GMS-Oracle licensing Senior

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EY seeks a SAM Consultant to manage customer software entitlements across publishers and support license compliance. The role involves reconciliation, reporting, and advising on cost optimization within a global delivery framework.

Ideal candidates will have strong analytics, Excel/PowerPoint proficiency, and experience in licensing models. The position emphasizes collaboration across teams in a diverse, client-facing environment.

Qualifications

• 5 years professional experience in licensing industry with successful SAM Management / software licensing.
• Licensing experience across publishers is a must.
• Understanding of different publisher licensing models and SAM Accreditation is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• On-going support of customer entitlement for different publishers.
• Perform reconciliation analysis for different publishers and create cost-saving reports.
• Analyze customer entitlements and provide SAM analysis & recommendations.
• Lead project tasks and ensure delivery with quality standards.

Skills

SAM management

Licensing experience

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytical skills

Communication

Multitasking

Team leadership

Tools

Flexera

ServiceNow

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SAM-CONSULTANT

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary

Working in a team environment, the Associate Consultant- SAM is responsible for managing customer’s licenses. The Associate Consultant will assist customers in understanding and controlling their software licensing entitlement, avoiding legal pitfalls related to licensing by leveraging industry best practices while expanding host company licensing opportunities and building more-profitable, long-term relationships with our customers.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities for the Role

• On-going support of customer’s entitlement for different publishers
• Performing reconciliation analysis for different publishers
• Creating customized reports and comparison for cost savings
• Analyzing & consulting customer’s entitlements for multiple publishers
• Providing SAM Analysis & Recommendations
• Analyze customer's license contracts
• Creating Compliance Reports for the customers
• Serving as the Single Point of Contact for subsidiaries in delivery of GSDC services
• Leading the execution of projects by managing tasks executed by supporting team members and yourself
• Creation of reports/documentation as per engagement requirements
• Active management & allocation of tasks & task type to ensure balanced workload distribution across
• the project team
• Execution of individual tasks on projects based on the guidance provided by the Managers
• Task specific & cross service training for the associated/eligible team members
• Support the manager on managing team’s utilization
• Management of the Quality of the engagement deliverables across assigned team members & ensuring
• 100% adherence to Quality standards.
• Accurate Completion & submission of the Quality Checklist for each task
• Ensuring 100% process adherence and delivery within the defined SLA

Skills Required:

• 5 years professional experience in licensing industry with successful SAM Management / software
• licensing experience across publishers is a must
• Understanding of different publisher licensing models
• Copyright knowledge for software licensing
• SAM Accreditation (good to have)
• Good in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
• Strong Methodical skills
• Strong Analytical skills
• Quality oriented personality

Functional Capabilities:

• Highly motivated and result oriented
• Strong organization, multitasking and time management skills
• Solid Problem solving and consultative skills

Personality:

• Outstanding ability to think creatively, and identify and resolve problems
• Motivate & inspire team members
• Keen on detailing and logical reasoning
• Provide guidance to the team based on management direction
• Ability to professionally interact with people of diverse cultures and regions
• Ability to juggle multiple projects/activities simultaneously
• Create an environment orientated to trust, open communication, creative thinking & cohesive team effort.
• Recognize & celebrate team & individual accomplishments & exceptional performance
• Strong presentation, communication, organization, multitasking, and time management skills

Keywords

Core:

• Strong understanding of Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Options and Management Packs
• Ability to identify feature usage and assess licensing exposure.
• Experience with different Oracle licensing metrics (e.g., Processor, NUP, Application User, Employee User, Storage Device, Socket & Cloud Environment licensing etc.)
• Understanding of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Bring Your Own License (BYOL), Universal Credits and Oracle Hybrid Licensing models.
• Strong understanding of Oracle licensing implications across virtualization technologies including:
• VMware vSphere , Hyper-V2, Nutanix AHV, Oracle VM, Oracle Linux KVM
• Knowledge of Oracle partitioning policies and soft partitioning restrictions.
• Different Licensing Model such as Full Use, Limited Use & etc.,
• Experience analysing Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) repositories for licensing evidence, management packs, options and feature usage tracking.
• Experience with manual Oracle ELP creation with and without reliance on automated SAM tools.
• Strong understanding of: OMA, Ordering Documents, Support Renewals, OLSA, ULA, PULA, Frame Agreements, Oracle Cloud Agreements, Oracle License Definitions and Rules
  • Software Reconciliation
  • License optimization
  • Cost optimization
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Eligible to lead the team

Good to have:

• Experience with Oracle Licensing data collection i.e. Scripting, coding & automation knowledge
• Experience with Oracle data operations in Flexera Tool and ServiceNow.
• Contract Renewals
• Project Management

Questions

• Have you independently created Oracle Effective License Positions (ELPs) manually, including entitlement analysis, deployment analysis, reconciliation and compliance calculations
• Do you have experience in analysing the licenses entitlements? (Core)
• Do you have experience working with ITAM, SAM or Software Inventory Management processes and tools?
• Do you have experience in analysing the data for different Oracle licensing metric apart from Processor or NUP metric? (Core)
• Have you worked as an Oracle Licensing SME, providing licensing guidance for Oracle Database, Middleware, Applications or Cloud products?
• Do you have experience in contract renewals and negotiations? (Good to have)
• Have you handled Oracle software audits in your current/past role? (Good to have)
• Do you have operations experience for the SAM tools such as Flexera, SAM Pro, Tanium etc.? (Good to have)

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