Finance Controller; OneStream Expert

Position: Finance Controller (OneStream Expert)
** Position:
Finance Controller (One Stream Expert)
** Department:
One Stream Team/ Group Control

Location:

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Employment Type:

Full-Time
** About the Damen Shipyards Group organization
** Damen Shipyards Group is a leading international shipbuilder with more than 35 shipyards, repair yards, and related companies worldwide. Innovation, digitalization, and continuous improvement are at the core of everything we do.

The One Stream Team operates within Group Control and is responsible for the continuous development, optimization, and governance of the global One Stream platform. The platform plays a critical role in financial consolidation, planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance management across the Damen organization.

As Damen continues its finance transformation journey, the One Stream environment is becoming an increasingly important enabler of standardized processes, high-quality data, and efficient decision-making.
** Your Role
** As a
** Finance Controller with deep One Stream expertise**, you will be responsible for driving financial planning, forecasting, consolidation, reporting, governance, and performance management across the organization. You will act as a trusted business partner to Finance leadership and play a key role in supporting Damen's finance transformation journey. This role combines strong financial controlling capabilities with advanced One Stream knowledge to improve decision-making, reporting quality, data governance, and operational efficiency across the group.

The role requires a professional who can engage confidently with senior stakeholders, challenge existing processes, identify improvement opportunities, and translate business requirements into scalable financial solutions. The position serves as the bridge between Finance, Business, IT, and external partners, ensuring that financial processes and systems support the strategic objectives of the organization. Based on the current One Stream Consultant role responsibilities and focus on finance transformation, stakeholder management, governance, reporting, forecasting, and consolidation.
** Key Responsibilities
**** Financial Controlling & Business Partnering
*** Own and support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes
* Ensure accurate and timely management reporting and performance analysis
* Partner with business leaders to provide financial insights and support decision-making
* Challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and provide recommendations to leadership
* Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities
** One Stream Platform Ownership
*** Act as the subject matter expert for One Stream across the organization
* Drive continuous improvement of consolidation, planning, forecasting, and reporting processes
* Translate business requirements into effective One Stream solutions
* Lead enhancements, automation initiatives, and process optimization projects
* Ensure the platform continues to meet evolving business needs
** Stakeholder Management & Finance Transformation
*** Act as the primary liaison between Finance, IT, Data & Analytics, and external partners
* Lead workshops and requirement-gathering sessions with business stakeholders
* Manage stakeholder expectations and drive adoption of new processes and solutions
* Support finance transformation initiatives and standardization efforts across the group
* Advise management on best practices, governance, and future roadmap opportunities
** Governance, Controls & Compliance
*** Maintain strong financial controls and governance standards
* Support audits and compliance requirements related to financial systems and reporting
* Ensure data quality, reporting accuracy, and consistency across the organization
* Review financial processes and recommend improvements to strengthen controls
** Coaching & Knowledge Sharing
*** Support and mentor finance users and One Stream Operations Specialists
* Develop documentation, training materials, and best-practice guidance
* Promote continuous learning and adoption of financial reporting standards and tools
** What We’re Looking For
**** Education & Experience
*** Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field
* 8+ years of experience in Finance Controlling, FP&A, Financial Reporting, or Finance Transformation
* Strong experience with financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and consolidation
* Minimum 4 years of hands-on One Stream experience
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