Finance Controller; OneStream Expert

Position: Finance Controller (OneStream Expert)
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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

OneStream 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 field8+ 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

Experience working in multinational and…