Data Analyst (f/m/d)

River Advice AG; Porto; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term career opportunities

Introductory training

Office in Porto

International team

Job summary

River Advice AG in Porto, Portugal, seeks a Data Analyst to turn data into actionable insights for decision-makers. You will build reports, dashboards, and analytical applications, while ensuring data quality and governance across diverse systems.

The role focuses on translating business needs into data-driven analyses, supporting digital transformation, and collaborating with IT, business units, and external partners in a dynamic, international environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field such as Business Informatics, CS, Data Analytics, Statistics, or Finance
• Experience in data analysis, reporting, BI, or similar analytical roles
• Experience building dashboards, reports and KPIs
• Ability to translate business needs into data-driven analyses and actionable recommendations
• Strong knowledge of data quality, governance, and data protection

Responsibilities

• Analyze data from various business and IT systems to generate meaningful insights for decision-making
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and KPIs for management and departments
• Translate business requirements into data-driven analyses and recommendations
• Ensure high data quality through validation and governance of data structures
• Identify and resolve data gaps and quality issues in collaboration with teams
• Support data governance principles and responsible handling of sensitive data
• Develop, optimize, and maintain BI solutions and analytical views
• Improve and automate reporting processes for efficiency and transparency
• Collaborate with IT, business units, and external partners to integrate data sources

Skills

Data analysis

Dashboards

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Python

R

Job description

It’s time for boarding! Join our team as a Data Analyst and play a key role in transforming data into meaningful insights that drive informed decision-making across the organization. You will help create transparency, improve processes, and support our digital transformation by developing reliable reports, dashboards, and analytical solutions while ensuring high data quality and consistency.

River Advice is the world’s leading independent manager of river vessels. Under the umbrella of UNITED WATERWAYS, the group—with over 4,000 employees—represents a fleet of more than 100 passenger and event vessels on Europe’s inland waterways. With a broad range of services—from shipowning, crew, nautical, and technical management to hospitality & catering, safety & security, ship financing, charter brokerage, insurance management, new-build and refit support, and ship ICT—we support our clients in all areas of passenger inland waterway shipping.

Your responsibilities:

• Analyze, prepare, and interpret data from various business and IT systems to create meaningful insights and decision-making support
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and KPIs to support management and business departments
• Translate business requirements into data-driven analyses, models, and actionable recommendations
• Ensure high data quality through monitoring, validation, and continuous improvement of data structures and datasets
• Identify and resolve data gaps, inconsistencies, and quality issues in collaboration with relevant teams
• Support the implementation of data governance principles, standards, and responsible handling of sensitive data
• Develop, optimize, and maintain business intelligence solutions, dashboards, and analytical views
• Improve and automate reporting and analysis processes to increase efficiency and transparency
• Collaborate with IT, business departments, and external partners to integrate data sources and enhance reporting capabilities

Your profile:

• Degree in Business Informatics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Statistics, Business Administration, Finance, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in data analysis, reporting, business intelligence, controlling, or a similar analytical role
• Experience in developing dashboards, reports, KPIs, data models, and management analyses
• Strong knowledge of data analysis, data preparation, visualization, reporting tools (e.g., Power BI), Microsoft Excel, SQL, and database concepts, Python and R
• Experience in translating business requirements into reporting solutions and collaborating with business stakeholders, IT teams, and data owners
• Knowledge of data quality, data governance, data protection, and confidentiality requirements
• Business-fluent communication skills in English, German is a plus
• Structured, accurate, and independent way of working with a strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking with a passion for numbers, data, and process optimization
• Ability to communicate complex data and insights clearly to different stakeholder groups
• High sense of responsibility and reliability when handling confidential and sensitive information
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, reporting requirements, and stakeholders in parallel
• Interest in digital transformation, automation, business intelligence, and continuous improvement

What to expect at River Advice:

• An interesting, varied, and independent role with a high degree of autonomy in a fascinating, dynamic industry
• Long-term career opportunities within the UNITED WATERWAYS Group
• A supportive, experienced team
• A thorough introduction to the job

We offer you a thorough introduction to the role and a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic industry, office space in the beautiful city of Porto, long-term career development opportunities within the UNITED WATERWAYS Group, and a supportive, international, and experienced team at an expanding company.