Mirjana Živanović Opačić
Head of Fraud Prevention Office @ Banca Intesa Beograd
Mirjana Živanović Opačić is an experienced licenced Audit Professional with demonstrated history of working internationaly in wide range of industries, but specilised in particular within financial services. Skilled in Internal Audit, Fraud Investigations and Fraud Prevention and Internal Control Enviroment Redesign.
Currently working as Head of Fraud Prevention Office, within Security Department of Banca Intesa.
Previously, for more than a decade, working as a Head of the Internal audit Departments of ProcreditBank, VolksBank and SberBank in Serbia, leading teams in charge for both mandatory compliance audits, as well as being in charge for forensics and internal fraud investigations.
Experience towards internal audit and fraud prevention was influenced in majority by working for Big 4 external audit companies in the past.
Graduated from Economics Faculty Belgrade, degree of ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) obtained while working in PricewaterhouseCoopers Belgrade Office.
Being engaged as an external auditor during a process of banking privatisation in ex Yugoslavia, participating in various mergers and acquisitions in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia in financial services and other industries, covering as far as NGO sector. Also following through deutsche mark conversion to euro within Central Bank of Montenegro.
Some of the clients from portfolio, besides banks, included Coca-Cola, KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines, British American Tobacco, Nestle, Cement Factory Kosjerić, Marbo, Heidelberg, SBB cable TV, Avon Cosmetics and many other.
Being part of a Ernst & Young Sydney, Australia Financial Services Office team and auditing financial statements of global banks, asset management funds, trusts and companies of different industries was global experience gained as an external auditor.
Some of clients from portfolio included: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, UBS Bank, AMP Bank, Rabobank Ltd Australia and Rabobank New Zealand, CITCO Funds (hedge funds), Perpetual Trustees (Private Pensions, Superannuation Funds), Buka mining and many other.
Global experience with another Big 4 added to previous regional experience and assisted in grasping wide knowledge from larger markets with developed stock exchange and more agile business models corresponding to today’s digital trends.
Currently working as Head of Fraud Prevention Office, within Security Department of Banca Intesa.
Previously, for more than a decade, working as a Head of the Internal audit Departments of ProcreditBank, VolksBank and SberBank in Serbia, leading teams in charge for both mandatory compliance audits, as well as being in charge for forensics and internal fraud investigations.
Experience towards internal audit and fraud prevention was influenced in majority by working for Big 4 external audit companies in the past.
Graduated from Economics Faculty Belgrade, degree of ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) obtained while working in PricewaterhouseCoopers Belgrade Office.
Being engaged as an external auditor during a process of banking privatisation in ex Yugoslavia, participating in various mergers and acquisitions in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia in financial services and other industries, covering as far as NGO sector. Also following through deutsche mark conversion to euro within Central Bank of Montenegro.
Some of the clients from portfolio, besides banks, included Coca-Cola, KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines, British American Tobacco, Nestle, Cement Factory Kosjerić, Marbo, Heidelberg, SBB cable TV, Avon Cosmetics and many other.
Being part of a Ernst & Young Sydney, Australia Financial Services Office team and auditing financial statements of global banks, asset management funds, trusts and companies of different industries was global experience gained as an external auditor.
Some of clients from portfolio included: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, UBS Bank, AMP Bank, Rabobank Ltd Australia and Rabobank New Zealand, CITCO Funds (hedge funds), Perpetual Trustees (Private Pensions, Superannuation Funds), Buka mining and many other.
Global experience with another Big 4 added to previous regional experience and assisted in grasping wide knowledge from larger markets with developed stock exchange and more agile business models corresponding to today’s digital trends.