KPMG New Zealand is part of the KPMG International network and is passionate about providing the best audit, tax, and advisory services to our clients. This role will work closely with members of our Risk Consulting team - who supply advisory and consulting services across New Zealand. Our advisors combine extensive knowledge of a wide variety of businesses and sectors to provide clients with a service which adds recognised value. Our service offering and client portfolio provides an exciting and challenging environment.
The Opportunity:
- We're looking for a Software Asset Management specialist to join our team and partner with some high-profile public and private sector clients. You will be involved in IBM license advisory, IT asset management and perform software license audits.
Day to day you will:
- Provide high quality professional day-to-day execution and oversight of various Software Asset Management (SAM) engagements including SAM current state assessments, software license optimization reviews and SAM tool implementations/integrations
- Examine complex software license agreements and deployments to obtain license positions for various software vendors and to provide license optimization advice to our clients
- Analyze clients' SAM processes, organization and tools to identify gaps and options for remediation
- Project manage SAM system implementations/integrations
- Understand and identify opportunities for KPMG's practices and service offerings; project a professional image of KPMG
What you'll bring to the team:
- Minimum of five years’ of advisory experience in software asset management including leading SAM assessments, IBM software license analysis reviews and SAM tool implementations/integrations
- Relevant bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to conduct meetings with clients and third parties in challenging surroundings
- Working knowledge and licencing expertise in IBM is critical
- Experience with market leading SAM tools including at least one of the following providers: Flexera, ServiceNow or SAMP
- Data analytics skills in SQL, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft would be advantageous.
- Strong analytical, research, organizational, issue identification, prioritization, and resolution and report writing skills
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