DIEGO CÁRDENAS
Industrial Engineer / MBA
About me
Master in Business Administration (MBA),
professional in industrial engineering, Specialist
in Business Management, candidate for
Specialist in Finance and diploma in Project
Management oriented to strategic planning with
a PMP approach.
Nine years of experience in auditing and
advisory services in internal control projects,
diagnosis, optimization and process
architecture through BPM methodologies,
outsourcing projects and internal co-sourcing
audit, compliance assistance from Sarbanes
Oxley Act (SOX ), implementation projects and
advice on business risk management (COSO
ERM), corporate governance and business
process reengineering, evaluation of internal
control systems and information governance,
focused on results under critical thinking
through innovation, attitude of service,
commitment and proactivity.
Contact me
+(57) - 3165815810
Bogotá - Colombia
7iegocardenas@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-cárdenas/
email
Skills
Problems Solution
Logical Thinking
Creativity
Teamwork
Negociation
Service orientation
Professional Career
Sodexo S.A.S | Internal Control Senior Chief
Nov – 2018 / Ene 2020
• Definition of strategy for the execution of the annual corporate audit plan.
• Identification, valuation and mitigation of risks in Core processes - lifting of
processes to generate opportunities for improvement.
• Gap identification and support in control design.
• Monitoring of action plans and compliance indicators / KPIs, KRIs
• Evaluation of the internal control system / Reference framework COSO ERM.
• Government Information Evaluation, SARGLAFT and SARO systems - Field
audits.
• Execution of high impact meetings - CEO, CFO and managers; Sample of results
obtained and controls evaluated.
KPMG | Staff – Risk and Compliance Auditor
Sept - 2016 / Oct - 2018
• Compliance with the internal audit function - Evaluation of the SCI in companies
in the Oil and Gas, financial and production sector.
• Alignment of strategic organizational plan to inherent and emerging risks.
• Monitoring of action plans and diagnosis of the SARM, SARiC, SARL, SARLAFT
and SARO systems.
• Identification and assessment of strategic and financial risks for compliance with
the SOX - 404 law of listed companies in NYSE. Measurement of appetite and
risk tolerance: quantification of the impact and probability of materialization.
• Implementation of a proposal for data and analysis as an enabler for the internal
audit, corporate and information governance function - RPA offer deployment.
DIRECTV Latam | Process Analyst
Sept - 2015 / Abr - 2016
•SALLE DEoptimization
Update, SPORT and monitoring of compliance with business processes and
information governance.
• Application of BPM methodologies to guarantee the quality, traceability and
standardization of information to mitigate operational risks.
• Identification of gaps in risk management to maintain and increase financial
results.
• Alignment of operational processes to the strategic plan of the organization.
Cencosud S.A | Risk and Compliance Professional (SOX)
Jul - 2012 / Ago - 2015
• Documentation and updating of procedures to ensure the Government of
Information and implementation of financial ERP applications.
• Establishment of metrics for control of efficacy indicators in Core processes, under
BPM methodologies and continuous improvement, using mathematical models.
• Identification and assessment of strategic and financial risks for compliance with
SOX - 404 law - Support in Carrefour transition to Cencosud.
• Measurement and assessment of probability and impact of risk materialization,
monitoring of action plans and development of high-impact meetings - Testing
results.
Luxottica (GMO Optics) | Internal Audit Analyst
Ene – 2011 / Jun – 2011 (Práctica Empresarial)
• Documentation and diagramming of Core processes for recognition of gaps and
operational and financial risks.
• Preparation of physical inventory shots and report of news to Management.
 Education Hobbies
MBA / Universidad Santo Tomas
Mar - 2020
Degree Option - International Seminar on Innovation and Strategy –
- Feb. 2018 Music Reading Sports
Universidad de LIMA - Perú

Finance Specialist / Universidad Santo Tomás

In Course – 2020
Photograpy Travel
- Feb. 2018
Hight Managmenet Specialist / Universidad Santo
Tomás
Jul - 2017

- Feb. 2018
Industrial Engineer / Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería
“Julio Garavito”
Oct - 2011 Languages
- Feb. 2018
Spanish: Native
ID
English: B1

Other Studies
Project Managment Diploma /
Universidad EAN
Jun - 2015

- Feb. 2018

Publications
Master thesis / Risk-based Strategy -
Evaluation of the Internal control
system in Sodexo S.A.S
Jan - 2020

- Feb. 2018Enero

Co-author: Book "Modern Management

of Wages and Incentives"– System of
remuneration for competences and
variable compensation in organizations.
Oct - 2011

- Feb. 2018Enero