FP&A Coordinator

ManpowerGroup; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Employee well-being initiatives

Corporate discounts

Job summary

ManpowerGroup GBS Portugal is seeking an FP&A Coordinator to drive day-to-day FP&A activities across regions, combining team coordination with hands-on financial planning, forecasting, and reporting. The role requires strong Excel skills, analytical capability, and proven experience in budgeting and variance analysis.

You will support process standardization, continuous improvement, and transitions into the GBS framework, while coordinating a small team and maintaining strong relationships with

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of FP&A or related finance experience.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting experience.
• Advanced Excel and analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and month-end FP&A activities.
• Act as first point of escalation for operational issues impacting service delivery.
• Consolidate financial information for planning and forecasting cycles; ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Perform and review financial reporting, variance analysis, and data validation.
• Identify drivers of variances and highlight risks and opportunities to stakeholders.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and reporting requests from FP&A teams across regions.
• Ensure high-quality outputs within deadlines and service levels.
• Drive process standardization and continuous improvement across regions.
• Support transitions of FP&A activities into GBS and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Communication

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Tools

Oracle

Power BI

Job description

The FP&A Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day delivery of FP&A activities performed within the Global Business Services (GBS) organization. The role acts as the primary operational contact for assigned regions and stakeholders, ensuring services are delivered accurately, timely, and in accordance with global standards and agreed service levels.

The FP&A Coordinator combines team coordination responsibilities with hands-on execution of FP&A processes, supporting planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis activities. The role drives operational excellence through process standardization, continuous improvement, knowledge management, and support of transition initiatives.

Responsabilities:

FP&A Service Delivery

• Coordinate the timely delivery of budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and month-end FP&A activities in accordance with global timelines and requirements.
• Act as the first point of escalation for operational issues impacting service delivery.
• Support planning and forecasting cycles by consolidating financial information and ensuring completeness and accuracy of submissions
• Perform and review financial reporting, variance analysis, management reporting, and data validation activities.
• Analyse financial results and identify key drivers of variances, highlighting risks and opportunities to relevant stakeholders.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and reporting requests from global/regional/country FP&A teams.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality outputs within agreed deadlines and service levels.

Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Drive process standardization and harmonization across supported regions.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, data quality, and reporting effectiveness.
• Maintain work instructions and process documentation.
• Support transitions of FP&A activities into GBS, including knowledge transfer and stabilization activities.
• Promote a continuous improvement mindset across the team.

Leadership and team coordination

• Coordinate operational activities and workload distribution across the FP&A team.
• Monitor deadlines, priorities, and service delivery commitments.
• Provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, and support to team members.
• Support onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing activities, including proper documentation.
• Ensure appropriate backup coverage and cross-training within the team.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment.
• Build effective working relationships with FP&A teams, Finance Business Partners, and other finance stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted operational contact for supported regions.
• Ensure clear and proactive communication regarding deliverables, issues, risks, and priorities.
• Support alignment with Global FP&A standards and governance.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in FP&A, Financial Controlling, Management Reporting or related finance functions.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and financial analysis processes.
• Experience coordinating small teams or acting as a senior subject matter expert.
• Comfortable managing operational decisions and driving the regional GBS’s strategic direction.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capabilities.
• Ability to interpret and communicate financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience with Oracle, Power BI, and other financial reporting tools.

Grow Your Career with ManpowerGroup GBS

At ManpowerGroup Global Business Services (GBS) Portugal, we foster a collaborative, inclusive, and people-centric environment where employees are encouraged to grow, innovate, and make an impact. We value flexibility and support a healthy work-life balance through our hybrid working model, enabling employees to combine office-based collaboration with remote working, in line with company policy.

Located at the Lionesa Business Hub, our offices provide a modern and inspiring workplace with excellent facilities, accessibility, and a vibrant business community.

We believe in empowering our people by promoting ownership, continuous learning, and open communication. Our teams work in a supportive and international environment where knowledge sharing, teamwork, and professional development are highly valued.

In addition, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, including Health Insurance, employee well-being initiatives, and a range of discounts and advantages through our corporate partnerships.

ManpowerGroup GBS Portugal is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employment decisions—including recruitment, development, compensation, and promotion—are based on qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs.

About ManpowerGroup GBS

ManpowerGroup Global Business Services (GBS) Portugal is a strategic global hub delivering high-quality business services and operational excellence to ManpowerGroup Europe entities. Operating from Porto, GBS supports business functions through expertise in Finance and other corporate services.

As part of ManpowerGroup, a global leader in workforce solutions operating across dozens of countries, GBS plays a key role in driving efficiency, innovation, standardization, and continuous improvement across the organization. Through a combination of talented professionals, digital solutions, and a customer-focused mindset, ManpowerGroup GBS helps enable sustainable business growth while creating meaningful career opportunities for its people.

A Brighter Future is Humanly Possible

At ManpowerGroup, we believe meaningful, sustainable employment has the power to change the world. Because when you combine talented people with innovative companies, you can build a brighter future for everyone.