THIAGO AQUINO
Summary
Adaptable and fast-learning professional with a strong background in business analysis, consulting and project management, across financial, technology and automotive sectors. Motivated for opportunities in challenging projects where I can continue to develop my skills and generate value.
Overview
4
4
Languages
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst
BNP Paribas
Lisbon
02.2024 - Current
- Act as a Business Analyst in projects related to internal Master Data platforms (Tibco EBX), driving business analysis, systems enhancements and continuous process improvements.
- Collaborate in Agile/Scrum team, managing sprint activities, backlog refinement and requirements using Jira.
- Gather, analyse and document business requirements, translating stakeholders' needs into clear specifications for the development team.
- Design, execute and maintain functional and regression test scenarios using ALM Octane, ensuring solution quality and system stability.
- Design and document business processes using BPMN, Confluence and other internal frameworks.
- Manage master data referential models, implementing data model changes aligned with business and customer requests.
- Conduct business and data analysis.
- Coordinate cross-functional projects as feature owner.
- Collaborate with downstream data platform owners to collect, analyse and prioritise business requirements..
Business Manager
Affinity Portugal
Lisbon
09.2022 - 01.2024
- Affinity Portugal is a consultancy firm, specialised in Technologies and Information Systems. It operates in three distinct business areas: Nearshoring, Outsourcing, Software and Product Development.
- Market prospecting and seeking new opportunities for outsourcing in Portugal and other European markets, and North America.
- Management of a team of consultants allocated to different IT projects.
- Management and monitoring of employees and customers.
- Selection and Recruitment of new employees according to existing project opportunities and customers' needs.
- Preparation of commercial proposals for both candidates/consultants and customers.
- Conducted cold calls to potential clients, followed by presentation meetings to discuss services.
- Project presentation and interviews.
Pricing Specialist
BMW Group Spain
Madrid
07.2020 - 09.2022
- Managed pricing for vehicles, services, and parts in Spanish market, validating effectiveness of pricing systems, taxes, and discounts for wholesale and retail sales.
- Conducted market and competition analysis across premium automotive segments, identifying price improvements to enhance sales volume.
- Updated vehicle master data using a mainframe-based tool to support product launches and modifications.
- Document Analysis; Data processing and entry; Creating reports on excel and using Power BI for data visualisation.
- Coordinated with product owners from AG and other European markets to ensure timely execution of product changes and information releases.
- Conducted testing in both test and production environments and verified pricing, reporting errors through Confluence.
Software Asset Manager Consultant
Accenture Portugal
10.2018 - 03.2020
- Consulting services for a banking company from Spain, use of spanish language to build and present reports throughout all the licensing management processes and to deal with customers during risk assessments, project discussions and SLA negotiations.
- Other projects included consulting Services for accenture customers from the banking and oil mining sectors.
- Analysing and understanding complex licensing business practices and helping customers to better manage their software license entitlements in current and future deployments.
- Assisted in audit processes to ensure compliance with licensing agreements.
Night Auditor / Welcome Agent
Myriad By SANA Hotels
Lisbon
05.2015 - 09.2018
- Managed invoicing, payments, and reservations across online channels and walk-ins to ensure accurate financial records and customer satisfaction.
- Selling and upselling suites, conference rooms and packages through online channels and in person for personal, corporate customers and groups.
- Engaged customers by welcoming them with adaptive language and enthusiasm, consistently surpassing expectations to enhance retention.
- Resolved complaints with empathy and effective remedy tools to restore customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Administrative tasks: cashier closing and auditing departments such as hotel, Spa, restaurant and sales revenue.
- Led night shift operations, overseeing staff and maintaining service quality. - coordinate and secure all ongoing operations during night shifts.
- Reporting directly to General Manager and Financial Controllers.
- Successfully worked for more than three years in one of the best and most awarded five-star hotels in Portugal.
Judo Teacher / Athlete
Escola de Judo Nuno Delgado
05.2013 - 01.2015
- Lessoned judo Classes for children aged from 3 to 9 years old.
- Competed in judo leagues at junior and senior levels.
- Accompanied children on weekend activities and summer camps.
Education
Certificate - Power BI Advanced User
Rumos
Lisbon01-2026
Postgraduate Degree - Data Science
ISLA
Santarém01-2024
Licentiate Degree - International Relations
ISCSP, University of Lisbon
Lisbon, PortugalSkills
- Communication and networking
- Functional and Data Analysis
- Agile methodologies
- Data analysis
- Business Process modelling
- Testing
- Project management
- Data visualisation
- SQL knowledge
- Data Modelling
- Change management
- Power BI
- Excel
- Jira
- Confluence
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Spanish
Advanced
C1
Portuguese
Proficient
C2
French
Intermediate
B1
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thiago-aquino-89289282/
Timeline
Business Analyst
BNP Paribas
02.2024 - Current
Business Manager
Affinity Portugal
09.2022 - 01.2024
Pricing Specialist
BMW Group Spain
07.2020 - 09.2022
Software Asset Manager Consultant
Accenture Portugal
10.2018 - 03.2020
Night Auditor / Welcome Agent
Myriad By SANA Hotels
05.2015 - 09.2018
Judo Teacher / Athlete
Escola de Judo Nuno Delgado
05.2013 - 01.2015
Certificate - Power BI Advanced User
Rumos
Postgraduate Degree - Data Science
ISLA
Licentiate Degree - International Relations
ISCSP, University of Lisbon