Orkhan Hashimov

• Conduct daily surveillance of trading activity across multiple asset classes to detect potential market abuse, insider trading, and other regulatory breaches.

• Perform in-depth reviews of trade patterns, communications and client activity to identify anomalous behavior and liaise with Front Office, Legal, and Risk teams to assess potential conduct issues and clarify trading strategies.

• Assisted in tuning and calibrating surveillance scenarios to align with evolving regulatory expectations and supported with implementation and enhancement of trade surveillance policies and procedures

• Ensured compliance with global and local regulatory requirements, including market abuse regulations, best execution, and fair dealing standards.

• Monitored front-office trader communications to identify risky behaviors or intent prior to trades and assisted in voice transcription analysis and metadata review for forensic investigations

• Conducted comprehensive trustee proofing to validate the accuracy and completeness of fund records, including trade activity, asset valuations, and income events, ensuring compliance with fund documentation, trust deeds, and relevant regulatory frameworks.

• Collaborated closely with portfolio management, fund accounting, compliance, and external service providers to ensure that data across all platforms was synchronized and reflected true economic positions.

• This role manages reconciling and processing positions related to Corporate Action events. These activities include revisions of communications, notifications and facilitating postings for Corporate Action or Proxy events.
• Performing in daily cash and stock security reconciliation with utilizing external, internal vendors and communication with interpersonal skills to interact with colleagues Asset managers, oversight, and stakeholders to exchange potentially complex sensitive financial data.
• Timely escalating all requests, inquiries, issues and errors. Responsible for routine operational tasks focused on administering defined procedures, analyses and report preparation, and resolving problems that require investigation or research.
• Provide critical support for a wide range of products and projects, conducting in-depth data analysis to identify process improvements and enhance operational efficiency.
• Prioritize risk mitigation by closely monitoring procedural requirements and ensuring accurate tracking and resolution of discrepancies in custodial data along with Fund Accounting.

• Developed a good understanding of products and processes, and industry practical processes also, understanding the procedures and controls required for custody account.
• Worked under limited supervision supporting an expansive array of product services in order to avoid delay which would have impact on KPI and NAV.
• Maintained and developed strong relationship with clients, addressing inquiries promptly and fostering client satisfaction through effective communication and problem solving.

• Report on financial projections (e.g. liquidity and cash flow) along with preparing weekly, monthly GRNV, Open PO, OAP reports for client and internal teams. Processing and monitoring purchase orders and supplier invoices.
• Building strong relationships and support facilities managers by dealing with any queries/information requests.
• Identifying and working collaboratively to implement improvements in team process in order to avoid delay and to reach deadlines and clients wishes. Supporting the preparation of invoices and supporting documentation to the client.

• Worked for the biggest bank and financial conglomerate of Caucasus region and successfully communicated clients, stakeholders and departments of bank. Maintained financial records for subsidiary companies by analyzing balance sheets and general ledger accounts.
• Provided training for newcomer interns on daily processes/activities and supported daily process with timely initiatives and escalations. Created, added special notes to procedures for new joiners to improve efficiency and punctuality.
• Performed daily cash reconciliation for the clients and timely provided presentations in order to eliminate doubts and questions of clients by working closely with internal departments.
• Provided financial status information by preparing process-specific reports to deliver information to stakeholders, clients and oversight.