Adrian Romero is a Director in the Process Risk Consulting practice. He has experience providing large consumer products, industrials, and real estate clients with Sarbanes Oxley readiness, public company preparations, internal audit, data analytics, enterprise risk management and management consulting services. With a high degree of client contact, Adrian has a great amount of experience working with international firms and international business units for clients spanning all major continents.

• Capital Markets Readiness: Awareness, education and practical support in standing up of business functions and team members given a shift in requirements – compliance, SOX, cybersecurity, privacy, ESG and technical accounting.
• Internal Audit: Completing risk assessment interviews and data analysis to identify and prioritize risks which lead directly into scoping, developing and executing internal audit plans. Adrian has lead and assisted walkthroughs, test of design, and test of effectiveness over countless Internal Audit engagements including, but not limited to: Supply Agreement, Construction, ESG, Accounting & Back Office, Plant Operations, Inventory Management, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Vendor Management, Gross Margin, Cash Management, Human Resources.
• Sarbanes-Oxley: Planning and leading SOX implementation projects, full SOX year activities, and control rationalization projects - in alignment with industry standards and COSO guidance. Collaborative communication with external auditors has played a significant part of Adrian’s career. Through these experiences, Adrian also recommends management improvements to remediate design gaps and operating effectiveness deficiencies.
• Data Analytics: Utilization of tableau, power BI and other data visualization software to assist in risk scoring for targeted sampling during audits, pivoting risk priorities and analyzing trends during continuous monitoring activities, and providing feedback to management on inefficiencies or potential inaccuracies within back office practices.
• Business Process Improvement: Identifying inefficiencies and process improvements that can increase performance and business results. Examples include working with supply chain management consulting teams to understand production processes, demand planning, and logistics improvements which can directly result in better operational results.

• Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
• Bachelor’s in Risk Management and Insurance
• Fluent in English and Conversational in Spanish
• President, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Miami
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• University Accredited and Certified Risk Manager (CRM)