Business Analyst - Data & Analytics

Damen; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Damen in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Business Analyst to bridge business needs and data-driven solutions. You will work closely with Finance and Operations teams, facilitating workshops and developing Power BI dashboards based on defined KPIs.

The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in business analysis, stakeholder management, and a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field. Excellent communication skills in English are essential, along with familiarity with project-based environments.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years in Business Analysis or BI reporting roles.
• Strong stakeholder management and requirement gathering experience.
• Experience translating business needs into data and BI solutions.
• Proficiency in English both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong understanding of business operations and processes.
• Act as trusted advisor to stakeholders in Finance, Operations, and Projects.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements and user stories.
• Support development of Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Business Analysis

Power BI

Data modelling concepts

ERP systems (SAP, IFS, Dynamics)

Communication

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Tools

Power BI

ERP systems

Job description

Position Title: Business Analyst

Department: Data & Analytics, Shared Services, Financial Group Control

Location: Damen Shared Services, Abu Dhabi

Reports To: Manager Data Analytics

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job 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. This role requires strong business understanding, stakeholder engagement, excellent communication skills, and the ability to translate operational needs into structured BI solutions with a focus on driving data‑driven decision‑making across the organization.

About the Organization

Joining 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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
• Familiar with the agile way of working
• Facilitate workshops to define KPIs and reporting needs
• 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
• 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
• Drive consistency in KPI definitions and reporting structures
• Support data governance initiatives and best practices
• Support stakeholders in interpreting dashboards and insights
• Provide guidance and training on data‑driven decision‑making

Key Accountabilities

• Clear translation of business needs into BI solutions
• Adoption of standardized KPI frameworks
• Delivery of business‑relevant dashboards and insights
• Strong alignment between business stakeholders and data IT teams
• Improved data‑driven decision‑making across the organization

Qualifications

• 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
• 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
• Technical Skills: Power BI (incl. Star Schema or similar relations), 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