Asset Manager Analyst

Hollstadt Consulting; Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory (MN); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Hollstadt Consulting is seeking an experienced Asset Management Specialist to oversee hardware assets across a 7,000+ endpoint environment. You will forecast needs, manage stock, and coordinate with IT Accounting, Sourcing and Procurement to ensure accurate records and cost control.

Responsibilities include maintaining asset dashboards, performing quarterly audits, and enabling automation with ServiceNow. Training will be onsite, transitioning to hybrid in the North Twin Cities Metro.

Qualifications

• Accounting experience is preferred.
• Strong Excel and financial forecasting skills.
• Experience with asset management processes and data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware asset management programs and processes.
• Develop annual hardware forecasts and capital plans.
• Reconcile stock consumption monthly and validate with IT Accounting.
• Provide asset reports and dashboards to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with IT Sourcing, Deployment and Procurement.
• Maintain asset management documentation and knowledge base.
• Assist with software asset management backups and license tracking.
• Coordinate with ServiceNow for automation opportunities.

Skills

Hardware asset management

Forecasting

Excel

ServiceNow

Asset lifecycle

Reporting

Stock reconciliation

Vendor coordination

Tools

ServiceNow

Excel

Job description

Location:

Fully onsite for training, then hybrid in North Twin Cities Metro (Tuesday-Thursday onsite)

Rate:

$23.40-$32.17/hour W2

VMO Responsibilities (Primary – Approximately 70%)

• Serves as the subject matter expert for Hardware Asset Management
• Establishes processes to ensure Hardware Asset Management best practices are followed
• Responsible for providing computer forecasts on an annual and monthly basis
• Provides annual analysis on sourcing methods for company computers
• Creates and provides the annual computer capital plan
• Performs monthly reconciliation of computer stock consumption and validates results with the IT Accounting
• Partners with IT Accounting, IT Sourcing, and Deployment to mitigate discrepancies identified through monthly computer reconciliation
• Provides computer asset reports to Fixed Assets for depreciation
• Manages computer hardware stock with the hardware vendor through the virtual stockroom
• Provides accurate reporting on computer assets and future forecasting
• Provides backup support for IT Software Asset Management, including reviewing, analyzing, and reporting on software usage and purchases
• Provides backup support for maintaining the companywide IT software license database
• Manages the asset database and partners with ServiceNow developers to identify and implement automation opportunities across the asset lifecycle
• Provides analysis to track the recovery of unused hardware
• Develops and maintains hardware reporting dashboards and metrics
• Works with external vendors on IT equipment disposal and performs audits to ensure records are properly maintained
• Creates and maintains asset management process documentation, process improvements, and knowledge base articles
• Serves as the subject matter expert for inquiries related to asset procurement and disposal

Deployment Responsibilities (Approximately 30%)

• Performs quarterly stockroom inventory and periodic spot checks
• Proactively works with customers to initiate replacement of end-of-life hardware
• Monitors the shared mailbox and directs work requests to the appropriate team member
• Works with vendor partners when new hardware models become available and creates and publishes new models to the Service Catalog
• Partners with Procurement and Sourcing to determine the asset deployment schedule
• Provides training and ongoing support to onshore and offshore desktop support staff

Job Scope

• Accounting experience (strong Excel)
• Prior experience in asset management would be preferred
• Attention to detail and customer service
• Working knowledge of process, data, and system best practices
• Must be able to communicate across all levels of the organization
• Strong problem solving and communication skills
• Ability to troubleshoot and improve processes, moving to more and more automation.
• Responsible for the asset management of over 7,000 desktop endpoints for the corporate campus, field-office staff, and over 300 remote sites.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience with understanding of process, accounting and forecasting for PC lifecycles