Deya Velasquez Email & Phone Number

Bogotá, Bogota, Co

Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia

Responsible for internal audit for Colombian, Mexican and Uruguayan Companies: Insurance, Investment, Pensions, Fiduciary and the Holding Group, by planning and scoping reviews, meeting with key people within the business being reviewed to walk through the business and technology processes and identify the key risks and controls to be assessed, to prepare the audit testing program and assessment of the adequacy of the design and operation of the controls associated with the key risks identified. Assess the risk and impact of the issues identified on reviews, reporting to management and follow up with stakeholders on remediation of issues identified during audits.- Developed a new audit testing program for Wealth (Uruguay) and Insurance (Mexico) companies, in order to provide assurance that comply with the international and national regulations.

Bogotá/ Colombia

Advised organizations on risk assessment, fraud prevention, anti-money launderingand anti-bribery and corruption polices. Recommended appropriate riskmanagement intervention, working with process owners to evaluate all new practicesbefore their release with the aim of preventing operational risk. In addition, createnew controls, strengthen existing ones and develop action plans to address theidentified issues. Assisted with implementation of risk managementrecommendations, to contribute building the internal control and to improve theirsystems and processes.- Customized a Maturity Model for Fraud Management to different companies.I aimed to provide a tool that can help to assess the maturity of the existingFraud Management process; and assist them in developing the practice, andprogress to higher maturity levels in search of increased coverage, higherefficiency and effectiveness and delivery of better results in fighting againstFraud.- Developed risk management products; including practice assessment tools,polices and guides to help companies building a stronger Risk ManagementSystem.- Provided ad hoc advice and guidance to managers and staff at all levels, byway of delivering courses and training sessions.

Bogotá / Colombia

Provided an independent guarantee that an organisation's risk management,governance and control processes were operating effectively. This was achieved bymonitoring and evaluating how well risks are being managed, how business isrunning and if internal processes are working. Attended meetings with auditees todevelop an understanding of business processes; performed risk assessments onkey business activities and lastly using this information to guide what should becovered in audits and agree recommendations with relevant staff members to makeimprovements to operations. Prepared reports to highlight issues and problems anddistributing the reports to the relevant people.- Lead fraud’s investigation audit reducing the number of fraud cases reportedand minimize the amount of money the company lost due to fraud anddeveloping operational and technological control strategies against fraud.- Successfully advanced the creation of the internal control system andcorporate governance of the Online Sales Channel (Alkosto.com) and TravelAgency (Viajes Alkosto), facilitating effective and assuring efficient operationsby enabling the organisation to respond to its significant risks.

Bogotá/ Colombia

Ensured the smooth operation of the organization, primarily pertaining to finance, contracting, office management and general operational and working with the rest of the operations team to build out key organizational structures and procedures.• Developed and controlled the operating cash flow by making a weekly projection, determining excesses or defects of cash with the financial sector.• Recovery of the portfolio with more than one year of delinquency, improving the cash flow of the Company.

Bogotá

Elaboré y manejé las bases de datos y archivos estadísticos necesarios para el análisis de información y toma de decisiones en la negociación del TLC por parte de la presidencia de la República.Redacté informes y documentos resumen para la publicación interna del Ministerio de Comercio.Realice además un estudio de investigación sobre el impacto de las negociaciones del TLC para diferentes departamentos de Colombia.