Specialist Software Asset Manager

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

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Execute effective & efficient Software Asset Management practices and processes. This includes:
Software Asset Management Commercial Management

Software Asset Management License Management

Software Asset Management Inventory Management

Software Asset Management Compliance Management

Software Asset Management Request and Provision

As a Software Asset Management Specialist in the Absa Software Asset Management team, you will manage software licenses from planning to retirement across a wide range of platforms, to reduce the total cost of ownership while maintaining agreed-upon service levels. You will evaluate the software licensing needs for the organization and actively track licenses to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.

An ideal Software Asset Management Specialist is a recognized expert in the Software Asset Management field with extensive experience optimally manage key software publishers across a wide range of platforms, able to solve tough problems, interpret complex environments, and consistently maintain a high level of accuracy. She/he has a track record of aligning design decisions to business strategy and objectives and of providing insights and direction to the business and product owners at the most senior levels. She/he has a passion for problem-solving and continual service improvement and can provide insights into actionable and sustainable solutions.

**Job Description**:
Utilise your software licensing expertise by tracking, ensuring compliance, cost savings, risk mitigation, key metrics reporting, administrative efficiency of software licenses, and overall efficiency of the Software Asset life cycle management (people, process and tools)

Drive maximum value from our license agreements for Cloud, Server and End User Computing Software, while delivering a seamless experience for our users with daily and strategic management and control of the software portfolio to optimize the value, cost, and risk of software

Manage, track, Update and Optimize the group’s software assets across all the platforms in scope, such as AWS, Azure, Windows, Unix, AIX, Linux, and other

Manage and maintain Software Publishers and the corresponding data around it by ensuring complete, accurate, and current software and hardware asset inventory on the Flexera Software Asset Management toolset and ensuring it is aligned with the configuration management database (CMDB)

Prepare the organization for or participate in a software audits with accurate ownership information to realize cost benefits, avoid unneeded software purchases, avoid penalties incurred from non-compliance and unused software licenses.

Ensure that Software licenses are reconciled and compliance exceptions w.r.t. software usage and license agreements are reported and managed to ensure full compliance with terms and conditions of all software licensing documents and agreements

Develop, implement and maintain a remediation plan for licenses out of compliance or unauthorized for use within the organization

Engage with stakeholders and business owners as required as per the Software Asset Management framework, standard, policies, processes, and procedures

Identify and execute cost-saving opportunities through software re-harvesting and license optimization, in conjunction with Product and Business owners

Identify risks, savings opportunities for renewals, and license harvesting potential

Manage and maintain the accuracy and health of the software and hardware inventory in Flexera and related software management tools

Maintain and optimise Flexera Software Asset Management tools and infrastructure in use in the organisation

Promote and enable automation and integration between platforms and systems to support a sustainable software asset management environment

Ensure compliance, accuracy, completeness, and creating processes, metrics, and reporting to support license positions

Identify, define, measure, report and improve key indicators for in-scope publisher/title(s)

Create Software License Management and related Reports / Dashboards and drive automation

Audit and monitor software asset management group and internal controls (governance)

Provide inputs & reporting requirements or coordinate relevant processes for all internal/external risk, regulatory, compliance, and governance-related process for managed services provisioning across the estate

Implement & maintain knowledge management & data management processes for the successful governance of software asset management activities

Implement and maintain relevant, accurate & timely governance, risk, and compliance information

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