At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage software assets and deliver insights for compliance and optimisation.
- Company: Join Lloyds Banking Group, a leader in financial services with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy a generous pension, performance bonuses, 30 days holiday, and flexible working.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Be part of a transformative journey in finance while growing your expertise.
- Qualifications: Experience in software asset management and strong data analysis skills required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
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LOCATION: Manchester
HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time at our Manchester office.
About this opportunity
We're looking for a Software Asset Manager to join our dynamic Operations & Service Enablement team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in managing software assets across one of the UK's largest financial institutions. You'll help build and evolve the service, drive compliance and optimisation and grow your own expertise in an encouraging, forward-thinking environment.
What you'll do:
- Building and delivering high-quality data and actionable insights to interested parties across the organisation who are accountable for software compliance, optimisation, and risk management.
- Using Flexera One as the primary tool for software asset discovery, license tracking and reporting, supplemented by additional data sources when needed.
- Integrating and employing data from the ServiceNow CMDB to ensure accuracy and completeness of software asset records.
- Collaborating with teams in procurement, technology, and governance to help guide informed decision‑making and future planning.
- Contribute to audit readiness and support internal and external reviews with robust data and reporting.
- Growing the breadth of software licence reporting scope and depth.
What you'll need:
- Experience in software asset management, constructing and delivering actionable software licence reporting within a large enterprise environment.
- Strong understanding of different software licensing models across server and client estates, Cloud and SaaS.
- Hands‑on experience with relevant tooling, ideally Flexera One and familiarity with ServiceNow CMDB.
- Data compilation, analysis and reporting skills.
- Strong communication and customer engagement capabilities.
- A growth mindset with appetite to keep learning.
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.
We also offer a wide‑ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance‑related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Engineering, Finance, and Information Technology
Industries: Banking and Financial Services
Software Asset Manager employer: Lloyds Banking
Lloyds Banking Group is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and inclusive work environment in Manchester where you can thrive as a Software Asset Manager. With a strong commitment to employee growth, a generous benefits package including a 15% pension contribution, and a focus on diversity and wellbeing, you'll find ample opportunities to develop your skills while contributing to the transformation of finance for good.
