Ops Manager: Service Assets

**Job Details**:

- Department Enterprise Design - Enterprise- Minimum experience Mid-Senior- Company primary industry Financial Services- Job functional area Information Technology- Salary R629 000 - R1 000 000 per annum**Introduction**
One of the largest financial services company based at Pretoria is looking for an excellent Ops Manager: Service Assets (Software) for a Hybrid role to provide management expertise in all aspects of the administrative, financial, capital and operations of the assigned software portfolio.**Purpose of the Role**
To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of area specific activities and end-to-end processes, by managing and controlling the fixed assets in compliance with procedures as required by the PFMA and Treasury Regulations, in order to deliver on approved operational plans and to continuously enhance service delivery.**Key Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for the daily and long-term strategic management of software assets within the assigned portfolio, including building relationships with 3rd party suppliers to maximize contract offerings.
- Provide support to technical teams and ensure adherence to Policies by maintaining and monitoring service assets in accordance with companies Policies and Procedures.
- Provide financial expertise to companies personnel responsible for procurement of IT Software Assets
- Managing software assets within the Asset Register to ensure companies accurate financial statements thereby minimizing audit findings and compliance risk.
- Managing software products within the companies Library system to provide accurate operational software information to internal technical support groups and software vendors where necessary
- Provide effective operational stewardship of Software assets deployed within the IT environment.
- Provide expertise in understanding Product Use Rights License terms and conditions and contractual entitlements for software products and manufacturers.
- Managing software compliance to avoid financial and compliance risk to the organization resulting from non-compliance, penalties, and possible litigation.
- Provide financial expertise within the IT environment to assist technical teams in managing IT Software assets.
- Accumulate information to report on work progress and use for decision making purposes and the identification of improvement opportunities.
- Deploy resources appropriately and anticipate and resolve problems to ensure that tactical targets are achieved within agreed deadlines & standards.
- Ensure procedures, policies and mandates are clearly understood and complied with.
- Ensure the development, alignment and implementation of end-to-end processes within area of accountability for continued process improvement.
- Implement change & provide guidelines to direct reports defining the impact of change, the change itself & new requirements as a result of the change.
- Implement resource plans in line with delivery and performance objectives, on budget and in partnership with specialized areas.
- Link and communicate unit's objectives back to mandate, schedule and priorities activities and allocate work to meet identified work outputs.
- Manage a work function or unit by focusing on the delivery and achievement of set objectives within specified time frames, costs and standards.
- Plan and organize multiple work outputs by assigning priorities and continuously reviewing objectives and goals.
- Provide input into the development of the tactical strategy as well as develop and implement a supporting operational strategy.
- Frequently report on progress of unit and or team against pre-defined objectives and standards, ensuring accurate representation of facts.
- Ensure that the asset register is continuously updated to reflect movement of assets.

Governance- Implement and use governance & compliance procedures & processes effectively to identify and manage risks and expose previously unknown liabilities.
- Understand and implement governance control processes and role segregation requirements in area of accountability.
- Implement risk management, governance and compliance policies and processes to identify and manage risks and expose liabilities.

People- Build strong relationships through providing direction and leadership to own team and expressing positive expectations.
- Encourage and enable teamwork, by enabling collaboration with others and commitment to pursuing set goals.
- Implement appropriate people capacity plans in line with delivery and efficiency targets, on budget and in partnership with specialized areas.
- Monitor and actively manage team performance to meet specified objectives against required targets, deadlines and quality standards.

Finance- Draw up a budget aligned to operational delivery plans, monitor and report on variances.
- Implement, manage and report on cost improvement objectives and communicate or escalate any shortfalls.
- Ensure team's adherence to specified policies, s