Line of Service
Advisory
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Risk
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career within Internal Audit services, will provide you with an opportunity to gain an understanding of an organisation’s objectives, regulatory and risk management environment, and the diverse needs of their critical stakeholders. We focus on helping organisations look deeper and see further considering areas like culture and behaviours to help improve and embed controls. In short, we seek to address the right risks and ultimately add value to their organisation.
Position Title Senior Associate
Location Gurgaon
Department LMCC – Risk Consulting
Grade Sr. Associate
Purpose of the Job /Role Developing long term software management strategy and goals.
Developing and implementing procedures for tracking company
software assets to oversee quality control, and usage throughout their
life cycles
Monitor software licenses to ensure they comply with license
agreements and usage standards
Establishing and maintaining linkage with budgeting and
procurement processes to track software acquisition, utilization, and
retirement.
Collaborate with departments management to define cost savings,
software compliances and service improvement opportunities
Ensure audit compliance readiness
Drive continuous education awareness of company policies.
Skill Profile Hands-on experience on software asset management
Excellent knowledge of the Hardware Asset Management process
Strong experience with asset management and discovery tools like
Snow, Flexera, ServiceNow SAM Pro
Experience with developing, implementing, and refining SAM
processes and procedures
Good knowledge of the other Service Management processes,
particularly Change Management
Intermediate Excel skills
Excellent English language skills (verbal and written)
Experience working in a virtual environment
Experience interpreting licensing terms and conditions, licensing
knowledge and product use rights for defined software titles. Along
with contract analysis and negotiation skills.
Participated or lead in software audits
Understand standards like ISO/IEC 19770-1; ISO/IEC 5230 etc.
Ability to deal tactfully with vendors, suppliers, and contractors who
provide a broad spectrum of products and services
Highly competent at interpreting data, analyzing problems, and
formulating solutions to present to management level and above
Knowledge of Active Directory, virtualization technologies, network
topologies, software vendor license agreements and licensing terms
Understands and masters the software licensing for at least three big
publishers like Microsoft, Oracle, VMWare, SAP etc.
Familiar with Microsoft O365 or similar tools
Knowledge around Free and Open-source software (FOSS) licensing
Roles & Responsibilities Assess, design, and implement key process related to Software
compliance
Software license compliance for major software publishers
Operations and deployment of SAM and SCA tools
Contract & Spend management including Optimization
Co-ordinate with multiple teams, like IT, Infrastructure Management,
Finance, Procurement, Legal as required
Work on automation areas for Discovery and Reporting
Performing and interpreting gap analysis
Develop risk remediation strategies
Ensures license compliance is met, and that any noncompliance
issues are addressed quickly and efficiently.
Monitoring the Software Uses & Highlights what users are permitted
to do with any software installed on their machine
Interaction with software publisher, internal business team for
software license compliance & terms
Years of Experience 4-7 years
Education B.Tech / M.Tech / BCA / MCA/ B.Sc / M.Sc
Other Competencies Experience presenting to senior management executive level
audiences
Strong written and oral communications, analytics, and organization
skills
Self-motivated, goal oriented, and an innovative thinker
Maintain strong analytic, technical, and troubleshooting skills
Continuous improvement attitude ability to seek out and implement
external leading SAM practices
Strong organization, multitasking and time management skills
Uses discretion in identifying and resolving complex problems and
assignments
Works well in a diverse team and enjoys a dynamic environment
where remote working is required
Mandatory Skill Set-Software Asset Management
Preferred Skill Set-Hardware Asset Management
Year of experience required-4-7 years
Qualifications-b.tech
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Hardware Asset Management (HAM), Software Asset Management (SAM)
Optional Skills
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Government Clearance Required?
Job Posting End Date
