Vuk Kijanovic · Belgrade, Serbia

A banking career built on
regulatory firsts.

Head of Controlling & Reporting at ProCredit Bank. 14+ years across controlling, market & liquidity risk, ALM, treasury and AI governance — repeatedly the person banks call when something has to be done for the first time.

Vuk Kijanovic
14+Years in banking & finance
3Markets · Serbia · UAE · GCC region
30+Models under governance
5Signature builds & firsts
Signature achievements

Things I did first

Regulation arrives; someone has to turn it into a working framework before anyone else has a template. That has been my role, five times over.

First · LCR

First local LCR reporting to the National Bank of Serbia

Established the bank's first local Liquidity Coverage Ratio reporting framework, alongside its first IRRBB report set aligned with EBA guidelines.

Eurobank Serbia · Market & Liquidity Risk Expert
First · NSFR & IRRBB

First NSFR under new NBS regulation

Implemented the bank's first Net Stable Funding Ratio under the new NBS framework and rolled out the new NBS IRRBB regulation — while supporting the merger with AIK Bank.

Eurobank Serbia · Head of Market & Liquidity Risk
Pioneer · AI Risk

EU AI Act governance in Serbian banking

Among the first in the market to design AI project categorisation under the EU AI Act and run conformity assessments for high-risk AI systems, with explainability and bias testing built in.

AIK Bank · Head of Model Risk (Financial & AI Models)
Building · Real-time

Near-real-time self-service reporting

Replacing static monthly reporting with a self-service analytics platform: business lines get on-demand performance data. View live demo → (dummy data)

ProCredit Bank · Head of Controlling & Reporting
Built · PCB Controlling Suite

Budgeting & forecasting suite with automatic variance flags

An integrated template for budgeting, forecasting and performance tracking that automatically flags variances against plan and feeds structured variance analysis — turning monitoring into an exception-based process.

ProCredit Bank · Head of Controlling & Reporting
Career

From the dealing room to the leadership table

Treasury dealer → risk expert → Big Four consultant in the Gulf → head of risk functions → head of controlling. Each step widened the lens.

Jul 2026 – Present

Head of Controlling & Reporting

ProCredit Bank, Serbia

Leading budgeting & forecasting, cost control, MIS, business partnering, ECB & NBS regulatory reporting, and data governance. Building a near-real-time self-service platform and a new decision-making framework for the bank.

FP&AECB / NBS ReportingData GovernanceSelf-Service Analytics
Apr 2025 – Jun 2026

Head of Model Risk — Financial & AI Models

AIK Bank (formerly Eurobank), Serbia

Model risk framework for 30+ models across market, liquidity, credit and ESG risk. Pioneered AI risk governance: EU AI Act categorisation, high-risk conformity assessments, explainability and bias testing, human-in-the-loop controls.

Model RiskEU AI ActAI Validation
Mar 2024 – Apr 2025

Head of Market & Liquidity Risk

Eurobank, Serbia

End-to-end ownership of market risk, liquidity controls and IRRBB. First NSFR under new NBS regulation, new NBS IRRBB framework, ICAAP and stress testing — and risk-side support for the merger with AIK Bank.

NSFRIRRBBICAAPM&A Integration
Nov 2020 – Mar 2024

Manager, Financial Services Risk Management

EY, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Led risk and ALM engagements for UAE/GCC banks: IBOR/RFR transition, PD/LGD model validation, ALM/FTP enhancements, CBUAE examination support and Islamic banking risk advisory.

IBOR TransitionALM / FTPCBUAE
Dec 2016 – Nov 2020

Market & Liquidity Risk Expert

Eurobank, Serbia

VaR, sensitivities, limits and stress scenarios across trading and banking books. First local LCR reporting to the NBS and first EBA-aligned IRRBB report set; built risk-reporting tools used for management decisions.

LCRIRRBB / EBAStress Testing
Apr 2015 – Apr 2016

Investment Analyst & Risk Manager

Generali Insurance Serbia · Generali Voluntary Pension Fund

Identified and analysed investment opportunities for the placement of insurance premiums. In parallel, served as risk manager for the Generali voluntary pension fund — calculating the investment unit value and VaR across all asset classes in the portfolio.

Investment AnalysisUnit ValueVaR
Feb 2015 – Dec 2016

Assistant Lecturer

Alfa University, Belgrade

Taught Financial Markets, Capital Markets, Public Finance and Macroeconomics.

Financial MarketsCapital MarketsPublic FinanceMacroeconomics
Mar 2012 – Feb 2015

Treasury FX & Money Market Dealer

ProCredit Bank, Serbia

Executed FX and money market trades to manage liquidity and currency exposures; handled FX swaps, IR swaps and forwards, and prepared ALCO reporting for hedging, funding and interest-rate positioning. Eleven years later — back at the same bank, now leading Controlling & Reporting.

TreasuryDerivativesALCO
Mar 2011 – Mar 2012

Program Support Officer

Ministry of Economy, Serbia

Worked on the European Union's IPA IV pre-accession funds — supporting programme implementation and coordination with EU institutions.

EU IPA IVPre-accession Funds
Expertise

What I bring to the table

Controlling & FP&A

Budgeting & forecasting, cost control, MIS, business partnering, variance analysis with real-time flags, ECB & NBS regulatory reporting.

Market & Liquidity Risk

VaR, sensitivities, FX and rates, liquidity controls, LCR/NSFR, stress testing and scenario analysis, early-warning indicators.

ALM, IRRBB & Treasury

EVE/NII, FTP, funding strategy, balance-sheet risk, hands-on dealing background in FX and money markets.

Regulatory Frameworks

Basel III, ICAAP/ILAAP, EBA guidelines, NBS regulation, CBUAE supervision, IBOR/RFR transition.

Model Risk & AI Governance

Validation of financial and AI models, EU AI Act compliance, explainability, bias testing, human-in-the-loop controls. Certified AI Manager (ISO/IEC 17024).

Data & Decision Systems

Data governance with data stewards, self-service analytics, near-real-time reporting — turning data into decisions, not documents.

Currently building

Reporting that thinks in real time

Self-service finance at ProCredit Bank

Most banks still make decisions from last month's PDF. I'm building the alternative: a near-real-time platform where business lines pull their own performance data, budgets carry live variance flags, and management decisions are made on today's numbers — not last month's.

It sits on solid foundations: ECB and NBS reporting discipline, data governance run by dedicated data stewards, the PCB Controlling Suite for budgeting and forecasting with automatic variance flagging, and a controlling team repositioned as a business partner rather than a report factory.

Near-real-time MISSelf-service analyticsReal-time budget flagsData stewardshipBusiness partnering

Open the live demo (dummy data)

Credentials

Education & certifications

MBAUniversity of Wales, London
BSc Banking — Top of ClassBK University, Belgrade
Certified AI ManagerISO/IEC 17024
CFA Level ICFA Institute

Languages: English (fluent) · Spanish (upper-intermediate) · Serbian (native)