Snr. IT License & Financial Management Specialist Contractor SUNDUS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY & STUDIES BUREAUL.L.C

The candidate must demonstrate proven knowledge and hands-on experience in the software licensing management domain, particularly with engineering and technical applications. A strong understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM) principles and excellent analytical skills are required.

• Experience with the OpeniT license management tool is considered a strong advantage.

• Software Asset Management (Enterprise Applications & Engineering Software)

• Manage the full software license lifecycle: demand planning, procurement support, entitlement

validation, allocation, deployment, harvesting, and retirement covering both enterprise applications

and engineering software portfolios.

• Perform entitlement vs. consumption reconciliation and compliance analysis.

• Support vendor true-ups, renewals, and software audits (e.g., SAP, Microsoft, Oracle).

• Interpret and operationalize licensing agreements, EULAs, and contractual terms.

• Maintain accurate license inventories, documentation, and audit-ready records.

Engineering License & License Server Management

• Administer and optimize engineering application licenses managed through license management

systems such as (FlexNet Publisher (FlexLM) and OpeniT)

• Manage and monitor license servers, vendor daemons, and concurrent license pools (e.g.,

CAD/CAE/PLM tools).

• Analyze debug logs and usage logs to identify denials, idle licenses, peak usage patterns, and

optimization opportunities.

• Perform capacity planning for concurrent environments based on utilization and denial metrics.

• Support high-availability configurations (triad setups, failover, redundancy).

• Coordinate with system administrators to ensure proper configuration, patching, and performance of license services.

• Optimize license parameters (timeouts, borrowing, allocation rules) within contractual boundaries.

License Monitoring, Analytics & Optimization

• Monitor monthly software usage and generate operational and compliance reports for both enterprise applications (e,g., SAP, Microsoft, Oracle) and engineering systems.

• Use SAM analytics tools (e.g., OpeniT, FlexNet Manager, or equivalent) to identify (Underutilized

licenses, Reclaim opportunities, Cost-saving measures, Compliance risks)

• Analyze consumption trends, anomalies, and usage patterns.

• Provide data-driven recommendations to IT and business stakeholders.

• Support software portfolio rationalization initiatives.

IT Financial Management & Chargeback Support

• Support IT chargeback models by allocating license and software costs to business units and services based on consumption or agreed allocation methodologies.

• Prepare and support annual software budgeting cycles.

• Perform budget vs. actual variance analysis and provide financial insights.

• Support accrual calculations and financial closing activities.