Employment:
Full Time
Line of Service
Internal Firm Services
Specialism
IFS – Information Technology (IT)
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career in Information Technology, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our core business functions by deploying applications that enable our people to work more efficiently and deliver the highest levels of service to our clients. You’ll focus on managing the design and implementation of technology infrastructure within PwC, developing and enhancing both client and internal facing applications within PwC, and providing technology tools that help create a competitive advantage for the Firm to drive strategic business growth.
Organisations are often paying too much for software licencing and complex agreements exposing themselves to unwarranted risk. As a part of our SAM (software asset management) team, you’ll help PwC implement an efficient and manageable software programme addressing key aspects to improve governance, reduce our cost exposure, and gain greater efficiency and effectiveness in managing software assets.
In this role, the successful candidate will:
The IT Asset manager will have a proven track record of developing, maintaining and improving policies, standards, processes, systems and measurements that help the enterprise effectively manage and optimise IT Assets. You will be responsible for the execution of end- to-end IT asset lifecycle management. This includes the monitoring, recording and tracking of assets to ensure compliance with vendor contracts, licenses, entitlements and policies. Working with the regional IT Operational teams, you will oversee the daily and long- term strategic management of IT Assets (software and hardware) utilized throughout the Middle East region.
The ideal candidate is someone with strong customer service orientation, excellent verbal and written communication, IT asset management experience, a team-oriented can-do mentality and able to interact with all levels of the organisation.
Requirements
– Extensive knowledge of IT Asset Management principles and practices
– Excellent organization skills
– Experienced with IT Asset audits and documentation
– Experience in IT-related financial planning
– IT Asset Management tool experience (ServiceNow, Flexera, etc.)
– Understanding of major vendor (e.g. Microsoft, Oracle, etc.) software and licensing metrics
– Stock Management
Desired Experiences
– ServiceNow Asset Management experience
– ServiceNow Discovery experience
– As an agent for change, you will positively influence the culture of the teams, helping them embrace new technologies and ways of working.
Qualifications
You have experience in the following areas:
Preferred Qualifications
– Excellent written and oral English communication skills to successfully engage with customers and colleagues.
– This role will require the creation of content such as presentations, project plans and other written deliverables.
– Track record of ramping up quickly in an evolving and challenging role.
– Well-honed troubleshooting skills at various levels of complexity.
– Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-moving environment.
– Presentation skills; high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences.
– High level of comfort communicating effectively across internal and external organisations
Education
– A bachelor’s degree in IT, business management or related field or relevant experience.
Language
– Fluency in spoken and written English; Arabic is an advantage
Overall Experience
– 3+ years of experience working in an IT Asset Management role with a high level of accountability.
PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for.
We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.
In our 3 key areas of business or Lines of Service Assurance, Tax, and Advisory we work with our clients from business start ups to the worlds leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.
We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.
PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the Central Cluster and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.
PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 4500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm.
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