Digital Application Owner

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.