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Nice to meet you! We are Damen Services.

Damen Services is a team of creative, entrepreneurial, and motivated people who support each other and enjoy coming to work each day. We interact directly with Damen customers around the world, helping us find solutions to challenging situations. Our team goes the distance for each other and for our customers, and we all take pride in our ability to put groups of skilled, can-do’ team members together to find and implement solutions.

The role

As a Business Controller within the Damen Services division, you act as a key business partner to our regional management teams across the globe. You work closely with colleagues in Business Control - both at our headquarters in the Netherlands and within our international Service Hubs – as well as expertise centers such as Group Control and Tax. You consolidate financial and strategic input from all Service entities into a coherent divisional business plan and ensure alignment with Damen Group standards. In this role, you translate business insights into clear, data-driven recommendations that support effective performance management in a dynamic and highly international environment.

Reporting to the Lead Business Control of Damen Services, you play a key role in steering the business performance of the division and the regional organizations. You deliver the divisional reporting, lead the forecasting processes, and deliver value‑adding analyses that drive sound decision‑making. As the primary financial sparring partner for regional management, you challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities early, and contribute to shaping business reviews and commercial strategies.

Key Accountabilities

Monitor and optimize business performance for assigned regions by analyzing revenue, margins, costs, and key performance drivers;

Provide regional management teams with clear financial insights and actionable recommendations to support decision‑making;

Contribute to the design, delivery and continuous improvement of KPI reporting and management information for stakeholders;

Play a key role in budgeting and forecasting by applying business insights, scenario analysis and data‑driven assumptions;

Monitor cash positions, identify improvement opportunities, and drive cash-enhancing actions.

Support the Financial Control team in implementing financial policies and procedures across international entities to ensure compliance with (inter)national laws and regulations.

Skills & Experience

Bachelor / Master's degree in business economics, Accounting or Finance;

At least 5 years of relevant experience in FP&A or Business Control;

Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn data into clear insights;

Effective communicator who can translate strategic goals into practical actions;

Collaborative and people-oriented working style that fits a hands-on customer orientated organization;

Team player who thrives in a dynamic, international environment;

Willingness to travel several times per year;

Excellent communication skills in Dutch and English;

Experience with ERP and BI tools (e.g. Power BI) is a strong plus.

What we offer

At Damen, we believe that supporting and developing talented people is essential to our success. We aim to match the right person with the right role and continuously invest in your growth.

Damen offers you (in case of full-time employment):

A dynamic international working environment focusing on technology and innovation;

At least 40 days of annual leave;

Profit-sharing and pension allowance;

Continuous professional and personal development through our Damen Academy;

An active social environment with company events, sports and a strong team culture

Does this sounds like a good fit for you? Let us know by submitting your application, including your CV and motivation letter. We’d love to get to know you.

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Recruiter:

Ankie van Hees

Email:

ankie.van.hees@damen.com

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Are you ready to sail into a new adventure?

Damen was established by two brothers back in 1927. Today, with more than 12,000 employees, operating over 35 shipbuilding and repair yards, the Damen Shipyards Group has earned a leading position in the shipbuilding world. We are an international company that is, at heart, still a family business with family values and a deep respect for our maritime heritage. It is our aim to combine our proven standardisation with the innovations of digitalisation to become the world’s most sustainable shipbuilder

Newbuild

Damen has delivered more than 6,500 vessels in 100 countries and delivers some 175 vessels annually to customers worldwide. Damen’s focus on standardisation, modular construction and keeping vessels on stock leads to short delivery times, low total cost of ownership and reliable performance. We offer a wide range of products including tugs, naval and patrol vessels, high speed craft, ferries, dredging, offshore vessels and superyachts.

Shiprepair & conversion

Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has a worldwide network of 18 repair and conversion yards with drydocks ranging up to 420 x 80 metres. DSC yards have extensive experience – completing more than 1,300 projects every year, from normal drydockings for scheduled maintenance to damage repair, right up to extensive refit and conversion projects.

Services

Being active in the maritime industry demands continuous vessel reliability. For nearly all vessel types Damen offers a broad range of services, including maintenance, spare parts delivery, training and the transfer of shipbuilding know-how.

Components

Damen is also specialised in the design and production of various marine components including propeller nozzles, rudders, special towing winches, anchors, anchor chains and steel works.

Always looking for talent

At Damen we are always looking for professionals, starters and students with a passion for ships. We offer challenging jobs, internships, premium placements or graduation projects both locally and globally, in various job areas.

Investing in talent

As professionals we offer you the ideal environment to continuously develop yourself both technically and personally by coaching you on the job and through various programmes found in the Damen Academy.

We also offer students diverse unique opportunities to get to know the Damen Shipyards Group. Boost your personal development, even before beginning your professional career, through various events and activities.

“Damen has always been a company with a clear focus on innovation. From ground-breaking concepts such as standardised shipbuilding to advanced products such as the SEA Axe Hull, innovation has provided the means for Damen to grow into an established global group of companies.”

Oceans of opportunities

We are active across the entire maritime sector and offer jobs in different areas allowing you to grow, develop and define your own career. Whether you are looking for a job in Sales, Design & Proposal, Engineering, Research & Development, Yard Support or Project Management, we will do our best to find the right fit in our Newbuild, Shiprepair & Conversion, Services or Components activities.

Steer your own career

From the first day you join our company, you will have the freedom and responsibility to steer your own course. Damen stands for challenging jobs, personal and professional development and for numerous career opportunities. And, above all, it’s fun to work at Damen!

Are you up for the challenge? Are you a team player who likes to work independently and thinks critically and are you ready to take the lead? Then feel welcome at Damen and spend your future best years with us!

‘’We want to become the most sustainable shipbuilders in the world. Our ambitions lie in circularity and zero-emission sailing!’’