Senior Software Asset Management Analyst

AtkinsRéalis Group; Epsom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis Group is seeking a Senior Software Asset Management Analyst to oversee the software asset lifecycle, licence validation, and renewal processes. You will drive optimisation, manage a SAM work group, and ensure accurate entitlement records in Flexera while collaborating with Procurement, Security and business partners.

The role focuses on licence position reporting, cost control, and maintaining governance across software assets, with close partnership to Application Portfolio and

Qualifications

• Experience managing software assets through their full lifecycle.
• Knowledge of licence validation, maintenance, and renewals.
• Ability to produce licence position reports for stakeholders.
• Experience with cost optimisation and software negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full software asset lifecycle, including requests, licence validation/checks, deployments, consumption analysis, optimisation and renewals.
• Lead a specialised work group, distributing work activities and serving as the escalation point for Licence related questions and issues.
• Oversee the allocation and prioritisation of software asset management tickets across the team, proactively following up on progress, removing blockers, and ensuring timely resolution in line with service level agreements and team objectives.
• Analyse software deployments and consumption to identify optimisation opportunities and cost savings.
• Provide subject matter expertise on software applications and licensing to support contract negotiations and purchasing decisions.
• Produce reports on licence positions and present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate software entitlement and inventory records in the Flexera licence management tool.
• Monitor software maintenance, subscriptions and support agreements.
• Manage catalogue and cost recovery processes for packaged software applications.
• Support procurement by performing goods receipting on software purchases.
• Support software publisher audits and verification exercises.
• Review SAM processes to ensure continuous improvement.

Skills

Asset management

Licence checks

Data analysis

Stakeholder liaison

Governance

Tools

Flexera

Job description

Overview

The Senior Software Asset Management (SAM) Analyst role is responsible for the management and optimisation of software assets throughout their lifecycle encompassing licence checks, maintenance, utilisation monitoring and ongoing governance of software applications. The role provides subject matter expertise on general software and drives continuous improvement, partnering closely with the Application Portfolio, Lifecycle and Delivery teams as well as Procurement, Security and Business Partners.

Overview

The Senior Software Asset Management (SAM) Analyst role is responsible for the management and optimisation of software assets throughout their lifecycle encompassing licence checks, maintenance, utilisation monitoring and ongoing governance of software applications. The role provides subject matter expertise on general software and drives continuous improvement, partnering closely with the Application Portfolio, Lifecycle and Delivery teams as well as Procurement, Security and Business Partners.

Your role

• Manage the full software asset lifecycle, including requests, licence validation/checks, deployments, consumption analysis, optimisation and renewals.
• Lead a specialised work group, distributing work activities and serving as the escalation point for Licence related questions and issues.
• Oversee the allocation and prioritisation of software asset management tickets across the team, proactively following up on progress, removing blockers, and ensuring timely resolution in line with service level agreements and team objectives.
• Analyse software deployments and consumption to identify optimisation opportunities and cost savings.
• Provide subject matter expertise on software applications and licensing to support contract negotiations and purchasing decisions.
• Produce reports on licence positions and present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate software entitlement and inventory records in the Flexera licence management tool.
• Monitor software maintenance, subscriptions and support agreements.
• Manage catalogue and cost recovery processes for packaged software applications.
• Support procurement (and surrounding processes) by performing goods receipting on software purchases.
• Support software publisher audits and verification exercises.
• Review software asset management processes to ensure