● Open to graduate & master's opportunities

Francisco Santos

Management Professional · Operations & Finance

Final-year Management student at the Polytechnic of Leiria, combining hands-on consulting experience with international project work across Portugal, Romania and Belgium. I turn operational and financial data into decisions that create value.

📍 Batalha, Portugal 🎓 Politécnico de Leiria 🗣️ Portuguese · English (C1)
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About
Business thinking, grounded in operations

I'm entering the final year of my Bachelor's in Management at the Polytechnic of Leiria, where my strongest results have been in Corporate Finance and Business Technologies. I'm now weighing master's options and seeking exposure to different business realities to sharpen that decision.

My internship at a niche management consultancy gave me a real feel for the day-to-day mechanics of running a business — accounting, vendor management, client development — while a series of international Blended Intensive Programs put me inside real companies, from a hydrogen fuel-cell manufacturer in Romania to sustainable-finance and sports-analytics challenges in Belgium.

What connects it all: I enjoy working in teams to diagnose a problem, model the numbers, and implement a solution that actually moves the needle.

16/20
Current degree average
18/20
Corporate Finance I & II
3
International programs (PT·RO·BE)
1st
Sustainable Finance challenge, Belgium
Experience & Education
Where I've been building
Management Consulting Intern · My Management Lda
Aug – Sep 2025
Six-week internship at a niche Leiria-based consultancy supporting SMEs on HR, accounting, marketing and project management. Worked alongside the project-management and accounting teams on core financial operations and business development.
Bank reconciliations Accounts payable Vendor management Client outreach
BSc Management · Politécnico de Leiria (ESTG)
Sep 2024 – present
Final-year undergraduate. Current average 16/20, with top marks in Corporate Finance I & II (18/20) and Business Technologies (18/20).
Corporate Finance 18/20 Business Technologies 18/20 Management Control & KPIs
Socio-Economic Sciences (Scientific-Humanistic) · Porto de Mós High School
Sep 2020 – Jun 2023
High-school diploma, final grade 17/20. Recognised on the Academic Merit Board in both 10th and 12th grade.
Diploma 17/20 Academic Merit Board
International Project Work
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programs
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Financial & Resources Management in International Companies

Romania · Mar 2025 · 3 weeks

One-week practical placement inside SFC Energy, a hydrogen fuel-cell manufacturer. Worked in a multinational student team to review the manufacturing production flow, identify key financial value drivers and execution gaps, and present efficiency solutions to management.

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Sustainable Finance

Belgium · Feb 2026 · 1 week

Lectures on sustainable finance and insurance, plus a team challenge evaluating a company on both financial and sustainability criteria to reach an investment decision.

🏆 1st place
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Sports Data to Actionable Insights

Belgium · Apr 2026 · 3 weeks

Built data models in Power BI from raw datasets, surfacing insights designed to be genuinely useful to athletes and their support teams.

Capabilities
What I bring to a team
Professional
Management Control & KPIs Corporate Finance Operations Management Production Management Quality Management Logistics & Stock Process Optimisation MS Excel Power BI
Ways of working
Problem solving Analytical Team player Results-oriented Self-critical Time management
Languages
PortugueseNative
EnglishC1 — certified
Certificates
  • Problem Solving with Excel — Coursera
  • Excel — Santander Open Academy
  • Understanding Financial Markets & Meeting Investor Goals — University of Geneva / Coursera
Beyond the CV
Leadership & distinctions
  • U-19 Football Captain — União Desportiva da Batalha. Leading a squad taught me accountability, team dynamics and performing under pressure.
  • 🏕️Scouts — Group 194, Batalha. Years of teamwork, planning and community responsibility.
  • 🥇Regional winner — University Economics Olympiad.
  • 🎖️Academic Merit Board — Porto de Mós High School (10th & 12th grade).
Contact
Let's talk

I'm actively exploring graduate roles and master's opportunities where I can contribute to strategy, operations and finance while continuing to learn. If that sounds like a fit, I'd love to hear from you.