About COFRA Holding AG

COFRA Holding AG is a family-owned group, headquartered in Switzerland, with operations in Europe, the Americas and Asia. COFRA has a diverse portfolio of investment businesses in private equity (Bregal Investments), real estate (Redevco) and asset management (Anthos Fund & Asset Management). Businesses and investments are also held in retail, clean energy and sustainable food. Through business, COFRA strives to be a force for good in the world – a mission that began over 180 years ago. Today, we actively direct our expertise, energy and capital into businesses and investments that we believe have the potential to create superior value.

Think about Digital Applications differently and make a real impact

A welcoming and supportive setting where you can develop and make a real difference in the world – that’s what you’ll find at COFRA. We’re a family business, geared to creating lasting value and united by an ambition to change industries and society for the better. Aspiration and entrepreneurism are encouraged and rewarded with opportunity. Teams are diverse yet close-knit. Relationships matter. People matter.

What we can achieve together

One of our greatest strengths is our people: talented, dedicated professionals who are true experts in their field, committed to the pursuit of excellence and open to new opportunities and ways of capturing them.

We're looking for an experienced Digital Application Owner to join our COFRA team in Porto. You will join a multi-generational family business with a commitment to achieve systemic change across Liveable Cities, Responsible Capital, Clean Energy and Sustainable Food together with our management teams and mission-aligned external partners.

About the role

The Digital Application Owner for Core Finance Platforms (D365 F&O, OneStream, Concur, ExFlow) is responsible for the end‑to‑end governance, configuration, and performance of the Group’s core financial applications. This role ensures that these platforms operate as a unified, scalable, secure, and well‑integrated ecosystem, fully aligned with the Group’s business objectives and IT/Technology Operating Model, including shared standards for technology, data, and processes.

Acting as the functional product owner for all finance‑related digital applications, the role is accountable for defining and maintaining shared templates, managing enhancement roadmaps, governing change and release cycles, and driving business adoption across all entities.

A key strategic aspect of the role is orchestrating effective collaboration between internal teams and an external delivery partner to ensure high‑quality delivery, reliable support, and continuous improvement of the finance application landscape.

Key responsibilities include:

• Govern the Group’s core finance applications (D365 F&O, OneStream, Concur) as a unified ecosystem, ensuring full alignment with the Group Finance Operating Model.
• Define, maintain, and enforce global templates, configuration standards, workflows, data models, and integration rules across all entities.
• Own and manage the application roadmap, enhancement pipeline, and development backlog, prioritising initiatives based on business value, standardisation benefits, and risk mitigation.
• Lead the design, governance, and optimisation of end‑to‑end integrations between finance platforms, analytics environments, and shared Group systems.
• Establish, monitor, and report KPIs related to platform performance, user adoption, data quality, and operational stability.
• Ensure all core finance applications comply with Group governance frameworks, audit requirements, and security‑by‑design principles in close collaboration with Group IT and Information Security.
• Coordinate with the Data & Digital Hub to embed cross‑platform automation, reusable components, and shared digital services.
• Manage and steer external implementation and support partners, ensuring high‑quality delivery, SLA compliance, and cost transparency.
• Lead structured release management activities, including sprint planning, user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and deployment across all platforms.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying process inefficiencies, user pain points, and automation opportunities, translating them into actionable platform enhancements.
• Oversee incident management, issue resolution, and root‑cause analysis in collaboration with vendors and external partners.
• Maintain comprehensive platform documentation, configuration records, and knowledge repositories to ensure long‑term sustainability.
• Provide training materials, onboarding support, and functional guidance to super‑users, finance users, and local application owners.
• Act as the primary escalation point for cross‑system and cross‑entity issues, coordinating resolution with relevant stakeholders and partners.
• High proficiency in Power Apps.
• High proficiency in Power BI.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IT landscapes, including hardware platforms, software applications, and service delivery models.
• Advanced knowledge of IT project and portfolio management.
• High proficiency in modern technology platforms (e.g. Azure, Microsoft 365, related cloud services).
• Proven ability to translate business processes and requirements into technical specifications and solution designs.
• Strong technical aptitude and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to manage complex platforms, integrations, and operational risks.

