Business Analyst

Overview

Vacancy: Business Analyst

• Are you analytical, detail-oriented, and passionate about turning data into meaningful business insights?
• Do you enjoy working with stakeholders, solving problems, and supporting fact-based decision-making?
• Damen Shipyards Group, established in 1927, is a 100% Dutch family-owned international organization comprising 34 shipbuilding and repair yards.
• With a workforce of over 12,000 employees worldwide, the Group operates through a divisional structure consisting of seven divisions and a central holding company.
• Damen Middle East Shared Services Limited, based in the United Arab Emirates, forms part of Damen Global Support.
• The entity provides specialized support services to the various divisions of the Damen Shipyards Group in key areas such as IT, Finance, Audit, Legal, and Compliance.
• Purpose of the Role
• The Business Analyst supports Damen Shipyards Group in making fact based, data driven decisions by translating complex business questions into reliable insights, standardized datasets, and actionable dashboards.
• By rationalizing the decision-making process with your quantifications and visualizations, management will be able to make better decisions.
• Through your helicopter view and excellent reporting skills, you are able to identify the root causes of problems, in close cooperation with the business owner.
• You will translate the business needs into actionable user stories for team members to work with.
• Operating at Group level, the role bridges business, finance, IT, and management, ensuring consistent KPI definitions, high quality data products, and strong adoption of analytics solutions across the organization.
• Therefore, you are capable of translating business needs into technical tasks with IT (tools) and other expertise.
• You stand for the quality of the information and the visibility of this.
• Your analyses will support business decisions.
• This implies converting business expectations into data analysis.
• You perform statistical analysis of data, create visualizations of analyzed data and processes, and you have the ability to look at things in a different way and recognizing patterns.
• Position in the Organization
• Part of the Shared Data Analytics Team, acting as a central capability for the Damen Group.
• Works across multiple Damen companies, functions, and seniority levels.
• Interfaces closely with Finance, Operations, Engineering, IT, and Executive Management.
• Contributes to the maturity of data governance, analytics standards, and data‑driven working within Damen.

• Business Analysis & Insight Generation

• Gain understanding and knowledge of the companies activities.
• Perform business, financial, and statistical analyses to identify trends, deviations, and root causes.
• Translate analytical findings into concrete, actionable improvement proposals.
• Monitor Group‑wide performance and signal bottlenecks and risks in processes and outcomes.
• Develop and maintain KPI frameworks, ensuring consistent interpretation and usage.

• Requirements Management & Agile Delivery

• Translate business needs into clear requirements and user stories (Definition of Ready / Done).
• Prioritize backlog items together with stakeholders.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives).
• Coordinate with IT teams and external partners on technical dependencies and delivery.

• Data Governance & Quality

• Contribute to Group data governance by defining data standards, ownership, and quality criteria.
• Support the development of ETL/ELT, data modeling (e.g. star schemas), and validation standards.
• Act as a guardian of KPI definitions and data consistency across Damen.

• Stakeholder Management & Change Enablement

• Act as a trusted advisor for managers and executives on data and analytics topics.
• Coach and support stakeholders in using dashboards and insights effectively.
• Promote data‑driven ways of working through explanation, training, and adoption support.
• Communicate technical constraints clearly to non‑technical audiences.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery and maintenance of Management KPI Dashboards.
• Preparation of detailed, action‑oriented user stories.
• Alignment of business needs with IT and data platform capabilities.

Qualifications And Experience

• ≥5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst (in a complex, matrix organization).
• Experience with project organizations and/or production environments
• Strong understanding of analytics, BI, and data driven decision making.
• Experience with Power BI, data modelling, and multi-source reporting.
• Knowledge of engineering and/or business processes is a strong advantage.
• Understanding of project and Agile delivery methods.
• Knowledge of ERP systems like SAP4HANA, IFS, etc.

Core Competencies

• Analytical strength: Able to convert complexity into clear insights.
• Stakeholder sensitivity: Navigates international, multi-level organizations effectively.
• Communication: Explains technical topics clearly to management and operations.
• Organizational Skills: Organizing workshops, definition sessions, and similar activities.
• Critical Thinking: Asking critical questions and validating outcomes.
• Proactive Attitude: Not waiting for questions but taking the initiative yourself.
• Helicopter view: Balances strategic overview with attention to detail.
• Ownership & quality focus: Works accurately, consistently, and result driven.
• Collaboration: Acts as a team player and a connector between business, finance, and IT.

Email: HR.UAE@damen.com

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