Custom Software Engineer

Location: Chennai

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Project Role : Custom Software Engineer
Project Role Description : Develop custom software solutions to design, code, and enhance components across systems or applications. Use modern frameworks and agile practices to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions tailored to specific business needs.
Must have skills : Software Asset Management, Contract Management
Good to have skills : NA
Minimum 3 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary:
As an expert in the field of Software Asset Management, you can contribute to global software license compliance.

Roles & Responsibilities:
Create awareness and promote compliant software usage within the organization.
Provide consultancy to consumers of software and IT support staff for their change management process.
Regular generation of reports to ensure and improve data quality in close collaboration with stakeholders.
Regular monitoring, assessment and improvement of software compliance related data and KPIs.
Trend analysis and benchmarking of KPIs.
Identification and analysis of additional data sources contributing to higher data quality and transparency. Close collaboration with the Product Owner of the SAM Data Warehouse (SWO) to define requirements for further development of its functionality and usefulness.
Regular alignment with SoftwareOne (SWO) about process and quality improvement measures.
Alignment with suppliers other than SWO about process, data and performance.
Regular true-up / true-down agreement, software maintenance or subscription renewal campaigns.
Review of supplier statements of account, validation of invoices and management of overdue invoice payments by KN entities.
Placement of orders for software licenses at SWO, follow-up and provision of license information to requestors.
Placement of orders for software licenses at various software suppliers which do not trade thru SWO, follow
up and provision of license information to requestors.
Preparation of billing information for IT Infrastructure Controlling for software purchases which are not billed locally by the supplier.

Required Skills and Qualifications
Academic degree, ideally in business informatics, IT management or software asset management skills acquired through a qualified apprenticeship or training
Experience in accounting, procurement or supplier management
Experience with the application of ITIL processes
High service orientation, team-oriented work style and good communication skills
Cost awareness and creativity to identify optimization potential
Excellent English skills, written and verbal
Good MS-Office skills Excel and Powerpoint in particular
Resilience and flexibility

Requires manpower empowerment
Requires in-depth License Compliance and Process know-how
Stakeholder Management
Supplier management
Contract Management

15 years full time education

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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