Business Analyst – Data & Analytics

Role Overview

Business Analyst – Data & Analytics at Damen, located in Abu Dhabi at Damen Shared Services. Reports to Manager Data Analytics. Full-time position.

Company Overview

Damen is an international organization where data and analytics are increasingly central to decision-making. The organization is actively professionalizing its data and BI landscape, with teams operating across multiple international locations. A central data and analytics team collaborates with specialized teams for data engineering, data platform management, and dashboard development. Key focus areas include strengthening data governance, standardizing reports and KPI definitions, and developing organization-wide dashboards. Over the coming years, the data and BI domain will continue to expand, with the objective of embedding data-driven working practices across the organization.

Role Purpose

As a Business Analyst at Damen, you play a key role in understanding business needs and translating them into actionable data and reporting solutions. You act as a bridge between business stakeholders and data/IT teams, ensuring that requirements are clearly defined, challenged where needed, and converted into meaningful dashboards, KPIs, and insights that support decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Business Understanding & Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop strong understanding of business operations and processes
• Act as trusted advisor to stakeholders in Finance, Operations, and Projects
• Proactively challenge business requirements and assumptions to ensure clarity and feasibility
• Engage with agile ways of working
• Facilitate workshops to define KPIs and reporting needs

Requirements Translation & Solution Design

• Translate business needs into functional requirements and user stories
• Align business expectations with data models, dashboards, and reporting solutions
• Act as the bridge between business and technical/data teams

BI & Reporting

• Support development of Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions
• Define and standardize KPIs and reporting frameworks
• Ensure outputs are business-relevant, actionable, and aligned with decision-making needs

Data Governance & KPI Standardization

• Drive consistency in KPI definitions and reporting structures
• Support data governance initiatives and best practices

Stakeholder Enablement

• Support stakeholders in interpreting dashboards and insights
• Provide guidance and training on data-driven decision-making

Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field

Experience

• 5–8 years in Business Analysis or BI/reporting roles
• Strong stakeholder management and requirement gathering experience
• Proven experience translating business needs into data and BI solutions
• Mandatory experience in a project-based, engineering, manufacturing, or industrial environment
• Exposure to finance, business control, or operations domains is required

Business Knowledge

• Strong understanding of project-based environments and operations
• Experience working with finance, business control, or operational teams
• Ability to connect business processes with data and reporting solutions

Skills & Competencies

Technical Skills

• Power BI, including Star Schema or similar relational concepts
• ERP systems (SAP, IFS, Dynamics)
• Understanding of data modelling concepts

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to challenge requirements constructively
• Ability to translate between business and technical teams
• Proactive, structured, and solution-oriented mindset
• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken