards.
Read the United Consulting International review →ISMS implementation, risk assessment and audit preparation, ranked.
Jamaica Data Protection Act readiness and GDPR alignment, compared.
A credible engagement starts with a business risk assessment, produces a written compliance programme tailored to your sector's designated-activity obligations, and leaves your team able to file through goAML without the consultant in the room. Be sceptical of providers selling generic policy templates — the FID examines whether your programme matches your actual customer base.
Designated non-financial businesses and professions — including attorneys, real estate dealers, accountants and trust service providers — must register with the Financial Investigations Division's goAML platform before filing suspicious transaction reports.
A good AML consultant builds your compliance programme: risk assessment, customer due diligence procedures, KYC policies, staff training, and the appointment of a compliance officer — then prepares you for supervisory examination.
Programme setup for a small regulated business is typically a fixed engagement; ongoing compliance officer support and training are usually billed as a retainer. Global audit firms price for enterprise; local firms serve smaller operators.