Senior Finance Applications Support & Project Coordinator

Drive financial technology forward — coordinate critical applications, accelerate delivery, and keep banking operations running smoothly.

Porto-based opportunity with a hybrid work model, including up to 4 remote days per week.

As a Senior Finance Applications Support & Project Coordinator, you will be working for our client, a leading banking group. You will support the applications used by Finance departments, coordinating projects, enhancements, releases, and day-to-day operations. Your expertise will help ensure reliable financial processes, smooth closing periods, and continuous improvements across critical banking systems.

Your main responsibilities:

• Coordinate projects, enhancements, and releases for financial applications.
• Manage tickets, backlogs, and reporting in Jira.
• Maintain accurate application documentation in Confluence.
• Coordinate incidents during month-end and year-end closing periods, keeping users and stakeholders informed.
• Analyse application and batch logs to support technical diagnosis with development teams.
• Ensure compliance with change management, audit, and control processes.
• Coordinate the full UAT → QUALIF → PROD cycle and obtain sign-off from Finance teams.

You're ideal for this role if you have:

• 6–9 years of experience in application support, project coordination, or financial IT.
• Experience working in banking or financial IT environments.
• Strong knowledge of Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with DevOps tools and the ability to read logs and code.
• Familiarity with Java, Python, and shell scripting.
• A good overview of IT and knowledge of ITIL.
• An organised, proactive, and rigorous approach to your work.

It is a strong plus if you have:

• Knowledge of financial processes, including month-end closing and regulatory reporting.
• Experience with Control-M or similar scheduling tools.
• Experience with monitoring solutions.
• ITIL, PMP, or Agile certifications.
• Knowledge of French.

Language Required for the role: Fluent English and Portuguese are mandatory.

Eligibility for the role: Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.

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