Data science · Fintech · Madrid

FranciscoCordeiro Batista

Data science, applied to finance.

Data scientist by training, working in fintech. Currently an analyst at Finsolutia in Madrid, on the investor advisory side of the NPL and REO markets. Before that, BI and analytics for an Amazon-seller intelligence platform, and sales analytics at NetJets Europe.

Selected work Say hello

LinkedIn GitHub

$5M+
Revenue discrepancies surfaced as a sales analyst
10h+
A week of manual reconciliation automated away
20/20
Top mark, Big Data Analytics, NOVA IMS
3
Working languages: PT · ES · EN

01/Experience

Now, and how I got here.

NowAug 2026 – presentMadrid
Advisory Analyst
Finsolutia
Analyst on the investor advisory team, covering NPL and REO portfolio acquisitions by private-equity funds and financial institutions.
- Financial, real-estate and legal due diligence on portfolio acquisitions
- Proprietary valuation benchmarks: DCF and risk/return modelling
- Support through deal negotiation
- Analysis workflows automated in Python
Mar – Jun 2026Madrid
BI & Analytics
Brainy Commerce
Owned the analytics and reporting layer of BAIP, the Brainy Amazon Intelligence Platform.
- Primary contact between commercial teams and data across EU, US and Gulf accounts
- Power BI dashboards and data models: sales, competitive positioning, seasonal trends
- Worked directly with founders and board on pricing strategy and new products
- Product intelligence: benchmarking and feature prioritisation
Jul – Oct 2024Lisbon
Sales Analyst, Sales & Strategy
NetJets Europe
Forensic and operational analytics for the Sales & Strategy team.
- Identified and quantified over $5M in revenue discrepancies; escalated to senior stakeholders
- Automated the inventory reconciliation pipeline (SQL, Python, Tableau): manual load down 25%, 10+ hours a week
- Built a client-segmentation platform for targeted campaigns
- SQL and Salesforce deep-dives; executive presentations

Earlier

Oct 2023 – Oct 2024
Co-founder & CMONOVAeCo-founded NOVA IMS's entrepreneurship hub: 20+ founding members, strategic vision and governance.
Jul 2023 – Jun 2024
Computer Science InstructorHappy Code PortugalPython and algorithms curriculum for 50+ students.
Sep 2022 – Sep 2023
Curricular Unit DirectorColégio São Francisco XavierDirected the school's computing curriculum.

02/Selected work

Selected work.

The master's thesis first, then finance cases and the data engineering underneath.

018.5/10

Master's thesis · Business plan

Compliance.AI: a business plan for EU AI Act compliance in SMEs

A B2B SaaS to get European SMEs through the EU AI Act. Full business plan: market entry, competitive positioning, operations, and five-year financials.

UC3M · Master in Management · June 2026|EU AI Act · RegTech · SaaS · Porter · VRIO · Financial plan

Thesis page Report (PDF)

02Final project

International finance

BID: which currency to borrow in

Which currency should a development bank borrow in? Parity conditions tested on 118 months of data; a rules-based hedging answer.

UC3M · International Finance|Fisher effect · PPP · IRP · Forward hedging · Currency risk

Full write-up Report (PDF)

03Distinction

Econometrics

Bank branch profitability

What drives a branch's ordinary margin: OLS with best-subset selection in R, multicollinearity handled with VIF.

UC3M · Quantitative Methods|R · Econometrics · OLS · Banking

Full write-up Report (PDF)

04Final project

Corporate strategy

Volkswagen Group 2030

A turnaround thesis for VW against Tesla and BYD: close the software gap, defend the mass market with a sub-€25k EV.

UC3M · Strategy|PESTLE · VRIO · TOWS · Financial modelling · Automotive

Report (PDF)

0520/20

Data engineering

Big data on Databricks

Traffic prediction and Spotify playlist analysis on Databricks: Spark MLlib and GraphFrames at scale.

NOVA IMS · Big Data|Spark · Databricks · MLlib · GraphFrames · Python

GitHub Notebook: traffic Notebook: Spotify

03/In their words

In their words.

One of his key strengths is his ability to learn quickly, an important skill in the fragmented private jet industry.

ManagerNetJets EuropeFrom a recommendation letter

If I must describe him in two words, I will say without doubt: talented and dedicated.

Professor of AI and Big Data StorageNOVA Information Management SchoolFrom a recommendation letter

Everything seemed to come quite naturally in the case of Francisco.

Professor of AI and Big Data StorageNOVA Information Management SchoolFrom a recommendation letter

04/Credentials

Two schools, one toolkit.

2025 – 2026Madrid
Master in Management
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Focus: International Management. Thesis: Compliance.AI, a SaaS business plan for EU AI Act compliance in European SMEs (8.5/10).
2022 – 2025Lisbon
BSc in Data Science
NOVA Information Management School
Statistics, machine learning, econometrics. Co-founded NOVAe, the school's entrepreneurship hub.

Certifications & memberships

CFA Society Spain, member
DELE C1, Español
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Academia de Empreendedorismo

Honours & publication

Prémio de Incentivo à Excelência Académica
PublicationO mapa do terror das FP-25 de Abril

Toolkit

Finance: Private equity · DCF & risk/return modelling · Due diligence · Financial statement analysis · Econometrics · Excel modelling
Data: Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) · SQL · R · Power BI · Tableau · Celonis · SAS

Languages

Portuguese, native
Spanish, bilingual (DELE C1)
English, professional

05/Off the desk

Off the desk.

Saxophone

Press play. Yes, that is me.

The parts of the week that are not spreadsheets. Saxophone since school, MMA and no-gi jiu-jitsu now, rugby before all of it.

Saxophone: Still practising. The clip is me; press play.
MMA & No-Gi BJJ: Where the week's ego gets checked.
Rugby: Former SL Benfica. Still watches like a player.
Volunteering: EDP "Parte de Nós"; operations crew at Web Summit Lisbon.

06/Contact

Say hello.

A question, an idea, or a good jazz bar in Madrid: all welcome.

Or write directly

kiko.2205@hotmail.com linkedin.com/in/kikobatistaa

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