Global Software Licensing Specialist - Ey Global

Global Software Licensing Specialist - EY Global

Supplier EcoSystem Services - Global Software Licensing Specialist - Senior Associate

EY Technology has always been at the heart of what we do and deliver at EY. We need technology to keep an organization the size of ours working efficiently. We have 250,000 people in more than 140 countries, all of whom rely on secure technology to be able to do their job every single day. Everything from the laptops we use, to the ability to work remotely on our mobile devices and connecting our people and our clients, to enabling hundreds of internal tools and external solutions delivered to our clients. Technology solutions are integrated in the client services we deliver and is key to us being more innovative as an organization.

The Supplier EcoSystem Services (SES) maintains a global Software Asset Management (SAM) team accountable for targeted optimization of complex, high value software contracts which underpin our business. Many of EY’s key client offerings leverage complex software contracts. As well as traditional perpetual licensing with maintenance, you will be involved with a wide variety of cloud subscription services (Azure and many others), complex infrastructure licensing scenarios, client integrated licensing assessments, usage tracking activities and more. The role will require occasional travel, in country and internationally including India, US, UK or other destinations.

Your key responsibilities

1. You will assist in the delivery and management of all aspects of Software License Management, such as governance design, process definition, discovery, usage tracking, reporting, audit response, compliance validation, renewal, cost recovery modelling.
2. You will work closely with the Finance team to influence internal chargeback design and administration and collaborate to provide appropriate license spend forecasts.
3. You will assist with the software License Position assessment and development as part of a team of an Effective License Position (ELP) & 12 Month Renewal Plan for a considerable number of software contracts.
4. Identifying cost savings and optimization opportunities for various software vendors.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have

1. 3+ years of proven experience in License Management working in large corporate environment.
2. Proven abilities to manage server software licensing models and product use rights across major software vendors.
3. Experience in working with high-value software contracts with vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, Adobe and Oracle.
4. Experience working with IT asset management systems and IT asset discovery technologies.
5. Solid experience in contract negotiation and management.
6. Some experience in Cloud consumption management, ability to identify cost saving opportunities and optimization.
7. Enough technical understanding to support all licensing models.

Ideally, you’ll also have

1. Recognized professional qualifications such as: ITILv3; CITAM; CSAM.
2. Big 4 experience and training.
3. At least three years’ experience in the delivery of Software License reviews/audits.
4. Experience of working internationally.

What we look for

To be successful in this role, you must be an intelligent self-starter with a positive can-do attitude who takes ownership and responsibility of their work. You should be able to work effectively in a home/remote office environment. You should enjoy learning new things in a rapid changing international environment with many deliverables and competing priorities and stakeholders. You will be someone willing to constructively challenge, yet reach a positive balance with EY’s best interests at the core of your decision making.