What You Bring

• 3–6 years of relevant professional experience in enterprise finance platforms and business systems.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Deep platform expertise across D365 Finance & Operations, OneStream (consolidation & planning) and Concur (Travel & Expense).
• Strong understanding of finance processes, including consolidation, budgeting and forecasting, general ledger, AP/AR, project accounting, procurement, and T&E policies and compliance.
• Proven solution design and integration capability, with hands-on experience in Azure-based integrations, Power Platform, APIs, data pipelines and workflow automation.
• Solid data governance awareness, covering master data management, financial hierarchies, dimensional modelling, data controls and consistency across entities.
• Change management and adoption leadership, ensuring cross-entity alignment and consistent use of finance platforms and processes.
• Experience managing vendors and external partners, ensuring delivery quality, SLA compliance and cost transparency.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, working closely with Finance, Group IT, Data Governance, Procurement, HR and local entity teams.
• Structured delivery and lifecycle governance expertise, including sprint planning, UAT coordination, release management, documentation and risk mitigation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex cross-platform issues and drive continuous improvement.
• English (required).

What we offer you in return

The opportunity itself is a great way to have a direct impact on the Group and realize potential across a multitude of areas.

COFRA offers notable benefits. Also, training and development is provided to all COFRA employees.

COFRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disability. None of this gets in the way of hiring and retaining the best people.

Product Owner wanted to join our Business Consultancy team in Portugal.

Hybrid working - Lisbon or Porto 

The opportunity:

As one of our Product Owners you'll play a key role to maximise the value the product team creates by defining the roadmap, priorities and business outcomes. You will take a lead role in project(s), managing and developing the agile methodology within one of our leading clients. 

What you’ll get to do:

Product Backlog Management:  

• Translate product vision into actionable backlogs for 1-2 development teams, optimising resource utilisation and ensuring clear organisation to deliver value.
• Maintain a product backlog through grooming and prioritisation of tasks, ensuring visibility and transparency.
• Define and classify Epics and user stories with clear goals and acceptance criteria 

User Research & Validation: 

• Make use of available data and sources to inform user stories and validate hypotheses through user feedback and testing. 

Agile & Scrum Participation: 

• Actively participate in Scrum ceremonies, serving as a "customer proxy" to reflect business needs and accept completed user stories. 

Stakeholder Communication & Management: 

• Effectively manage direct stakeholder groups, validating client feedback, resolving issues, and providing progress updates.
• Interface with VML or other delivery teams as required. 

Product Performance & Data Analysis: 

• Actively use product metrics to support backlog prioritisation and seek data to make informed decisions. 
• Utilise both quantitative & qualitative measures to monitor overall and feature-level product performance, leveraging web analytics and SEO tools for actionable insights. 
• Ensure data coverage & integrity is a part of the process. 

Strategic Alignment: 

• Drive and champion the long, medium and short-term vision for the product, aligning with the overarching business strategy and collaborating effectively with other teams. 
• Support product strategy and align team value to the product strategy. 

Collaboration & Support: 

• Work closely with and support other Product Managers and Senior Product Managers, contributing to team success and knowledge sharing. 

Business Acumen: 

• Focus on product viability and success, articulating business benefits, tracking value delivered, and using insights for prioritisation. 

What you should have:

Practitioner/Consulting Knowledge: 

• Demonstrated ability to deliver tactical, detail-oriented enhancements with a near-term focus. 
• Proficiency in analytical skills, communication, collaboration, technical knowledge, Agile methodologies, and product processes. 
• Proficient in using AI-powered tools to accelerate discovery, backlog refinement, documentation, analysis, and decision-making within product teams. 

Technical Curiosity/Domain Expertise: 

• Ability to translate customer requirements into technology delivery and produce user stories ready for development. 
• Engage in technical and customer experience discussions, ask probing questions to drive better solutions, and understand customer expectations of the product. 
• Prior experience in the automotive industry, large-scale enterprise websites, or digital products for the European market is highly advantageous. 

Product Management Skills: 

• Customer Focus: Dedicated to understanding, anticipating, and exceeding customer needs while effectively managing stakeholders.
• Data-Driven: Proficient in using product metrics, seeking data for decision-making, and monitoring product performance. Demonstrated experience with web analytics platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics) and SEO tools (e.g., SEMrush, Ahrefs) to derive actionable insights.
• Product Process: Adaptable to all stages of the product lifecycle, prioritising value over output.
• Strategic Vision: Capable of driving and championing product vision, supporting strategy development, and aligning team efforts. 

Business Landscape Awareness 

• Developing awareness of key VML ES business services and insights. 

Engagement Scale & Complexity: 

• Experience managing work flowing into 1-2 teams or 1 large cross functional team, ideally within a complex, multi-market digital product environment.  

Bonus points if you have:

• Certified Scrum Product Owner
• Scrum master qualification 

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Permanent only:
We offer a great benefits package including  training opportunities, medical insurance, Dental insurance, Meal cards, social events, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

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