Senior Associate

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 / / BCA / MCA/ / 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 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