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Blue Shield of California's mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. We are transforming health care in a way that truly serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.
To fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion combines a focus on our people, processes, and systems with a deep commitment to promoting social justice and health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Great Place to Work, best place to work for LGBTQ equality, leading disability employer, one of the best companies for women to advance, Bay Area's top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world's most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we are striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in - join us!Your RoleThe IT Contracting and Asset Management Team supports three major service areas at Blue Shield: 1) technology contracting and negotiation expertise, supporting best in class contract terms and market competitive pricing; 2) procurement of hardware and software on a competitive basis to obtain best pricing and manage the assets through their lifecycle to ensure contract compliance and proper disposal/decommissioning at the end of the term and 3) the management of strategic suppliers to ensure Blue Shield receives the benefits and expected outcomes of the services, with a focus on reducing and avoiding costs.The IT Asset Analyst - Consultant will report to the Director of IT Contracting and Asset Management. In this role you will work within our Software Management System to record software purchases in accordance with software industry standards, use your expertise and knowledge in software licensing models to ensure the proper recording and reconciliation of software assets, work with internal stakeholders to confirm consumption calculations and ensure they meet expectations and remediate license positions with internal software owners/stakeholdersYour WorkIn this role, you will:- Ensure that all assets are appropriately recorded, tracked and reconciled on a regular basis.
- Submit quote requests to suppliers as requested. Analyze/compare quotes to ensure consistency.
- Analyze data and prepare reports re vendor spend and performance dashboards.
- Support audit activities by providing accurate information
- Use your analytical skills, including the ability to run ad hoc reports and provide data to various stakeholders
- Analyze and interpret data and make recommendations based on the information.
- Communicate to stakeholders the Software Asset Management policies, procedures, processes and practices
- Act within defined policies and guidelines, while working independently with minimal supervision
- Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Requires at least 5 years of prior relevant experience
- In-depth experience in software licensing
- Experience with Software Asset Management tool utilized in large organizations
- Conceptual, analytical, and problem solving skills
- Experience with managing and reconciling complex software publishers (e.g., IBM, Oracle)
- Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short
- Human. We strive to be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes
- Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals
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