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Hedge Fund

Operations and Compliance

About Me

Chief Operating and Compliance Officer

I'm Andrew, currently COO and CCO of a hedge fund in London

I wanted to design a website from scratch, using solely open-source technologies

The web framework was constructed in Python using Django, with a focus on responsive design for use in client dashboards

Please scroll down to find out more about my experience and competencies

I am always keen to be meet like minded people, so feel free to get in touch!

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Attributes

Operations

The devil is in the detail

  • Middle and back office duties
  • Client reporting and onboarding
  • Operational resilience
  • Monitoring investment restrictions
  • Counterparty relationships
  • Risk reporting

Compliance

Good compliance is about solutions

  • SMF16 and SMF17
  • Day-to-day compliance
  • Draft policies and procedures
  • Design and build compliance systems
  • Reduce the cost of compliance
  • FCA returns and communication

Administration

No task too small, no challenge too great

  • Assist with accounting duties
  • VAT registration and returns
  • Enterprise FX transactions
  • GDPR compliance
  • Service provider relationships
  • Premise management

Experience

Chief Operating and Compliance Officer

2018 - present

Launched a long/short US equity Fund with a quantitative strategy

Chief Operating Officer

2016 - 2018

Global macro asset manager with MIFID and AIF business

Middle Office Operations

2009 - 2016

Education

Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)

2019 - 2020

Regulation and Compliance Pass with Merit
Risk in Financial Services

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

2018

Oxford Algorithmic Trading Programme

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Charter Awarded 2016

City, University of London

2014 - 2016

Python and Functional Programming
VBA for Developers

University of Warwick

2006 - 2009

History BA Hons 2:1 (Specialism: Economic History)

Programming

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The operational and regulatory landscape is ever more demanding to navigate

I use my programming knowledge to manage costs down without compromise on operational efficiency

Applications I have written for internal use have been licenced to other firms, converting cost centres into sources of revenue

This site is a learning project so that I can build custom reporting portals for investors

I wrote the front-end using HTML/CSS and JavaScript, the back-end using Python. I host this on my own Linux server

Abilities

  • Python

  • VBA
  • SQL
  • HTML(5)
  • CSS(3)
  • SASS / SCSS
  • OOP
  • JavaScript
  • Linux
  • Power BI

Get in Touch

If you would like to get in touch please either fill out the form or contact me via LinkedIn